236423 Tue Jun 05 14:40:22 -0700 2001 14 19 Outer Boroughs 0 1253500 The Prizzi's Honor reference in the Monte's Venetian Room thread got me thinking-- what other restaurants/ food sources in our boroughs have been used in films? I live near the Red Rail - the former Camereri (sp?) Brothers bakery used in Moonstruck. Anywhere else a cinephile can have a culinary/film combo experience? Tue Jun 05 14:40:22 -0700 2001 0 igj 1 1253502 Harvest, on Court Street, was briefly dressed up as a bar and used in Frequency. Not exactly thrilling, but it's the only one that comes to mind. Tue Jun 05 23:38:26 -0700 2001 1253500 0 Lauren 2 1253508 The Schlitz Inn, a really wonderful tavern that also serves an interesting array of food (ghoulash, boiled beef, assorted wursts, lots of very nice fried seafood), was the setting for several scenes in "Fort Apache, the Bronx." It's located on E.137th St. in the Bronx, just off Bruckner Blvd., first exit just after you cross the Triboro Bridge. They're not open at night, but they do a really brisk lunch business! -- Paul Wed Jun 06 08:59:32 -0700 2001 1253502 0 Paul Lukas 3 1253510 You made my day with the typo "Ghoulash": must be a macabre version of the dish. Wed Jun 06 11:03:53 -0700 2001 1253508 0 Allan Evans 1 1253503 Great topic! Wish I could think of something besides the White Castle in Saturday Night Fever. (On the non-cinematic front, Stephen Jay Gould has made several refernces to the T-Bone Diner in Forest Hills, but "outer boroughs food popular science writing sites" is -definitely- too abstruse a topic.) Tue Jun 05 23:53:20 -0700 2001 1253500 0 Steven Stern 2 1253511 The White Castle in Saturday Night Fever is gone, alas, replaced by an office complex with a Pizzeria Uno in it. However, Pizza Wagon where Travolta buys the two slices and piles them up is still there at 86th and 5th last time I looked. Wed Jun 06 11:08:50 -0700 2001 1253503 0 David Jacobson 1 1253521 Was in Queens a couple months ago, and stumbled across the diner that was used in a few scenes in Goodfellows. I believe it was in Maspeth, but I can't remember the name of it. I got there from the Maurice Avenue exit of the L.I.E. -- it was only a few minutes from there. Had a pretty good hamburger too, actually. Perhaps someone else knows the name of it Wed Jun 06 14:17:31 -0700 2001 1253500 0 Rebecca 2 1253539 I thought the diner scene in Goodfellas was filmed near JFK along Rockaway Turnpike? Fri Jun 08 09:03:50 -0700 2001 1253521 0 s 1 1253534 In "A Bronx Tale", Deniro drives the number 12 bus down City Island and stops for lunch with his son at Johnny's Reef. Thu Jun 07 15:44:01 -0700 2001 1253500 0 Bill 1 1253543 the diner scene in goodfellas was the airline diner (jackson hole) on astoria blvd....bronx tale exteriors was filmed on 30ave astoria, the home of sorriso italian deli and a bosnian sausage store, and a myriad of bakers , pizza etc...too bad el eden choclates recently left 30ave for the more lucrative environs (i'm sure!!) of the east village... Fri Jun 08 10:05:48 -0700 2001 1253500 0 allen vella 1 1253544 Am curious to know: Years ago, I was an extra on Saturday Night Fever -- the disco scenes. Does anyone know whether the disco it was filmed in, in Brooklyn, ('think' the name was Space Odyssey 2001?? or something close...), is still standing? I remember that across the street was a building the film people called "The White Warehouse." It served as a HUGE actors' "Green Room" for cast and crew, and each day, a major buffet was set up for us at lunchtime. It was like attending a daily wedding or bar mitzvah. Quantities and varieties of entrees, vegetables and desserts. Our only admonition was to "not get tomato sauce on our 'disco outfits.'" Have been on sets before and since but have NEVER seen so much food consumed as I did that week!!! Fri Jun 08 12:16:43 -0700 2001 1253500 0 Alice 2 1253623 the former coffee shop where Dizzy's stands at the corner of 8th avenue and 9th street appeared in the film, Donnie Brasco. And they had 50 cent coffee!!! Fri Jun 15 16:33:04 -0700 2001 1253544 0 josh 1 1253634 On the "dive bar" side of the spectrum, let's not forget that the Everglades Bar on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood played a major role in The Jerky Boys Movie. OK, so it's not foodie heaven or a great movie, but it had to be said...after all, how often do two local boys get to make a gold record, followed by a movie based on it, and then...return to their local neighborhood and favorite tavern to film it? Tasteless, but god bless them! Sat Jun 16 20:46:45 -0700 2001 1253500 0 wayne 1 1253755 I have to speak up for my home borough: Alfonso's, the Italian pastry shop on Victory Blvd. in Staten Island, was use for a robbery scene in Easy Money. If I remember correctly, the scene involved Rodney Dangerfield and some cannoli. Boy, am I proud. But the fancy Italian cookies are great there! Mon Jun 25 15:41:12 -0700 2001 1253500 0 Jessica Nepo 1 1253768 In the excellent indie movie Our Song, which takes place in Bed-Stuy, one of the girl protagonists works in a Latino bakery which I believe turns out to be Más Que Pan on Smith St. Tue Jun 26 10:15:43 -0700 2001 1253500 0 tamara