The Top 15 Movie Bars And Restaurants (That You Can Actually Visit)
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We know you’re just itching to visit the real-world places where movie greats like Quentin Tarantino or Christopher Nolan once shouted “Action!”. The only question is: to brag on social media, or not to brag? The choice is yours. We’ve done our part and put together a list of iconic cafés, bars and restaurants from the silver screen that you can actually visit IRL – and order a drink or a bite to eat while you’re at it.
The Top 15 Movie Bars And Restaurants (That You Can Actually Visit).
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Katz’s Delicatessen, New York City – One of the most unforgettable scenes in New York City film history was shot at Katz’s Delicatessen in Manhattan, in a scene for rom-com classic When Harry Met Sally… featuring Meg Ryan (who makes fake orgasm sounds to prove a point) and an abashed Billy Crystal, not to mention a customer played by film director Rob Reiner’s mother who delivers that now-famous line. The table at which the scene was filmed now features a plaque reading: “Where Harry met Sally… Hope you have what she had! Enjoy!”. Tip: If you’re feeling peckish, go for Katz’s legendary pastrami sandwich (it could be the key to… you know).
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Cafe Lalo, New York City – The place where the determined Kathleen (Meg Ryan) unwittingly meets her business rival and romantic interest Joe (Tom Hanks) in You’ve Got Mail is neutral territory, not in any way related to the cut-throat competition between bookstores: it’s Cafe Lalo, a patisserie near Central Park. Since its opening in 1988, and perhaps thanks to its cameo in the beloved film, the café has become a staple of the area. Walking in for the first time, you might be overwhelmed by the incredible selection of pies, cakes and tarts on display. Enjoy!
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Café des 2 Moulins, Paris – Behind the Moulin Rouge, under the gaze of the Sacré-Cœur, you might stumble across the celebrated Café des 2 Moulins, the café-brasserie that won success thanks to the fantastical French movie Amélie. A stone’s throw from the metro station Abbesses, you can quickly spot the crimson-coloured shopfront and pop in to see where Audrey Tautou, playing the shy Amélie, served her patrons with an angelic smile. We recommend you take a seat, put in some headphones and retreat into movie magic with the film score composed by the highly acclaimed Yann Tiersen.
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“Café Debussy”, Paris – For whatever reason, it’s common for screenwriters and directors to re-baptise existing locations with a different name for their films. Such is the case with Da Stuzzi Patisserie, located in the 7th arrondissement. The venue was transformed into Café Debussy for a scene in Christopher Nolan’s Inception, in which Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Ariadne (Ellen Page) have a coffee, and Cobb reveals that they are in fact in a dream. Da Stuzzi shuttered a few years ago and has been replaced by an Italian restaurant, Il Russo.
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Maxim’s, Paris – At the stroke of midnight in the heart of the bohemian Paris, Gil – played by Owen Wilson – is magically transported to the 1920s in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris. As he gets acquainted with the likes of F Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Salvador Dalí, Gil takes a fancy to Adriana (Marion Cotillard), Picasso’s mistress who is, in turn, nostalgic for the 1890s. After travelling to the era and hopping on a mysterious coach, they drop by the bar Maxim’s, overflowing with Art Nouveau décor. The list of high-end wines you can sip here in the real world is of course remarkable, but if you truly want to taste the Belle Époque, be sure to order one of their roasts or superb entrées.
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Rules, London – It’s been well over five decades since badass British secret agent James Bond, portrayed by Sean Connery, first sauntered into movie history. Among the hundreds of amazing places that have provided a backdrop for 007’s adventures, one stands out in particular for its illustrious past: Rules, in London’s Covent Garden, featured in Sam Mendes’ Spectre as the restaurant in which Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), Q (Ben Whishaw) and “M” (Ralph Fiennes) meet to discuss how to best protect Bond’s operation from a mole inside the British secret service. The oldest restaurant in London, Rules was established by Thomas Rule in 1798 and serves classic British fare such as game, oysters, pies and puddings. Well before MI6 met here, the restaurant had served the likes of Charles Dickens, HG Wells, Laurence Olivier and Charlie Chaplin.
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The Prince Bar, Los Angeles – The birthplace of the film industry, LA is home to scores of bars that played host to silver screen stars throughout the years. One memorable venue is The Prince Bar in Koreatown, originally born in the 1940s as The Windsor. For its film debut, this old-fashioned bar made a brief appearance in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown as The Brown Derby. This is where private eye JJ Gittes (Jack Nicholson) meets for a drink with Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), and asks whether she has an alibi for the time of her husband’s death. Tip: If you’d like to have a drink where Dunaway famously cursed at Polanski during an on-set tussle, reserve the second booth on the right.
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The Blind Donkey, Los Angeles – La La Land, the musical love story between budding jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone), was one of the big winners of the 2016-2017 awards season. To relive the magic of the jazz jam sessions at Seb’s, visit the The Blind Donkey in downtown Long Beach. This industrial-chic bar, with its easily recognisable black leather banquettes, will be turned into Seb’s for just one night on 25 April. A production team of Lionsgate executives will be decorating part of the bar as a tribute to this cinematic gem, including the now iconic “Seb’s” neon blue sign.
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New York Grill, Tokyo – In the cult classic Lost in Translation, fading American movie star Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and recent college graduate Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) strike up a singular friendship as two disoriented foreigners among the hustle and bustle of Tokyo. Their laconic conversations are mostly held over drinks at New York Grill on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel, with its floor-to-ceiling glass windows offering breathtaking views of the Japanese capital. A bottle of domestic beer for 1,000 Yen (approx. 9 USD) is the cheapest item on the menu, but if you’re into wine tasting and have deep pockets, the impressive wine list offers around 1,800 selections.
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Café Einstein, Berlin – In Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, cinema owner and anti-Nazi plot mastermind Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) meets with the despicable Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) at restaurant Chez Maurice in Paris: only in reality, the scene was filmed in Berlin at Café Einstein, a Viennese-style coffee house operating since 1978. In one of the most memorable of Tarantino’s movie scenes, Landa takes the liberty of ordering – both for himself and the mademoiselle – the strudel, which the viewer gets delicious views of in numerous close-ups that’ll have you wanting to try it for yourself.
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Sky Bar, Bangkok – Made famous by the scene in The Hangover II where gangster Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) gets arrested, Sky Bar at iconic Lebua State Tower beckons with some of the best views in the city. 63 floors up, the bar has become a must-do for a sundowner cocktail, and though it may not offer the most relaxed experience (especially since tourists flock here on clear days), the incredible panoramas make it worth the effort. To complement the views, try a Hangovertini – created specially for the cast of the film.
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Moscow Restaurant, Beijing – The protagonists of Jiang Wen’s coming-of-age film In the Heat of the Sun are a group of privileged kids whiling away the days during the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, dreaming of being heroes. Perhaps there’s no more appropriate backdrop for the affluent characters than Moscow Restaurant, where Wang Shuo (the writer of the novel Wild Beasts, on which the movie is loosely based) plays a gangster being hoisted in the air by rival gangs. In the past, Moscow Restaurant was Beijing’s only foreign restaurant, and the place where many of the city’s denizens had a fancy Western meal for the first time. The restaurant is still around, although nowadays the appeal is more nostalgic than culinary (that said, they do have rather legendary 10 RMB vodka shots).
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Only VI Bar, Buenos Aires – Swinging between the past and present, Juan José Campanella’s film The Secret in Their Eyes takes place in the Buenos Aires of the 1970s and the city of today. In it, recently retired judicial officer Benjamín Espósito (Ricardo Darín) decides to finally write a novel and chooses as his subject an old unsolved case that still haunts him: the brutal 1974 rape and murder of a young teacher at the hands of her childhood friend, who was never brought to justice. The bar Only VI is one of the venues where the Oscar-winning movie was filmed, and has also been declared a site of cultural interest.
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Pocket Bar, Sydney – It’s hard to talk about Australian movie settings without mentioning the unrivalled natural landscapes that tend to steal the spotlight, from the Victorian High Country to the Mundi Mundi Plains and the stunningly desolate outback. However, in his 2012 rom-com Not Suitable for Children, director Peter Templeman brushed aside the bush and filmed at a number of places throughout Sydney, includingPocket Bar in Darlinghurst. The bar is kitted out like a cool share house, with comfy vintage sofas, kitsch art and eccentric knick-knacks. Make yourself at home, and treat yourself to a mojito with rhum agricole.
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