# Have you been to a restaurant featured on a TV show or a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071 "2008-05-12T18:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071/81 "2008-05-18T04:52:16Z")
\*\*The Tasty \*\* (burger shop with about 10 seats) in Cambridge, Mass., used in _Good Will Hunting_, \*\*The Bow Street Pub in Cambridge \*\* also in _GWH_. BTW, Bow Street is shaped like a bow. Arrow-straight Arrow Street intersects it. **The Pirate’s House** , Savannah, Ga., as **Sampiro** said, mentioned in \*Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil \* I used to work in the Marblehead, Mass., supermarket, which later was a liquor store that was “redone” to be used as the set for the unnamed fake restaurant where Jake Gyllenhall’s character’s fiancee was murdered in _Moonlight Mile_. It was/is across the street from the store space that was used in the film as Dustin Hoffman’s and Jake’s real estate office at Washington & Pleasant Streets. \*\*The Parker House \*\* (hotel) bar/restaurant in Boston used in _Inherit the Wind_. **Le Chevre d’Or** in Eze Village on the French Riviera, used in _September Affair._ The US Navy ship I was on while stationed nearby, in Villefranche-sur-Mer, is also shown in that movie, for about 6 seconds, as Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr ride up the hill to his mother’s hlltop villa, that overlooked the dock where my bumboats landed and picked me up. The \*\*Welcome Hotel \*\* on the waterfront in VsM has also been seen in about a dozen movies, including _Ronin_, which also showed several street scenes of VsM. The outdoor cafe in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy, used in several movies, none of the names of which come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071/82 "2008-05-18T13:21:10Z")
I’ve also been to Katz’ Deli- (a scene in _Donnie Brasco_ was also filmed there). [Guss’ Pickles](http://www.gusspickle.com/)- Manhattan- Posner’s Pickles in _Crossing Delancey_ Papaya King- 86th St and 3rd Ave, Manhattan- _Seinfeld_ John’s Pizza Greenwich- Village, Manhattan- _Manhattan_ (The Woody Allen movie) Puglia’s- Little Italy, Manhattan _Big Daddy_ Tavern on the Green- Manhattan- _Wall Street, Ghostbusters, Made_, and _The Out of Towners_. Bendix Diner- Hasbrouck Heights, NJ _Superman II, Boys on the Side_ From Diners, Drive Ins and Dives: [Tick Tock Diner](http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=232) Clifton, NJ [White Manna Hamburgers](http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2005/06/white_manna_a_n.html) Hackensack, NJ [Skylark Diner](http://www.skylarkdiner.com/) Edison, NJ [Jefferson Diner](http://www.jeffersondiner.com/) Lake Hopatcong, NJ From The Sopranos: A bunch of places; here’s just a few: [Holsten’s](http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/nj-dining-holstens/) Bloomfield, NJ- Final scene (I live down the street) [Pizzaland](http://www.pizzalandpizza.com/) North Arlington, NJ- opening credits [Satin Dolls](http://www.satindollsnj.com/) Lodi, NJ- Bada Bing (they serve food) 🙂 [QUOTE=Veuve\_ClicquotNJ] Also Rod’s Steak & Seafood Grille at the Madison Hotel in Morristown NJ. [/QUOTE] The [best hamburger in NJ](http://www.tommyeats.com/tommyeats/2006/07/copeland_in_mor.html) can be had at a hotel in Morristown. It’s really, really good! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071/83 "2008-05-18T16:13:45Z")
I’ve eaten at Sardi’s which has been in many shows and films. One that comes to mind is the episode of Seinfeld where Kramer “wins” a Tony. I’d guess the Rainbow Room has been in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071/84 "2008-05-18T19:42:57Z")
I’ve had a beer or two at the bar Drew Barrymore danced on in [Mad Love](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113729/). ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071/85 "2008-05-19T01:30:43Z")
Someone else mentioned it here, but I’ve been to Puglia’s in Little Italy, NYC, from the scene in Big Daddy where Sonny and Layla have their first date. The same little guy stands up on stage and sings songs. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071/86 "2008-05-19T02:49:34Z")
I routinely ate in the cafeteria featured in **Animal House** , and eventually will drink beer in the bar featured in the same film. Although, I suppose it could get torn down since it has changed owners several times. I never had the chance to go while I was still living in the area, but I will be in the area again. That bar is in a really small town. Most people don’t know it’s there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-a-restaurant-featured-on-a-tv-show-or-a-movie/449071.md?page=4)