Quality Cafe (diner) facts for kids
| Location | 1236 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Type | Diner, film set |
| Construction | |
| Closed | 2006 as a diner |
| Demolished | 2014 as a diner |
The Quality Cafe was a well-known diner located at 1236 West 7th Street in Los Angeles, California. Even though it stopped working as a regular diner in late 2006, it became very famous. This was because it appeared in many popular Hollywood movies and TV shows. In 2014, the building was completely changed. It became a bar for a music place called the Teragram Ballroom.
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The Quality Cafe on Screen
The Quality Cafe might have stopped serving food, but its look lives on in many films and TV series. It was a popular spot for filmmakers who wanted a classic diner feel.
Quality Cafe in Movies
Many famous movies used the Quality Cafe as a filming location. Here are some of them:
- What's Love Got to Do with It (1993): This movie tells the story of Ike and Tina Turner. It starred Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett.
- Se7en (1995): A thriller starring Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow.
- B.A.P.S. (1997): This film featured Halle Berry and Natalie Desselle-Reid.
- Another Day in Paradise (1998): Starring James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, and Natasha Gregson Wagner.
- Gone in 60 Seconds (2000): An action movie with Nicolas Cage and Grace Zabriskie.
- Coyote Ugly (2000): A scene in this movie, showing dancing by Tyra Banks, was filmed here. The cafe was changed to look like a diner in New York's Chinatown for this part.
- Training Day (2001): A crime drama starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.
- Ghost World (2001): This movie featured Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch.
- Catch Me If You Can (2002): A true-story film starring Tom Hanks.
- Old School (2003): A comedy with Luke Wilson and Ellen Pompeo.
- Million Dollar Baby (2004): A boxing drama starring Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank.
- Mr and Mrs Smith (2005): This action-comedy starred Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Vince Vaughn.
- The Heartbreak Kid (2007): A comedy starring Ben Stiller and Malin Akerman.
- The Midnight Meat Train (2008): A horror film with Leslie Bibb and Bradley Cooper.
- The Stepfather (2009): A thriller starring Dylan Walsh and Penn Badgley.
- 500 Days of Summer (2009): A romantic comedy with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- The Roommate (2011): A thriller starring Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly.
- Honey 2 (2011): A dance movie.
- The outside of the cafe also appeared in Atlas Shrugged (2010) and You Got Served (2004).
Quality Cafe on TV Shows
The Quality Cafe was also a popular spot for TV series. You might have seen it in these shows:
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997): It appeared in stories like "The Candlestick" and "The Diner."
- CSI: New York (2004): Featured in the episode "Outside Man."
- Mad Men: This popular show used the cafe in several episodes, including "5G," "Ladies Room," "To Have and to Hold," and "Christmas Waltz."
- Numb3rs (2008): Appeared in the episode "Blowback."
- Lie to Me (2010): Featured in the episode "Headlock."
- Castle: Seen in episodes like "Sucker Punch" (2010) and "Watershed" (2013).
Other Appearances
The Quality Cafe wasn't just in movies and TV shows. It also showed up in commercials and music videos:
- A Coca-Cola commercial called "Share the Magic" (2009).
- A Pepsi Max commercial called "2pointZero" (2010), which was a new version of an old cola war ad.
- Promos for the NFL Network called Joe's Diner (2006-2007) and a TV commercial "Cable Guy."
- Promos for the TV shows Monk and Psych called "Dead Zone Cafe."
- A Chevrolet Cobalt commercial called "Ball" (2005).
- The "Cold Beverage" music video by G. Love & Special Sauce (1994).
