# Where's the Burn Notice cafe in Miami?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-burn-notice-cafe-in-miami/562817 "2010-12-03T15:56:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-burn-notice-cafe-in-miami/562817/1 "2010-12-03T15:56:03Z")

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(Mods: move if you need to…)

In Burn Notice, the gang always hangs out at a particular cafe (on the beach?).

Well, we’re visiting Miami right now and thought it would be interesting to see the actual cafe. Does anyone know the real name and location of that restaurant / cafe? (Or is it just a set, not a real cafe?)

Thanks,  
J.

p.s., I did some searching, but couldn’t find the answer here.

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**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-burn-notice-cafe-in-miami/562817/2 "2010-12-03T16:29:49Z")

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Hate to burst your bubble, but it [doesn’t really exist](http://coconutgrovegrapevine.blogspot.com/2008/07/magic-of-hollywood-right-here.html).

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**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-burn-notice-cafe-in-miami/562817/3 "2010-12-03T16:35:38Z")

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> [@Headrush042](#):
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> Hate to burst your bubble, but it [doesn’t really exist](http://coconutgrovegrapevine.blogspot.com/2008/07/magic-of-hollywood-right-here.html).

SIgh. Another fantasy exposed by the harsh (klieg?) light of reality. 😃

Thanks for the info.  
J.

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-burn-notice-cafe-in-miami/562817/4 "2010-12-06T10:25:52Z")

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The fictional cafe is on South Beach, if that helps. (It’s referenced in episode 15 of season 3).

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-burn-notice-cafe-in-miami/562817/5 "2010-12-06T11:02:54Z")

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Ha! That’s funny. A friend of mine went to America in September, and one of the things he told me he wanted to do was visit the _Burn Notice_ cafe and hopefully watch a scene be filmed. I haven’t caught up with him since he got back, but the fact that it’s an entirely closed set not even in public view must have confounded him.

I kind of expected that he probably wouldn’t have any access to it, and told him so, but he isn’t very bright.