The Jail was renovated to serve as the administrative wing of Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in 2013, and its Rotunda is open to visitors.ĭoug and Brian’s ambitious plans to open their own ‘Cocktails and Dreams’ establishment come to grief after a fist-swinging falling-out over the flirtatious and rich Coral ( Gina Gershon). Before capital punishment was abolished in Canada, Toronto Jail was the site of twenty-six hangings, the last being as recently as 1962. The Don Jail, east of the Don River in Toronto's Riverdale neighbourhood, was built in 1864 as the Toronto Jail, with a capacity of 184 inmates. The ‘town’, once again, is Toronto, where 'Cell Block', the blue-lit circular bar in which Brian flagrantly contravenes all manner of health and safety regulations by standing on the bar top to recite poetry, is the Rotunda of the Old Don Jail, 550 Gerrard Street East. This stood at 1152 First Avenue at 63rd Street but the candy-striped awnings are long-gone and the premises now houses the Sherlock Holmes-themed Baker Street Pub.įor reasons of economy, the production was based in Toronto and the interior of the popular hangout was recreated in the studio here.Ĭocktail film location: Brian and Doug tend bar at the 'Cell Block' bar: Old Don Jail, Gerrard Street East, Toronto It’s more Brian’s charm and popularity with female customers than innate ability that get him a job from cynical Aussie Doug Coughlin ( Bryan Brown) at the old TGI Friday bar on the East Side.

He quickly discovers that he’s not remotely experienced enough to step straight into a high-end position and reluctantly settles for tending bar at night while studying during the day. It's now unrecognisable – apart from the distinctive shape – after being spruced up as the hip Jackson's Eatery / Bar.ĭespite Pat’s attempt to bring Brian down to earth, the aspiring tycoon has his sights firmly set on a career in Wall Street, or Madison Avenue, or ‘communications’… ‘Pat’s Place’ was a bar which stood at 10-37 Jackson Avenue on the corner of 50th Avenue. Cocktail film location: Flanagan’s uncle’s bar, ‘Pat’s Place’: 50th Avenue, Queens | Photograph: Google Maps

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