The restaurant was parodied in a 1980 Saturday Night Live skit as "Pre-Chew Charlie's", ostensibly a steakhouse where the waiters come to your table and chew your food for you.
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In a 1998 episode of the sitcom Friends (Season 4, Episode 13, "The One With Rachel's Crush"), Chandler gets drunk at the restaurant after thinking his girlfriend cheated on him.
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In 1992, the chain was advertising only two remaining locations in Manhattan—at 51st Street and Broadway (originally the famous Lindy's location), and at 45th Street and Eighth Avenue (though other outlets may still have been open).
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