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Where to Eat in Grand Theft Auto IV

edlevineeats.seriouseats.com — The real-life restaurants in New York City that the ones in GTA IV are based on.

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  • leerayIG88, on 04/30/2008, -61/+5I'm actually an anorexic. I eat lots of food and take diarrhea pills. The greatest weight lots program.
    imo.
    • KidVicious, on 04/30/2008, -2/+29That actually makes you bulimic.
      • leerayIG88, on 04/30/2008, -7/+22omfg... I have a problem.
        • DiggzDE, on 04/30/2008, -9/+3Yeah, it is called stupidity. It is okay though, about 75% of the world's population suffers from it as well.
          • leerayIG88, on 04/30/2008, -9/+3I wasn't being serious.....The internet isn't serious business.
          • Chris4, on 04/30/2008, -2/+2It's a money making business.
          • leerayIG88, on 04/30/2008, -4/+1This is none of your business! :9
          • SeaBass22, on 04/30/2008, -0/+4It's business time!
          • DiggzDE, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1And I was? Did you think I actually found a real statistic on that or something?
        • funkytaco, on 04/30/2008, -1/+2Yeah, it's called confusing your eating disorders.
    • snoutspout, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1you mean brain-anorexic right?
    • Tebixan, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1You're going to get hemorrhoids if you keep that up
  • BinaryDelt, on 04/30/2008, -60/+96Seriously? Who ***** cares?
    • Carlix, on 04/30/2008, -13/+17I care.
    • xsquirrel378x, on 04/30/2008, -5/+11not you?
    • TheGeneral, on 04/30/2008, -1/+24About what? GTA4 or this guy taking diarrhea pills...
    • SurfingMonkey, on 04/30/2008, -5/+2I dont
    • crowbar77, on 04/30/2008, -10/+6Probably people who live their or have been their. Kinda cool to see it in a video game i guess.
    • mushiking, on 04/30/2008, -2/+6It seems that 161 Diggers care
    • Shaflugi, on 04/30/2008, -2/+12Seriously? I wish people would stop saying "seriously?". When did half of the digg population start doing it?
      • thebza451, on 04/30/2008, -3/+4or 'well played sir', that's a nice gay one too the diggers seem to love
        • xsquirrel378x, on 04/30/2008, -5/+8seriously that was well played sir
    • SKick, on 04/30/2008, -3/+12If you look up, there is a tab that says "who dugg or blogged it." Click that tab, read the names, and shut the ***** up.
    • wacomwacoff, on 04/30/2008, -2/+8Go somewhere else and find something you care about. Chances are it'll be something I won't care about. Then shut the ***** up.
    • TheBigBad, on 04/30/2008, -2/+5Obviously you. You took the time to post.
      • BinaryDelt, on 05/01/2008, -3/+2No, I care that there are enough people stupid enough to care about this story. It causes my faith in humanity to drop just that much further.
        • wacomwacoff, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Your faith in humanity drops when you find out that people are interested in knowing what famous spots in NYC inspired the scenery in a popular video game? Jesus, guy, that's kind of sad. It's an interesting story (though badly written) and a really interesting subject, if you've ever been to NYC. Or even if you haven't.
    • metric7, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2Millions of people
    • nnagflar, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3Me. I care. Who cares about you not caring?
    • syphern, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1YO MAMA CARES!
  • nonpareil, on 04/30/2008, -7/+30And what about all these "hot dog stands" I see everywhere? From whence do they hail?
  • whiteeagle131, on 04/30/2008, -6/+105Next on Digg:
    Where to kill in Grand Theft Auto IV
    • surKaz, on 04/30/2008, -2/+12everywhere?
    • Octosink, on 04/30/2008, -2/+6The real-life prostitutes in New York City that the ones GTA IV are based on.
  • bitterg, on 04/30/2008, -8/+4I've been to many of those places, and it looks like they took a lot of license. Would they have to pay those places to do this?
    • UGM2099, on 04/30/2008, -2/+8No more than they have to pay John A. Roebling for using the Brooklyn Bridge.
    • NotOptium, on 04/30/2008, -2/+5Hell, if they really wanted to they could charge these places to have their shops in such a highly anticipated game.
  • Acronym, on 04/30/2008, -8/+1I wonder what the red light district is based on -.-
  • TheConman, on 04/30/2008, -8/+2I thought you could only eat at hot dog stands in the game, at least as far as i know.
    • JudgeMonkey, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2right down the street from the start at your safehouse is a cafe, just to name one.
    • Tebixan, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1You can eat at any Burger Shot or Cluckin' Bell any time you want, plus that Diner JudgeMonkey mentioned that's near the original safehouse. Most of the other restraunts you need to be on a date to use though, and you can't actually go inside.
  • Nougat, on 04/30/2008, -7/+369th St Diner looks like a place in Chicago om Congress right by I290.
  • Makaveli604, on 04/30/2008, -9/+46It was actually pretty cool to see examples of parallels between the game and real geography.
    • ElSnuggles, on 04/30/2008, -2/+4I agree. I definitely think this page deserves a digg.
  • whiteknives, on 04/30/2008, -3/+5No Hello Deli? :(
  • timothycrash01, on 04/30/2008, -3/+7Where's a Gordon Ramsay restaurant? I want to get yelled at just before I kick his ass.
    • SoulGrub, on 05/01/2008, -1/+0Oh if you could hunt down real people like say Donald Trump that'd be uber sweet
  • UGM2099, on 04/30/2008, -11/+2SAVE DOMINO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/89007352@N00/73277379 ...
  • SurfingMonkey, on 04/30/2008, -17/+3I really cant stand all these GTA4 articles / adds !?!? Stop it!! We know GTA4 is out and we don't care!!!
    • dafragsta, on 04/30/2008, -3/+2This is a Digg problem, not an IGN problem. Here's the formula; whatever topic has the most buzz = the topic that gets overexerted by dozens of bloggers and media sites who stink of desperation. Do I even need to point to the iPhone to make my point?
      • SurfingMonkey, on 04/30/2008, -6/+0What I find funny is that people read these articles when they could be playing the game.... and if you don't have the game, why read all this crap?
      • dafragsta, on 04/30/2008, -2/+2wtf did I get IGN from? Brain-fart.
        • SurfingMonkey, on 04/30/2008, -2/+0So what did you mean instead of IGN? I think its a lemmings (people) problem.
    • xsquirrel378x, on 04/30/2008, -4/+3so ***** bury it then *****
  • idiggitall, on 04/30/2008, -2/+3I wish the real beer garden would open soon...I love that place.
  • cnot3, on 04/30/2008, -4/+23I only eat pink tacos in GTA.
    • theoristbj, on 04/30/2008, -6/+3Nom nom nom nom!
    • NeoCortex, on 04/30/2008, -5/+1"And then you spread open the taco with your fingers..."
    • pilesAREbetter, on 04/30/2008, -2/+8And that is the only place you will ever eat a pink taco.
      • cnot3, on 04/30/2008, -1/+3at least until Taco Bell unveils their next creation... I'll take mine with extra sauce.
  • tonich03, on 04/30/2008, -12/+1I don't understand it. I haven't bought GTA, I haven't played it, I won't buy it and I won't play it at least until fainals end in June. Yet, I keep clicking on every dmaned stupid article about it. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, people, lets boicot those article that milk on the hype, really.
    • wickensworth, on 04/30/2008, -1/+14Hope you don't have an English final coming up
      • tonich03, on 04/30/2008, -9/+1It's funny because "fainals", "dmaned" were both mistypes, though boykott was just written wrong. Anyway, I don't need to prove my English level here, though I should be more careful writing.
    • Sabazou, on 04/30/2008, -1/+5Good luck on your 'fainals' ... you're going to need it
      • tonich03, on 04/30/2008, -5/+3Why don't you say this to my face.
        • cam503, on 04/30/2008, -0/+8Ooh! Internet challenge!
        • Sabazou, on 04/30/2008, -0/+3Hey man it was just a joke I didn't really mean it, can't we talk this over?
          • tonich03, on 04/30/2008, -3/+1yeah why not!! Nah man I was joking, I saw the first four rockys this week and I'm pumped about it.
          • Trykt, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1tonich03, you are a tremendous douche.
        • mstoneburner, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Where do you live I'll be right over.
        • syphern, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Yeah ill come too and KICK YOUR ASS!! WOOOO YEAH FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
      • LHopi, on 04/30/2008, -1/+3Cuz if he did you would totally kick his ass huh!!! That'd show that *****. That'd show him REAL good.....yeah....
  • Torx, on 04/30/2008, -8/+3ummm.. none of these look even remotely the same??
  • zyklon, on 04/30/2008, -13/+5I don't mean to pee in anyone's coffee, but this stuff isn't important to me. Well... not important until GTA IV comes out on PC.
    • pilesAREbetter, on 04/30/2008, -1/+4and your comment isn't important to anyone
    • JudgeMonkey, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1Yeah, exactly. Oh no, it's not important to you. That so completely has ANY chance of ruining someone's day. You could die tomorrow and everyone else would still carry on just fine. Somehow... we'd find a way.
    • metric7, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1It's not coming out for pc
  • crowbar77, on 04/30/2008, -2/+2I really need to start doing the missions so i can get to the other islands.
  • falafelkiosken, on 04/30/2008, -2/+869th street? Rockstar has used that number just 159034 times
  • ausfahrt, on 04/30/2008, -3/+4I know i'm whining and will be buried but I'm still FROZEN!
  • TheBlackLotus, on 04/30/2008, -15/+2And in other news, 10,000 Children Died today. Up Next, Sights to see in Grandt Theft Auto, as we take you on a tour in a virtual taxi around the faux city of Liberty City.

    What happened to REAL NEWS?
  • audioscience, on 04/30/2008, -3/+1I thought the Steinway looked familiar...
    • Mexrocker, on 04/30/2008, -3/+1First thing I did in the game was to head up to Steinway in the game and explore that little area. It has a lot of familiar stores that you would find around the real Steinway area...
  • dcsears, on 04/30/2008, -3/+2why aren't people too busy playing the game to keep digging this stuff?
    • Mysrt, on 04/30/2008, -3/+3cause our 60gb PS3's are frozen, so we check digg instead of playing
    • Inc3pt, on 04/30/2008, -3/+1Work? :(
  • musntSurfatWork, on 04/30/2008, -12/+2I'm too busy eating p***y
  • Kidsturk, on 04/30/2008, -3/+1The 69th Street Diner looks like Empire Diner in Chelsea, Manhattan;

    http://tinyurl.com/3r4sg2

    But of course no one in this thread cares. I just couldn't be bothered to sign up for a site just to comment on it - the food site I mean, not Digg
  • charlie55, on 04/30/2008, -3/+4i live near the beer garden. in fact i live on steinway street, the street the in-game version is named after. and i just played the game and saw steinway park, which in real life is astoria park.
  • pilesAREbetter, on 04/30/2008, -4/+2This is a waste and a stretch. Who really cares? To most of the people playing this game those places only exist in the game.
  • rheaume, on 04/30/2008, -2/+1Seriously though dude, you should really stop playing and go eat something.
  • thetopcrusader, on 04/30/2008, -3/+0Is it just me, or does 69th Street Diner look like Dexter's Diner from Star Wars?
  • jeffreyrowland, on 04/30/2008, -5/+0I'm sure glad I have Digg, the way things are going I'm not even going to have to play the game at all. What a time-saver!
  • MyDiggIsBig, on 04/30/2008, -2/+1Tom's Restaurant.
  • etx313, on 04/30/2008, -5/+2Every single one of those is a stretch.
  • fani, on 04/30/2008, -7/+3Step 1. Submit useless article to digg
    Step 2. Make sure articles involve current phenomenon GTA IV
    Step 3. ??????
    Step 4. Profit
  • odmonk, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1The mystery diner sure looks like a railcar diner to me. I can't find a picture, but the description of the former Cheyenne diner in Manhattan, now moving to the burbs, sounds right. I just couldn't care enough to register for seriouseats to tell them that.
  • Hax0rJimDuggan, on 04/30/2008, -6/+2This game sucks. Go eat real food.
  • anonymous666, on 04/30/2008, -1/+2BurgerShot's 6lb Heart-Stopper Burger is only $0.99!
  • DefenceMinister, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1So that "Sprunk" sign is a restaurant?
  • phinn, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1I want to buy a PS3, GT5 Prologue, and this game. Then wait patiently for Final Fantasy XIII. That is all.
    • robthom, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Well played sir. Seriously.
    • nnagflar, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1I'd just like to point out that I have a PS3, GT5 Prologue, and this game.
  • Nore, on 05/01/2008, -2/+0Personally? I found it interesting considering I was born in NYC and been living here most my life and have been to all of those places on numerous occasions. I actually live not too far from the Beer Garden. It's just fun facts, no need to take everything so serious.
  • raphaelbrion, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Breaking news! A Cluckin' Bell restaurant in GTA IV was shut down by the health dept!
    http://digg.com/gaming_news/Cluckin_Bell_Restauran ...
  • malcolmboston, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1seriously who cares, im sick of seeing stories about GTA 4 and this one in particular is absolutely pathetic, the 879 people who digged.......wow
  • Wiinii, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1On the mission where you had to date a dude, I am pretty sure that was the restaurant from Superman II, that was cool!
  • BearinG, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I thought Bean machine looked a lot like Second Cup that we have here in Canada... particularly the colors and window logo.. like a mix of Starbucks and Second Cup

    Bean machine
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2206/2454743506_4a4 ...

    Second Cup
    http://dropshot94.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/dsc0 ...
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