Location | 1236 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Type | Diner, film set |
Construction | |
Closed | 2006 as a diner |
Demolished | 2014 as a diner |
The Quality Cafe (also known as Quality Diner) was a diner at 1236 West 7th Street in Los Angeles, California. The restaurant ceased to function as a diner in late 2006 but has appeared as a location featured in a number of Hollywood films, including Million Dollar Baby , Training Day , Old School , Se7en , Ghost World , Gone in 60 Seconds , The Stepfather , What's Love Got to Do with It , Sex and Death 101 , and Catch Me If You Can. It was also featured in Season 1 of the 2007 television series Mad Men, in the episode "5G". [1] It was completely refurbished in 2014 and transformed into a bar of the Teragram Ballroom, a music theatre.
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