![]() ![]() Kettle of FishĪfter bailing Midge out of jail (a police officer didn’t appreciate her bawdy jokes), Susie takes Midge to the bar Kettle of Fish. Maisel, the interior is shot on a set in Brooklyn, while the exterior is shot on St. Before it closed in 1971, the cafe was located at 116 MacDougal St.-a cocktail bar called The Up & Up lives there now. The coffeehouse and music venue hosted the likes of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Allen Ginsberg. Miriam “Midge” Maisel’s journey as a comedian begins at the Gaslight, which was a very real place in the ’50s and ’60s. Maisel, Midge stops by Village Vanguard to see her pal, the legendary comedian Lenny Bruce, open for a jazz band. The joint was originally dedicated to poetry reading and folk music before jazz took hold there in the ’50s. Since 1935, Village Vanguard has made its home at 178 Seventh Ave. ![]() And when we say old-school, we mean it: This place has been serving up omelettes and burgers since the early 1930s. La Bonbonniereįlashbacks to Midge and Joel’s dating days-and engagement-take place at La Bonbonniere, an old-school diner at 28 8th Ave. Fun fact: Bob Dylan lived a couple doors down, at 161 W. You can visit the quirky, cramped shop at 169 W. Midge and her, uh, rough-around-the-edges manager Susie Myerson visit the Music Inn early in season one-and Midge’s estranged husband, Joel, later hears a bootleg recording of Midge’s act here. The protest is organized by the activist Jane Jacobs and touches on her ultimately victorious fight against Robert Moses, NYC Parks commissioner and “master builder,” and his plan to pave highways through the park. Midge wanders into a protest here and, in classic Midge fashion, ends up in front of a microphone talking about herself. You can see many of the following spots on our Greenwich Village scavenger hunts for public and private groups. With the fourth season just ended and a final fifth season on the way, the show spends much of its time at real-life locations in and around Greenwich Village, though it ventures around the city quite a bit. ![]() Maisel, about a housewife-turned-comedienne, zips around from the Upper West Side to Midtown to the Village, it reads like a love letter to 1950s New York. The circa-1920s Upper West Side taproom, with its distinctive green neon sign of an Irish harp outside, was the backdrop for a Season 2 scene where Midge Maisel and her mentor, Lenny Bruce (Luke Kirby), could commiserate about the obstacles they face as stand-up comics in the conservative 1950s.“E veryone you care about can despise you, and you can still find a bagel so good, nothing else matters.” As the Amazon original series The Marvelous Mrs. Right: Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce Stefano Giovannini Nicole Rivelli/Amazon Prime Video Comedy albums of the period are for sale here, and there was one memorable scene where Midge’s manager, Susie, hears a record of her client doing stand-up at The Gaslight. This classic record store, which opened in 1958, has been a consistent backdrop for the series. It’s Joel’s favorite bar, and he’s got some good company here: Other productions have also filmed at Old Town Bar, including “Sex and the City,” the film “The Last Days of Disco” and Madonna’s 1993 video for “Bad Girl.” The Music Inn Joel Maisel and his friend Archie (Joel Johnstone) meet at this famous Union Square watering hole, which opened in 1892, to talk about life. Inset: Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel Stefano Giovannini Nicole Rivelli/Amazon Prime Video ![]() We did all the product signs in the window through film research.” Old Town BarĤ5 E. We moved the counters around a little bit, did some painting inside as well. Says production designer Bill Groom, “We did mostly signage. In Season 1, this longtime New York butcher shop was used as Lutzi’s, Midge Maisel’s local butcher. But in several cases, the show gets lucky and finds classic New York joints that have been there since … well, forever. Maisel” goes to great lengths to re-create old New York, changing traffic patterns and turning an East Village tattoo parlor into the club known as the Gaslight Cafe for example. ![]()
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