# Restaurants/bars/clubs on TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492 "2019-07-23T03:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/61 "2019-07-24T05:05:27Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “Club Chubby” from My Name Is Earl. They spent most of their time in The Crab Shack. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/62 "2019-07-24T05:11:13Z")
The Tropicana Night Club, later renamed the Club Babalu after Ricky bought it, on _I Love Lucy_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/63 "2019-07-24T07:15:49Z")
_Coach:_ The Touchdown Club. _Sabrina the Teenage Witch:_ Bean There, Brewed That; a coffee shop later known as Hilda’s Coffee House. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/64 "2019-07-24T09:28:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The Cheesecake Factory on _ **Big Bang Theory** _ That was by far one of the best examples of successful product placement in modern sitcoms. Rather than a fictional place. I still have friends and relatives from the UK who eat multiple times in the Cheesecake Factory wherever they see it. Standing in the manufactured “look as if its successful” line to eat there. Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, San Jose. Walking past highly rated restaurants and diners just to go to it. I point out that it is purely because Penny and Bernadette worked there in the Big Bang Theory, that they continually hunt down this mediocre and common chain restaurant. But they stare blankly at me as if their brain has short circuited… Some even more bizarre people from the UK seek out a Denny’s as if its something special and unique. I suspect they watched Married with Children back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/65 "2019-07-24T11:57:17Z")
Rizzoli & Isles - _The Dirty Robber_ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/66 "2019-07-24T23:41:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Les Freres Heureux_ - Frasier But Frasier’s dad always did his imbibing at _Duke’s_. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/67 "2019-07-24T23:45:01Z")
Psych always had great shop names, although they were generally just one-offs. I recall: - a coffee shop called Javva the Cupp - a coffee shop called Latte Dah - a Russian nightclub called Putin on the Ritz - a haberdashery called Bling Crosby - a mini golf course called King Putt - a tanning salon called Yucatan - a food truck called Meat and Mrs. Jones ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/68 "2019-07-24T23:49:26Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > The original Magnum P.I. had “The King Kamehameha Club”. I don’t know about the reboot show as I’ve yet to ever see it and I don’t want to look it up. Yep, in the rebooted _Magnum PI_, Rick still runs the King Kamehameha Club. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/69 "2019-07-24T23:50:48Z")
Aside from the title place in _Bob’s Burgers_ there is also: Jimmy Pesto’s Pizzeria Big Bob’s Diner Pie in the Sky Patricia’s 77 Sandwiches Dusty’s Feedbag Tiramisu Warehouse Reggie’s Deli ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/70 "2019-07-24T23:54:43Z")
Also from The Simpsons: Krusty Burgers Lard Lad Donuts The Frying Dutchman Seafood restaurant. It’s the restaurant Homer sued for their refusal to honor the “all you can eat” buffet. The Happy Sumo Japanese restaurant where Homer almost gets poisoned by blowfish. Luigi’s Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/71 "2019-07-24T23:55:46Z")
In the old TV show _Crime Story_, Lt. Torello and his fellow cops did their drinking at [The Orbit Room](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l8mp-8f4oXI/UaFnUtgLiVI/AAAAAAAAfM0/yk371OOwxoM/s1600/Orbit+Room.jpg). The exteriors were shot not far from where I live, on Broadway in Lakeview. Alas, it was torn down not long after the series ended. ---
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_Aqua Teen Hunger Force_ had [The Super Trivia Bar.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcC9AvVzRsA) Never got the name of [Roman’s watering hole](https://youtu.be/m_CQD6z9Gtk?t=4705) in _The Magic Christian_. Nor the name of this fine establishment from [**Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia**](https://youtu.be/k52gZMQ5P60?t=578) [The Birdcage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMSm1qXbv10) in _Harvey Birdman_. [Bar Vitelli](https://youtu.be/PAgB3qxvRkU?t=35) in _Godfather II_. Didn’t get the bar name in [_Team America: World Police_.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvMduWKHNpY) (warning: if you’re puke-phobic, don’t watch) [Johnny Nucleo’s Top of the Reactor Restaurant](https://youtu.be/bhKy5UqsL0Y?t=311) in this fine Towering Inferno adaptation. Sam the Lion’s Bar in _The Last Picture Show_. Prince Restaurant in _Chinatown_. [Dorcia Bar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqX-tOVWCxs) in _American Psycho_. Citizen Cane - [El Rancho Bar](https://youtu.be/47l_q4YjSc4?t=5) _The Tenant_ had The Aux Bon Amis Bar and the Café de la Cigale. Both closed and then renovated and reopened much later. [Greely’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vw7d6LSWmk) in _Unforgiven_. [Korova Milk Bar](https://youtu.be/HI-mDTdeKR8?t=43) in _Clockwork Orange_. The Hip Joint in _Futurama_. [Lost Lady Saloon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfeDNULDhMA) in _The Outlaw Josey Wales_ _Casablanca_ - [Rick’s American Cafe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbDv7XXrPqE). Trees Lounge. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/73 "2019-07-25T05:03:23Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Moe’s Tavern It was also briefly Flaming Moe’s. ---
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Club Obi-Wan in _ **Raiders of the Lost Ark** _. The club/disco in _ **Airplane!** _ (“Pinch me, I’m dreaming!” :o ) ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > Club Obi-Wan in _ **Raiders of the Lost Ark** _. > > The club/disco in _ **Airplane!** _ (“Pinch me, I’m dreaming!” :o ) I know: Not TV shows. ☹ ---
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Freddy’s BBQ Joint in _House of Cards_ ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > I know: Not TV shows. ☹ Oh. Right. Oops. ---
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The Blue Whale on\* Dark Shadows\* ---
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> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > The Gaslight Cafe is where Midge gets her start as a comic at an open mic night in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. For those who don’t know, this was a real place in NYC (I guess the thread doesn’t specify fictional places) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/80 "2019-07-25T14:20:30Z")
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