Although Gossip Girl gets a ton of publicity and its ratings have gone up a bit in its sophomore season, it's certainly bigger in New York than anywhere else.

Taylor Momsen apparently learned this back home in her native Maryland.

A New York Post spy reports that the teen starlet was at Clyde's Tower Oaks Lodge, an eatery in Rockville, Md., close to where her family lives outside D.C.

There, the star who plays Jenny Humphrey "was having dinner with her dad," said the source, "and a lot of people were there, but nobody recognized her."

Even so, when the 15-year-old actress/model got up to leave, the fellow diner said, "Taylor made a huge scene covering her face and trying to duck behind her dad ... even though nobody in the restaurant seemed to notice her."

A far cry from having your photo taken every single day while you're on the set - or even riding the subway - and having it posted online, Gossip Girl style!

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