# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/81 "2019-07-25T14:53:32Z")
Krusty Krab. Spongebob. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/82 "2019-07-25T15:51:13Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The Lobo on Roseanne. > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk And the diner that Roseanne opens is called The Lunch Box. In Everybody Loves Raymond they eat every so often at Nemos. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/83 "2019-07-25T16:44:22Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I know: Not TV shows. ☹ I originally said on TV shows because I was looking for things that were established as a running thing “in universe”, mentioned in more than one episode. But I’ll allow movies (inevitable thread drift, after all.) Of course, if any _series_ of movies mentions a place in more than one movie, that would be even better. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/84 "2019-07-25T17:18:49Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > But Frasier’s dad always did his imbibing at _Duke’s_. After _Duke’s closed, Martin Crane always went to McGinty’s._ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/85 "2019-07-25T17:30:17Z")
Roseanne also had The Lanford Inn and Rodbell’s Restaurant ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/86 "2019-07-25T18:44:45Z")
The cast of _The Office_ (US) sometimes mentioned going to Poor Richard’s after work. I’m not sure if we ever got to see Poor Richard’s. The first Dundie Awards ceremony was held at a Chili’s. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/87 "2019-07-25T21:08:49Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Mystic Grill, Vampire Diaries When it was not closed for gas leaks lol Lux in lucifer. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/88 "2019-07-25T21:50:07Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The Sopranos: Vesuvio’s Sorry to nitpick. The original restaurant was Vesuvio. No possessive. After the [accidental fire](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlatantLies), Artie named the new restaurant Nuovo Vesuvio. [Cite.](https://sopranos.fandom.com/wiki/Artie_Bucco) ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/89 "2019-07-26T19:35:25Z")
‘Kavanagh’s’ on ‘The Wire’. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/90 "2019-07-26T19:46:07Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVEwpYt0EwE) ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/91 "2019-08-31T01:16:11Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Y’know, there’s a bar in that bowling alley. Did we ever learn the name of the place? And let’s not forget the Hungry Heifer. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/92 "2019-08-31T01:42:05Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Krusty Krab. Spongebob. And speaking of kids’ shows, The Loud House has Jean Juan’s French Mex Buffet, Giovani Chang’s Italian Chinese Bistro, and the Aloha Comrade (Hawai’ian/Russian). And on the non-WTF-fusion side, the Burpin’ Burger, Banger’s & Mosh, Gus’s Games & Grub (one of Lincoln and Clyde’s favorite hangouts) and Lynn’s Table (owned by Lynn Loud, sr, the father of the Loud family). ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/93 "2019-08-31T22:14:14Z")
In _That 70s Show_, the kids hung out at the Hub. Red and Kitty sometimes went to Phillies. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/94 "2019-08-31T23:02:02Z")
> [@BobBitchin](#): > > King of the Hill had a bar called The Point After. I don’t remember that – you could be right – but _Brothers_ (cable TV) had most of the action at _The Point After_, run by Joe Waters, played by Robert Walden. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/95 "2019-09-01T00:00:09Z")
Arnold’s on “Happy Days”. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/96 "2019-09-01T00:08:23Z")
The Pizza Bowl on “Laverne & Shirley”. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/97 "2019-09-01T00:40:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Cafe Nervosa from Frasier. And there was a fancy restaurant they went to a couple of times, but I can’t remember the name. Le Cigare Volant. Translation - [The UFO](https://falvosflights.com/bonny-doon-le-cigare-volante/). Frasier dated the chef for a while, then was banned after the inevitable breakup. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/98 "2019-09-01T00:44:33Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Cheers… but I can’t remember what show it was on. Melville’s seafood restaurant was upstairs from Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/99 "2019-09-01T01:06:56Z")
The Nudie Bar in “Married With Children”. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/100 "2019-09-01T13:45:25Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > MacLaren’s from How I met your mother. > Puzzles? from How I met your mother (not really a bar, a bar they were drunkenly planning to open). But how could you forget Robin’s hangout - The Hoser Hut? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492.md?page=6)