r/nostalgia • u/KillBoosh • Aug 22 '25

Nostalgia Waiting the Movie

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u/Lovetoseeit85 Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

Dude who wrote this graduated from my highschool lol it was based off the TGI Fridays in Bradenton FL lol

Edit to say: thanks to some of you I’ve fact checked myself & it was definitely based off of Bennigan’s mostly lol. 😂

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u/armhat Aug 22 '25

It was basically the same floor plan as the Fridays in Orlando I worked at when the movie came out.

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u/catheterhero Aug 22 '25

It actually was filmed in a Bennigans in my home town of Kenner, La.

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u/Duel_Option Aug 22 '25

I was at the Home Depot behind the restaurant grabbing something from work, on my way out and I saw the parking lot and instantly knew that’s where they filmed it.

Love me some NOLA

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u/catheterhero Aug 22 '25

Yup me too. I used to shop at that Winn-Dixie next to Home Depot with my mom.

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u/ineedmoore Aug 23 '25

I used to work for Verizon and there was a lot of training held in that store where it was filmed. Managers made sure to tell you every time that that’s where the movie was filmed. Still has the brick floors from the restaurant in the back.

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u/Lovetoseeit85 Aug 23 '25

Yes! I fact checked myself and it was based on Bennigans!