Just how medieval is Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament? A first-time visitor answers the question.

Lately, something has changed. Lately, I've been reacting to fancy coffee the same way a child reacts to an accidental sip of red wine mistaken for grape juice. I don't know when it happened, but I've devolved into an unexpected love affair with bad coffee. It's not just instant coffee that I hanker for each morning, either, it's any subpar coffee I can get my hands on.

Recently, the Serious Eats staff got to thinking about the restaurants and bars from our favorite movies, TV shows, and even video games that we wish we could pop into, for real, on a regular basis. So, without further ado, here are nine places where we wish everybody knew our names.