L.A Cameo: Here's Where "Mad Men" Went In Episode 2

Not a lot of location shooting on this week's episode of Mad Men, "A Day's Work." But in one early scene, Don Draper (Jon Hamm) meets with Dave Wooster (David James Elliott) at a restaurant/bar -- and in real life, it was easy to tell where the scene was actually shot: Downtown's P.E. Cole's, one of the oldest still-operating restaurants (along with rival Philippe the Original) in town.



Mad Men loves Cole's. Here's a 2010 post I did on Cole's and other L.A. eateries that have appeared on the show.

OK, now, I have to admit, I couldn't place the diner where Don and Sally eat and have their big father/daughter breakthrough:



I know I'm going to kick myself when one of you tells me. So do share!

UPDATE: Michael Pop ‏sent me a Tweet to let me know that the diner was Colonial Kitchen in San Marino! And so it is:

Los Angeles: Ad Town, One in a series

Shot outside Cole's in downtown L.A.: This spot for V8 juice, featuring Jackie Chan.

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."