# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/101 "2019-09-01T14:33:57Z")
An oldie but goodie: Mother’s from Peter Gunn. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/102 "2019-09-01T15:13:57Z")
_Whiskey Cavalier_: The Dead Drop _The Terminator_ (film): Tech Noir _48 Hrs_ (film): Torchy’s ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/103 "2019-09-01T17:23:16Z")
Letterkenny has Modeen’s. I think they’re up to Modeen’s 3, through various fires etc. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/104 "2019-09-01T18:07:24Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The North Fork Saloon on _ **The Rifleman** _. Was this also part of the Mallory House hotel? 😕 I don’t think so. Lou Mallory ran a restaurant, not a saloon. Sweeney’s place is the saloon you’re thinking about. It was up the street a ways. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/105 "2019-09-09T17:28:55Z")
> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > > [@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) Another real place in NYC is [Smalls](https://www.smallslive.com/) jazz club, which was portrayed as a fictional – and unprofitable – venue in the short-lived TV show _[The Village](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7866098/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2)_. I can’t imagine why owner Spike Wilner allowed the club to be used/fictionalized like that, but it always kind of low-key annoyed me. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/106 "2019-09-09T17:47:44Z")
Bones - “Founding Fathers” restaurant appears frequently. They almost never eat out anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/107 "2019-09-10T00:06:43Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Earlier today for some reason the bar name **“Thirsty’s”** crossed my mind, but I couldn’t remember what show it was from (I googled–[it was _George Lopez_](https://georgelopez.fandom.com/wiki/Thirsty%27s_Bar).) So then I started thinking of other resturants/bars/clubs mentioned a few times on TV shows (but not necessarily central to the series like Cheers and Central Perk.) A few stuck in my memory: > > Mason’s Dixieline Bar – _In the Heat of the Night_ > The Bigger Jigger – _Mama’s Family_ > Sugarfoot’s – _King of the Hill_ > Angelino’s – _Three’s Company_ > > I could list a few more, but let’s see what this kicks off. Not related to the OP, but there’s a bar in Old Pasadena called The Thirty Fiver, that I **always** read as the The _Thirsty_ Fiver. Every damn time. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/108 "2019-09-10T00:13:47Z")
There was a bar in Virginia City, Nevada, on “Bonanza” called “The Bucket of Blood”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/109 "2019-09-10T05:22:08Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > But how could you forget Robin’s hangout - The Hoser Hut? Or Marshall’s favorites Minnesotan expatriate bar, the Walleye Saloon? Other recurring HIMYM bars and restaurants include romantic restaurant Cafe L’amour, Chicago pizza parlor and health hazard Gazzola’s, brunch staple the Popover Pantry, and of course, strip club the Lusty Leopard (they have a buffet!). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/110 "2019-09-10T13:06:10Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > There was a bar in Virginia City, Nevada, on “Bonanza” called “The Bucket of Blood”. :eek: I’ve been in that place. There’s been several “Bucket of Blood” bars in many places. Boise had one, Portland had one with that nickname, the supposedly oldest one is in Cornwall. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/111 "2019-09-10T18:32:09Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Doug’s Place, _Days of our Lives_. It does remarkably well for a nicer place with very few patrons. Is that in the same place “Shenanigans” was in the 80’s? ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/112 "2019-09-10T18:42:44Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > Twin Peaks: One Eyed Jack’s Also, The Roadhouse, the bar & restaurant at The Great Northern, the Double R Diner, and Wallies [sic] Hideout. I can’t remember the name of the Canadian dive bar in Fire Walk With Me, or if it was even named. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/113 "2019-09-10T21:02:45Z")
I think _Office Space_’s Tchotchkie’s restaurant probably meets the spirit of the OP (place referenced as regularly visited by characters, and appears in multiple scenes) ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/114 "2019-09-10T21:28:12Z")
The Tropical Diner in Schitt’s Creek. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492/115 "2019-09-10T23:55:10Z")
I’m starting a re-watch-through of DC’s “Arrowverse” shows. I’m only in the second season of _Arrow_, but so far we’ve got Big Belly Burger and Verdant (Ollie’s nightclub). I know CC Jitters features in _The Flash_. I don’t remember there being a restaurant or the like in _Supergirl_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-bars-clubs-on-tv-shows/837492.md?page=5)