Moondance Diner

The Moondance Diner is one of the oldest diners in Manhattan. Not only has it been seen in movies and on television, Jonathan Larson, the writer of the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical Rent, paid his dues by working here for ten years.

Nearest Subway Stop: Canal Street/6th Avenue A (C) E

Scenes at this Location

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  Photo Copyright Warner Bros. 1994
  Friends
  Starring: Courteney Cox, Jon Favreau
  When Monica was fired from her job as head chef for taking free steaks, she took a job at the Moondance Diner, which fortunately for the real staff, does not force its employees to dress in 50s garb and wear roller skates, as she had to do on the show. She did meet Pete here though, who turned out to be a millionaire.
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  Photo Copyright Columbia Tristar 2002
  Spiderman
  Directed by: Sam Raimi
  Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire
  Peter Parker was surprised when he saw Mary Jane coming out of this diner in a waitress uniform. Embarrassed, she tried to hide the fact that she was working there, but Peter was far too much in love to care. Of course the real surprise to him was when she informed him that she and his best friend, Harry, were dating.