Location of "Ugly Betty" fastfood outlet?

On Sep 26, 12:40 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> Last night's Ugly Better showed a fast food outlet with subway stairs
> nearby.  I was wondering if it was at an actual station location (and
> if so, which one), or was it at a fictitous corner.  (There was one
> streetscape scene that I wonder was "blue screened" in.)  Often times
> locations in such shows are intentionally made fictitious.
>
> I saw a sign "21 St" and there is the new 21-Queensbridge station in
> Long Island City.  However I believe there was another street sign
> that said "42 Dr" which I don't think exists.
>
> I din't tape the show to be able to check out the street scenes that
> carefully.  The show is fast-paced making it hard to study individual
> scene backgrounds.
>
> Anyone catch it and know where the backgrounds were shot or where
> scenes took place?
>
> Thanks.
>
> P.S.  Why did the father have to take that job?  What did he live on
> before?  As a good cook, couldn't he have done better?

I'll be watching it later today.

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:27:57 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@> wrote:

>On Sep 26, 12:40 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>> Last night's Ugly Better showed a fast food outlet with subway stairs
>> nearby.  I was wondering if it was at an actual station location (and
>> if so, which one), or was it at a fictitous corner.  (There was one
>> streetscape scene that I wonder was "blue screened" in.)  Often times
>> locations in such shows are intentionally made fictitious.
>>
>> I saw a sign "21 St" and there is the new 21-Queensbridge station in
>> Long Island City.  However I believe there was another street sign
>> that said "42 Dr" which I don't think exists.

If you're that curious, why don't you check out the stations list at
mta.info? All it would take is clicking on the lines that run through
Queens.
>>
>> I din't tape the show to be able to check out the street scenes that
>> carefully.  The show is fast-paced making it hard to study individual
>> scene backgrounds.
>>
>> Anyone catch it and know where the backgrounds were shot or where
>> scenes took place?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> P.S.  Why did the father have to take that job?  What did he live on
>> before?  As a good cook, couldn't he have done better?

This isn't a TV newsgroup, for the love of God.

On Sep 26, 12:40 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> Last night's Ugly Better showed a fast food outlet with subway stairs
> nearby.  I was wondering if it was at an actual station location (and
> if so, which one), or was it at a fictitous corner.  (There was one
> streetscape scene that I wonder was "blue screened" in.)  Often times
> locations in such shows are intentionally made fictitious.
>
> I saw a sign "21 St" and there is the new 21-Queensbridge station in
> Long Island City.  However I believe there was another street sign
> that said "42 Dr" which I don't think exists.
>
> I din't tape the show to be able to check out the street scenes that
> carefully.  The show is fast-paced making it hard to study individual
> scene backgrounds.
>
> Anyone catch it and know where the backgrounds were shot or where
> scenes took place?

It's a generic subway entrance with the green-painted metal fence.
Could be any local station on the Queens Blvd line.

The restaurant set was a set.