Demolished
East Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood Star Lanes (site)
Shot here: The Big Lebowski (1998)
34.0906° N / 118.3050° W
Filming location · Miracle Mile, Los Angeles
Johnie’s Coffee Shop
The Googie diner where the Dude and Walter talk things over in The Big Lebowski.
Private · exterior only34.0627° N / 118.3616° W
Coordinates from published sources · on-site check pending
The scene
What happened at Johnie’s Coffee Shop
The Dude and Walter slide into a booth at Johnie’s to talk things over.
Built in 1956, the diner is a textbook example of Googie architecture, with a sharp, space-age roof. It stopped serving meals decades ago but is kept for filming.
Then & Now
On location today
Closed to the public but preserved, and still used as a filming location.
Line up the shot
Stand on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax and get the whole roofline in the shot.
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