Michelle Trachtenberg and Jason Lewis have provoked dating rumors after they were spotted on a date at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles.

"They just began hanging out," so said a source to American publication US Weekly. No official statement released by either party.

Lewis is former "Sex and the City" actor and has previously dated American film actress Rosario Dawson from 2004 to November last year.

As of Trachtenberg, the beauty is the former star of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and has recently been romantically linked with Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz.