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marlo’s park

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The concrete park where Marlo frequently met with his crew in the last two seasons of The Wire is in East Baltimore (even though it's supposed to be West) at the end of Faith Ln near the corner of Chase St. and Bond St.

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werner’s

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The Baltimore restaurant Werner's is Tommy Carcetti's favorite location for power lunches in The Wire, and it's also a popular spot for political wheeling and dealing in House of Cards. The restaurant, which dates back to the 1950s, closed briefly in 2011 but reopened in 2012 under new ownership.

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john’s radio and television

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Proposition Joe ran his low-key electronics repair front business out of this address on South Highland in The Wire.

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norm’s diner

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Jerry Seinfeld picks up comedy legend Carl Reiner in a 1960 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II, and they head over to the Norm's in West Hollywood for some coffee in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

Interestingly, several of the diners at this location are designed to resemble auto showrooms. The namesake of the chain, Norm Roybark, was a used-car salesman who founded the chain in 1949 (this location opened in 1957).

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american diner

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The American Diner makes several appearances in the French tv show The Returned. You can find this 50s-style diner that serves burgers, fries and shakes north of Annecy in Sillingy.

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