The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
I forgot to add the link of the interview:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90041944
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The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
The Bean Machine is a parody of Starbucks actually. I learned that while listening to NPR on the way back from work.
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The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
@McKibbin: That's the most plausible real-world analog yet. Thanks!
The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
It seems like 69th Street Diner is based on Relish Diner in Brooklyn.
Here's a pic:
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/restaurants/archives/relish_williamsburg2.jpg
The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
In light of the other Queens references, and of course the name, the BurgerShot could be the Wendy's on Queens Blvd, site of the "Wendy's massacre" in 2000.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E5D7113DF934A15756C0A9669C8B63
The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
Incidentally, there is a diner on W. 69th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side in NYC. But it's called the "West Side Restaurant", and it doesn't have the vintage aluminum exterior.
The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
I forgot to add the link of the interview:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90041944
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