Talk:Sardi's

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 * Zanimum, The list of caricatures you are compiling is really terrific. In fact, since when completed it will number about 1400 people, I thought it deserved its own page. I moved it over to List of caricatures at Sardi's restaurant. Hope that's ok with you. Thanks for the great contribution. J. Van Meter 14:50, 14 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah, no problem. I was hoping we got to the point that a seperate page was needed. --  user:zanimum

In popular culture
Removed from the main article because it has no sources at all, and very little encyclopedic value. epicgenius (talk) 15:30, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Film
Movies that have filmed scenes in Sardi's include:
 * Love Is a Racket with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Ann Dvorak (1932)
 * The Velvet Touch with Rosalind Russell (1948)
 * Forever Female with Ginger Rogers, William Holden and Paul Douglas (1953)
 * The Country Girl with Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and William Holden (1954)
 * But Not for Me with Clark Gable (1959)
 * Please Don't Eat the Daisies, with David Niven and Doris Day (1960)
 * Critic's Choice (1963) – While this Bob Hope–Lucille Ball film was shot in Hollywood, the Sardi's interior was authentically recreated with menus, plates, and memorabilia sent from the restaurant.
 * No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
 * Made for Each Other with Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna (1971)
 * Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
 * The Fan (1981)
 * Author! Author! (1982)
 * The King of Comedy (1983) – Includes an appearance by Sardi's caricaturist Richard Baratz
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
 * Radio Days (1987)
 * Switch (1991) directed by Blake Edwards – Ellen Barkin and Lorraine Bracco discuss their relationship over a dinner at Sardi's
 * Naked in New York (1993)
 * The Producers (2005)
 * Shortcut to Happiness (2007) with Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Anthony Hopkins.
 * Frost/Nixon (2008) – David Frost talks about the restaurant to John Birt when both are leaving for California.

Television

 * In the January 20, 1957 episode of The Steve Allen Show, Ingrid Bergman and Kirk Douglas were interviewed by Steve Allen at Sardi's. The actors were there to receive the New York Film Critics Award.
 * In The Twilight Zone episode "A Stop at Willoughby", James Daly's character, Gart Williams, asks his protegé's secretary to look for him at Sardi's.
 * In the M*A*S*H episode "House Arrest", Hawkeye Pierce is being escorted to the swamp by MPs. He smirks at them to get him home quickly because "I'm dining at Sardi's tonight."
 * In the Newhart episode "Saturday in New York with George", Bob Newhart's character, Dick Loudon, offers to take George Utley to an all-night deli. Utley replies that eating anywhere after Sardi's would "be a let-down".
 * In the Seinfeld episode "The Summer of George", the exterior of Sardi's is shown as Kramer is eating there with the Broadway crowd after falsely accepting a Tony Award.
 * The Mad Men season 2 episode, "The New Girl", Donald Draper arrives at Sardi's to have drinks with Bobbie Barrett, when he runs into his former flame, Rachel Menken. Rachel explains she is now married and introduces her husband, Tilden Katz. The caricatures are clearly visible along the wall in the scene.
 * In the Glee episode "New York", Finn Hudson took Rachel Berry there for a date and even saw Patti LuPone there.
 * In the Glee episode "Love, Love, Love", Rachel Berry is seen walking past it and looking inside it while singing "Yesterday".

Books
Books that have referenced Sardi's include:
 * In "Zooey" from Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger, the cluttered walls of the Glass family apartment are likened to those of Sardi's.
 * In Someday Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham, Franny and Dan first kiss in Sardi's.
 * In Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming
 * In Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk, the protagonist Norman Paperman, a public relations/press agent considers Sardi's his venue of choice for entertaining his clientele.
 * In "Humboldt's Gift", by Saul Bellow, the protagonist Charlie Citrine quotes the name of Sardi's as a symbol of accomplished popularity and fanciness.

Songs
Songs that have referenced Sardi's include:
 * "This Could Be the Start of Something (Big)" (music and lyrics by Steve Allen)
 * "I Wanna Be A Producer (The Producers)" (music and lyrics by Mel Brooks)
 * "Part of it All" (title of show) (Music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen)