History Main / LocalHangout

* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' has two. The first is a Wok restaurant that later gets turned into a Sushi restaurant. The is a Karaoke bar.

* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': Like in the comics, Pop’s Chock-Lit Shoppe is this.

In general, standards of conduct are ''far'' looser in fictional hangouts than they are in real life. At these places, you can expect fights to break out, people to walk inside wearing unusual costumes (even when it's not Halloween), and people shamelessly screaming at the top of their lungs... [[LivingProp with none of the waiters or other patrons even noticing or caring.]] Also, the seats/couches/spot the characters typically occupy are '''never''' taken by others, as though they exude a pack-like [[ThisIsMyChair "get off my turf!"]] vibe when approached.

%%* Monk's Resturant in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.

** The Foremans' basement might count too; the main cast spends so much of their time hanging out there, most of them think nothing of asking/telling Eric to leave if they need privacy (even though it's his house).

** Another place mentioned from time to time on ''Cheers'' is Norm's favorite restaurant, the Hungry Heifer. The patrons there greet Norm the same way everyone at Cheers does, and much like at Cheers, he's on a first-name basis with the staff. (He claims he's been going there since his college years.) His favorite order there is the Feeding Frenzy, a ''very'' large meal of beef and corn.

%%* The Brick in ''Series/NorthernExposure''.

* Merlotte's Restraunt in ''Series/TrueBlood'', run by shape shifter Sam Merlotte. A large chunk of the cast also works there. After Sam becomes the Mayor of Bon Temps, the restaurant is sold to Arlene Bellefleur and renamed appropriately.

%%* Martini bar in ''Series/AllyMcBeal''.

* The Cheesecake Factory in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', justified because Penny (and for a while during the time she was still going through school, Howard's girlfriend and eventual wife Bernadette) work there and because Sheldon's SuperOCD dictates that he only eat at certain restaurants and establishments. Lampshaded in that Penny knows everyone's order by heart and repeatedly begs the group to try The Olive Garden down the street so she can get away from their antics for the night (it never works).
** Taking Sheldons SuperOCD into account, pretty much every restaurant featured in the show could be considered this unless a comment from Sheldon (such as complaining about trying a new restaurant) indicates the contrary. Special mentions go to the chinese restaurant which appeared in several episodes, and whose owner actually made comment on them coming back all the time.

* ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'' has Monk's Cafe, the diner where the main cast hangs out a lot of the time for conversation.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'': Most episodes have a scene where the main characters are hanging out at a local restaurant. As a RunningGag, while the location and staff of the restaurant appear to be fixed, the theme changes every episode, usually to some sort of terrible pun.

%%* Tapper's Tavern in ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf''.

%%* Black's Cafe in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainStar''.

* Sonic Boom, the music store that Ally's dad owns and that Ally works at in ''Series/AustinandAlly''.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Big Coffee, the cafe located right next door to the Greens' house, which is also Cricket's workspace. Until it got shut down by Chip Whistler in Season 2.

* Mel's Drive-In in ''Film/AmericanGraffiti''. It's the main place for all the local kids to hang out, where they go after the graduation dance. At the end when Curt is trying to find the gloriously beautiful blonde in the car, he goes there to field a phone call from her. Unlike virtually every example on the page, you can actually visit a Mel's, which is a real, long-standing drive-in and diner chain in California (although the "Drive-In" part is now TheArtifact). Although the original locations, including the one in the movie, have since closed, the chain was revived in the 80's and split into two factions, The Original Mel's, the "real" lineage of the original chain, and Mel's Drive-In, a more tourist-y version with wall-to-wall ''American Graffiti'' decor.

* Mel's Drive-In in ''Film/AmericanGraffiti''. It's the main place for all the local kids to hang out, where they go after the graduation dance. At the end when Curt is trying to find the gloriously beautiful blonde in the car, he goes there to field a phone call from her. Unlike virtually every example on the page, you can actually visit a Mel's, which is a real, long-standing drive-in and diner chain in California (although the "Drive-In" part is TheArtifact). Although the original locations, including the one in the movie, have since closed, the chain was revived in the 80's and split into two factions, The Original Mel's, the "real" lineage of the original chain, and Mel's Drive-In, a more tourist-y version with wall-to-wall ''American Graffiti'' decor.

* Mel's Drive-In in ''Film/AmericanGraffiti''. It's the main place for all the local kids to hang out, where they go after the graduation dance. At the end when Curt is trying to find the gloriously beautiful blonde in the car, he goes there to field a phone call from her. Unlike virtually every example on the page, you can actually visit a Mel's, which is a real, long-standing drive-in and diner chain in California (although the "Drive-In" is TheArtifact). Although the original locations have since closed, the chain was revived in the 80's and split into two factions, The Original Mel's, the "real" lineage of the original chain, and Mel's Drive-In, a more tourist-y version with wall-to-wall ''American Graffiti'' decor.

* Mel's Drive-In in ''Film/AmericanGraffiti''. It's the main place for all the local kids to hang out, where they go after the graduation dance. At the end when Curt is trying to find the gloriously beautiful blonde in the car, he goes there to field a phone call from her.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has the cast occasionally treating the Chao Bao Xi as one of these. Named for the student entrepreneur, partial-chef and owner Chao Lingshen.

* The looper bars in ''FanFic/TheInfiniteLoops'' are bars scattered throughout TheMultiverse where loopers go to hang out and swap stories.

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* ''Series/Riverdale'': Like in the comics, Pop’s Chock-Lit Shoppe is this.

* On ''Series/WhenCallsTheHeart'', characters often hang out at Abigail's Cafe. To be fair, it <i>is</i> the only eatery in town.

* The Cheesecake Factory in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', justified because Penny (and for a while during the time she was still going through school, Howard's girlfriend and eventual wife Bernadette) work there and because Sheldon's SuperOCD dictates that he only eat at certain restraunts and establishments. Lampshaded in that Penny knows everyone's order by heart and repeatly begs the group to try The Olive Garden down the street so she can get away from their antics for the night (it never works).

%%* Sharkey's in ''Series/CaliforniaDreams''.

%%* The Max in ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.

** As revealed in a season 3 episode, the cast used to hang out there even before it was the Cental Perk. At that time it used to be a bar, and upon being told it would be changed into a coffee house, they reacted rather unhappily. However, as we all know, they would still spend most of their free time (and, as indicated by Joey in a later season, even a good share of their work time) in there, leading to the conclusion that it actually is the close distance to their respective homes that kept them coming back.

* Merlotte's Restraunt in Series/TrueBlood, run by shape shifter Sam Merlotte. A large chunk of the cast also works there.

* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Pop's Barbershop is known for being a gathering place in Harlem for everyone from neighborhood kids to celebrities. Pop is a bit of a renowned figure in the community, enough that when he is killed by Tone in the crossfire of a botched hit on Chico, Cottonmouth kills Tone as retaliation for his mentor's death, and there is a large turnout at Pop's funeral.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Big Coffee, the cafe located right next door to the Greens' house, which is also Cricket's workspace.