# Is this a real restaurant in Homegrown (1998)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-restaurant-in-homegrown-1998/759892 "2016-07-14T11:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheSundial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-restaurant-in-homegrown-1998/759892/1 "2016-07-14T11:04:47Z")
This is my second question regarding a filming location for Homegrown, this location is supposed to be an upscale restaurant. They have this establishing shot and then the interior/back area which seems to be open air. Is this place real and where is it located in NoCal? The establishing shot and the interior could be different places like what happens in many movies/shows etc. or the shot may not even be a restaurant at all. [https://s31.postimg.org/ajuk65xgb/Homegrown\_1998\_DVDRip\_avi\_snapshot\_00\_29\_38\_2.jpg](https://s31.postimg.org/ajuk65xgb/Homegrown_1998_DVDRip_avi_snapshot_00_29_38_2.jpg) [https://s31.postimg.org/dowl9h8fv/Homegrown\_1998\_DVDRip\_avi\_snapshot\_00\_29\_46\_2.jpg](https://s31.postimg.org/dowl9h8fv/Homegrown_1998_DVDRip_avi_snapshot_00_29_46_2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-restaurant-in-homegrown-1998/759892/2 "2016-07-14T15:11:49Z")
**Moderator Action** Since this is about a filming location, let’s move it to CS. Moving thread from General Questions to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-restaurant-in-homegrown-1998/759892/3 "2016-07-14T15:13:10Z")
I checked the filming locations for the movie on IMDB and it just lists the cities where it was filmed. There was no restaurant listed. No help there, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-restaurant-in-homegrown-1998/759892/4 "2016-07-14T17:22:53Z")
One of the locations they filed in was Mendocino, CA That picture does look like the Mendocino coast, and the style of architecture of the building would certainly fit in there. That said, I can’t identify the building itself, and a quick look at Google maps for the area doesn’t cause anything to jump out. There are a few buildings that look like they \*might \*fit the image, but they are all private homes and there’s no street view available that shows them, as folks up there tend to build their cliffside homes out of direct view from the highway. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-restaurant-in-homegrown-1998/759892/5 "2016-07-14T17:53:48Z")
OTOH, there was no two-story farm house on Point Arena for the remake of _Forever Young_. Built from scratch for the movie.