Jessica Simpson

Out for a bite to eat at one of her favorite Los Angeles eateries, Jessica Simpson was spotted leaving Katsuya restaurant on Thursday night (April 30).

Wearing a long flowing maxi dress, the “Dukes of Hazzard” damsel offered up a big smile for paparazzi on the scene as she headed to her nearby car.

The evening outing comes just one day after Miss Simpson’s family welcomed the arrival of actor Lane Garrison shortly after he was released from prison.

As it turns out, Jessica’s father Joe was Lane’s youth pastor back in Texas - so the whole family gathered to greet him before he left to check into a five-month program at the Tarzana Treatment Center.