L.A. Plays New York: "Mad Men," Week Four

When Don Draper and Pete Campbell drop off Edwin Baker, senior VP of Public Relations for Jaguar, after a night of debauchery, in real life they're outside the Oviatt Building (and Cicada restaurant) in downtown Los Angeles.

The Oviatt and Cicada are actually a popular spot for the "Mad Men" location scouts. Here's a pic of Don and Roger Sterling from last season, when an episode was shot inside:

L.A. Doesn't Play Itself: Downtown Eateries on 'Mad Men'

Funny enough, at the same moment Maria and I were attending an Emmy party at downtown's Cicada restaurant (in the famed Oviatt building, of course), AMC's "Mad Men" featured Don Draper and company at the Clio Awards -- in a scene shot at Cicada.

Here's what Cicada -- a favorite spot for weddings and other events -- normally looks like inside:



Like we've mentioned in the past, "Mad Men" does a great job of turning Los Angeles locales, particularly downtown, into 1960s New York. This week's episode also included scenes shot at legendary French dip eatery P.E. Cole's:


What's cool here: You can even see the name "Cole's" in the window.

Cole's from the outside:



Below, more shots from Cicada and Cole's from Sunday night's "Mad Men" episode, "Waldorf Stories."

Los Angeles, Ad Town: Another Cicada Edition

Downtown's Cicada Restaurant is a popular spot for filming -- including this ad for Nikon cameras.

Located in the Oviatt Building, the restaurant space was once upon a time home to haberdashery Alexander & Oviatt. That store is long gone, but the Oviatt Penthouse is now rented out for parties and events, while Cicada took over the restaurant space downstairs in the late 1990s..