Where Is It: A Pizzeria from 'Mad Men'

Posted by Adam Kuban, August 26, 2008 at 3:00 PM

First, a confession: I haven't been watching Mad Men. Yes, I've heard it's good. But the last thing I have time for is another TV show to watch. Keep your tsk tsks out of the comments. (We're going to use them for something else.)

Anyway, my coworker here at the Slice–Serious Eats office emailed me these photos after the episode on August 17 ("Three Sundays") aired:

Here are screenshots from the 8/17 episode of Mad Men. After having dinner at Peggy's mom's house, the priest drops Peggy off "by the 4th Ave BMT." Assume Brooklyn. Not sure which stop, I'm guessing it's supposed to be 4th Avenue/9th Street, but not sure. During the earlier dinner scene, Peggy's aunt (?) said she was visiting her son at Greenwood Cemetery.
Here are two high-res screenshots, one where you get a full view of the pizza parlor. I just like the cool neon sign. Any idea where it is?

I have no idea where this is, actually. It looks familiar, but that could be my grease-addled mind playing tricks on me. Anyone out there know if this pizzeria even exists, and, if so, where it is?

The first person to ID it and send in a picture (or a link to a picture) gets an as-yet-to-be-determined pizza-related prize. Either email me the photo and location or leave your link in the comments. A car-free version, after the jump.

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Bonus Slideshow

I'm sure my mom worries about me. One of my hobbies is taking pictures of pizzeria exteriors. So far, these are all the places I've collected shots of.

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Tags: contests, Guess Where, Mad Men, television, TV

9 Comments:

I believe that Mad Men films in LA and so this exterior may be on a studio backlot, or a re-dressed LA street and not anywhere near Kings county...

andrewr at 4:59PM on 08/26/08

Why on earth anyone would think this was filmed on location is beyond me!

klg19 at 5:01PM on 08/26/08

@andrewr: Yeah. You're probably right.

@klg19: It's not unheard of. Law & Order films on location all over NYC, and that's three different shows a week.

Adam Kuban at 5:36PM on 08/26/08

looked instantly familiar to me as I spend a lot of time in downtown LA:

http://flickr.com/photos/91811387@N00/59570782

I have a picture somewhere in my archives but a google online search was quicker

Nick Solares at 6:15PM on 08/26/08

Nick: You win the pizza-related stuff. I will be in touch.

Adam Kuban at 6:44PM on 08/26/08

Nice slideshow, did I miss it or did you omit the home of my favorite classic NY slice, New Park Pizza of Howard Beach. I don't have a picture, but here's a couple of slices and a punch:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauliegee/482091957/in/set-72157600170652215/

BTW, better than Isabella's is Kossar's Bialys next door.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

pauliegee at 9:40PM on 08/26/08

@pauliegee: I do have an exterior shot of New Park, I must not have added it to my "Pizzeria Exteriors" set on Flickr.

Adam Kuban at 10:41PM on 08/26/08

Woomp, d'are it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slice/276565589/

Adam Kuban at 10:42PM on 08/26/08

@Nick: Thanks! Here it is on Google street view.

Raphael at 11:31PM on 08/26/08

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