MAD MEN (AMC TV) BARS & RESTAURANTS

MAD MEN (AMC TV) BARS & RESTAURANTS - LOS ANGELES FILMING LOCATIONS

"Mad Men" is definitely my favorite Television show ever! Mad Men's Matthew Weiner is obviously a genius. Hope he does many more "Period Pieces" for TV and the Movies. If you like this website, you'll the Mad Men TV show and vice versa. It just blew me away that they would shoot scenes in Mad Men in places like The HMS Bounty restaurant, The Prince Korean Restaurant, Musso and Frank's, Cicada, the Biltmore Hotel, the Los Angeles Theater and Casey's Bar. What other TV show would do that! The costume and set design are utterly perfect, all of the actors are sublime, great music, and of course great stories - why do you think the show has won so many "Golden Globes". While the first episode (the pilot) was filmed in New York (where the story takes place), many may not realize that Mad Men (AMC) is now filmed in my favorite city (with all due respect to the "Big Apple") - Los Angeles. While these bars and restaurants are found on my bar and restaurant pages - I thought I would put the "Mad Men" filming sites all together here. Of course "Mad Men" is the copyrighted name of the Television show. This site is not in any way affiliated or approved by the show. I'm just a big fan! See my Google Map for these locations: Click here

Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 213-624-1011 (Italian-Spanish Churriguereque Renaissance theme and Beaux Arts - Shultze and Weaver- since 1923) T T T T T	Season Two - Episode 1 - "For Those Who Think Young" and other episodes as well. The Millennium Biltmore Hotel has to be one of the world's most beautiful Hotels. In the basement is an incredibly well preserved indoor pool right out of the Great Gatsby era. The pool was used for a scene in the movie Bugsy where he is arguing with Mickey Cohen about an unapproved heist. Room rates are surprisingly reasonable for a hotel of this quality and with this much history.
Casey's Irish Pub (Casey's Bar and Grille) - 613 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA (213) 629-2353 T T T T	Casey's Irish Pub is used as the filming location for Mad Men when they are supposed to be in New York at someplace like "P.J. Clarke's" if I'm not mistaken. See it Season Two Episode One of Mad Men when Donald Draper is eating a steak and eggs breakfast. It was also used in the scene (I forget the episode) where everyone is dancing the twist. Casey's was established in the early 70's but looks perfectly like an Irish Pub from the 20's. One of the best downtown Los Angeles bars. See my bar page for more information
Cicada Restaurant - 617 S. Olive St., Los Angeles (downtown) 213-488-9488 Dinner 5:30pm - 9:00pm, closed for Lunch and on Sunday T T T T T	Cicada is used frequently as a filming location for Mad Men. They use this place perhaps more than any other restaurant location, such as in Season one, episode four ("New Amsterdam" - well I'm pretty sure). Also Season Two Episode 4 "Three Sundays". The place is so large that they use different corners or floors to double for many different places. I identify with Mad Men quite a bit because my grandfather was a corporate executive in Manhattan during the same time period (Chairman of the Board of Collier's Encyclopedias) - and believe me - Mad Men accurately depicts that time and place exactly as I remember it (down to my grandfather's drinking habits, house, Cadillac and his glasses!). Can anyone tell me where the scene where Betty Draper goes to a bar and cheats on Donald takes place? Couldn't figure that one out! Cicada has one of the world's greatest Art Deco interiors for a restaurant. Highly rated food of course. See my restaurant page for more history of this place.
HMS Bounty Restaurant and Bar, 3357 Wilshire Blvd , Los Angeles (Koreatown) 323-385-7275. Mon-Sat 11am-1am; Sun 2pm-12am (under this name since March 26, 1962 but interior is older). Open 365 days a year. T T T T T In the scene, Peggy is sitting right in front of the above table.	The HMS Bounty bar was used in "MAD MEN" Season 1, Episode 11 - it looks a little different because they went crazy adding nautical pictures and statutes for the scene. Hmm... Let's see Musso's, the Prince, the Biltmore Hotel, Cicada, Casey's bar and the HMS Bounty Restaurant - six of my favorite places used in Mad Men! I keep asking myself if they used my site as a reference source - but alas I think that's just a fantasy. This is the scene where Peggy goes on a date with a guy from her neighborhood. Being a more humble date, they chose a great "down home" restaurant like the Bounty - one of the friendliest places in Los Angeles! See my restaurant page for more history of this place.
The Los Angeles Athletic Club, 431 West Seventh St. Los Angeles, CA 90014, 213-625-2211 (1912 Beaux Arts - John Parkinson and Edwin Bergstrom)	This one is a guess but I am pretty sure the scene with Donald Draper and the Menken heiress is in the dining room of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Episode 6 "Babylon" Season One. If I am wrong, they should be filming at LAAC - an incredible old school place. Many do not realize it but the LAAC is also a very nice hotel with very friendly and warm service and at prices that are a real bargain. I've stayed there many times.
Los Angeles (1931 S. Charles Lee - French Renaissance) - 615 S. Broadway, Los Angeles	Season one, episode 9 ("Shoot"). This is used in the scene where Donald Draper is being courted for a bigger firm and his wife agrees to do some modeling for Coke. They are supposed to be at an opera house I believe. See my movie palace page for more history of this place.
Musso and Frank Grill ( Musso and Frank's ), 6667 Hollywood Blvd. 323-467-7788. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 am to 11 pm . Friday and Saturday 11 to 2:00AM (since 1919) T T T T T	Musso's is prominently featured (both the bar and old room and rather properly the Martini's in Season One, Episode 7. Here it is supposed to be a place something like the "Grand Central Oyster Bar" in New York. It also substitutes for a place like Sardi's in New York in Season 2, Episode 5 ("The New Girl"). You have to love the best TV show ever combined with the best Restaurant (Musso's) ever (though I wish they would use the real waiters and bartenders rather than actors)! Incidentally, Hollywood Boulevard had it's own branch of Sardi's in the 1930s. It burnt down and then was briefly reborn as Zardi's for some strange reason. While there is no smoking at Musso's, the ambiance could not be more appropriate (otherwise) to Mad Men (and who wants cigarette smoke now that we've read the "Reader's Digest"!). Click here to see my extensive history of this Landmark Restaurant
The Prince (formerly The Windsor) Restaurant, 3198 W. 7th St., Los Angeles (Koreatown) (213) 389-1586, (interior since 1942 or so) T T T T T HISTORY OF THE PRINCE/WINDSOR This is the "Chinatown" booth.	Season one, episode two of "Mad Men" ("Ladies Room") doubling as "Toots Shor's" Restaurant in Manhattan. You may not recognize the place at first because the room is much brighter in the Mad Men scene. See latimemachines.com for more info. The episode is named after what occurs in the Prince's Ladies room. You've got to love a TV show that knows about "The Prince"! This was also a filming location for "Chinatown" where Jack Nicholson meets Faye Dunaway in a restaurant.
The Quality Coffee Shop, 1238 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA‎ - (213) 622-3608‎	Season One Episode 5 "SG" and other shots - whenever they are in the coffee shop, such as the scene when Donald Draper meets his half-brother. They call it the "Delight" Coffee Shop on the show. This place is closed except for filming, but you can get a peek inside when something is filming here.