Granny's Diner

"Regina: When a fairy talks about the center of Storybrooke... Snow: She means the heart of Storybrooke: Granny's."

- Regina and Snow

Granny's Diner is a Storybrooke and Enchanted Forest location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the first episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

Visitors

 * Albert Spencer
 * Aladdin
 * Alexandra
 * Anna
 * Anton
 * Archie Hopper
 * Ariel
 * Ashley Boyd
 * August Booth
 * Aurora
 * Bashful
 * Belle French †
 * Black Fairy †
 * Billy †
 * Burly Man
 * Count of Monte Cristo †
 * Cruella De Vil †
 * Dark Ones †
 * David Nolan
 * Doc
 * Dopey
 * Dr. Whale
 * Elsa
 * Emma Swan
 * Friar Tuck


 * Gideon
 * Greg Mendell †
 * Guinevere
 * Happy
 * Henry Mills
 * Hook
 * Isaac Heller
 * Jasmine
 * Kathryn Nolan
 * King Arthur †
 * Knights of the Round Table
 * Kristoff
 * Kurt Flynn †
 * Lancelot
 * Leroy
 * Lily Page
 * Little John
 * Lost Boy 2
 * Maleficent
 * Marco
 * Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Merida
 * Merlin †
 * Merry Men
 * Miss Ginger


 * Mother Superior
 * Mr. Clark
 * Mr. Gold
 * Neal Cassidy †
 * Nimue †
 * Prince Neal
 * Regina Mills
 * Robin Hood
 * Robin Hood †
 * Roland
 * Ruby
 * Sean Herman
 * Sheriff Graham †
 * Sidney Glass
 * Sisters of Saint Meissa
 * Tamara †
 * The Three Musketeers
 * Tinker Bell
 * Ursula
 * Violet Morgan
 * Walter
 * Will Scarlet
 * White Rabbit
 * Zelena

Trivia

 * -|On-Screen Notes=

On-Screen Notes

 * The diner is featured in the title card for "The Dark Swan".
 * According to the words painted on a column, the steps on the side of the diner lead to an unnamed law office.
 * In the Season One episode "Red-Handed", Granny refers to the diner's chef as "Tony". Jane Espenson, who wrote the episode, later stated on Twitter that the character is named Floyd, which was confirmed by Adam Horowitz. In the Season Five premiere "The Dark Swan", Granny addresses the character as Floyd.
 * At least one more chef works at the diner kitchen, which can be seen in "The Jolly Roger".
 * When Hook is walking through Storybrooke while everyone is under the influence of the Spell of Shattered Sight, in the background, you can see Floyd, the cook at Granny's Diner, being harassed by two of the waitresses. Later, after everything returns to normal, you can see Floyd crossing the street in the morning, side by side with one of the waitresses.
 * A poster in the library says:

GRANNY'S DINER

Join us for Dinner Specials every Weekday from 4.00 to 6.00

FAMILY SPECIALS Every Saturday Night

Diner Menu

 * The menu over the counter offers:


 * Other dishes are listed on pictures on the walls. Curiously, some of them also appear on the regular menu, but at different prices. Left to right:

MENU NOTES
 * Hot cocoa is not on the menu, even though Emma and Henry both order it in several episodes.
 * Several customers are seen drinking or being served whiskey, which is not on the menu.
 * Emma loves grilled cheese and sends someone to buy it for her on two occasions. Regina, however, doesn't like Granny's grilled cheese.
 * Belle and Mr. Gold like to order hamburgers and iced tea.
 * Belle tries the pancakes and Ruby explains to her what they are.
 * Granny serves a special lasagna, often referred to, but it is not listed.
 * Henry, afraid of traveling to the Netherworld in his sleep, drinks coffee to stay awake.
 * Owen likes apple pancakes and orders them when he visits the diner with his father.
 * Greg Mendell eats pie at the diner, which is not on the menu.
 * Ruby serves Henry a large ice cream sundae ("extra everything") ordered by Neal, which is not on this menu, but is listed on a handout breakfast menu which has never appeared on the show.
 * David and the dwarves order ten bowls of chili without beans.
 * There is also a dinner menu in the corner, which offers other kinds of food. Lacey orders chicken Parmesan and white wine from this menu.
 * An order seen on a set photograph posted on Flickr mentions another dinner dish: Roast beef.
 * One morning, Floyd can be seen frying bacon before the diner opens and Granny remarks that no one gets between Leroy and his bacon; even though bacon is not on the menu.
 * Emma brings Henry a sesame bagel from Granny's Diner and Isaac has a bagel when he is at the diner with Mr. Gold; which are not on this menu, but is listed on an unseen handout breakfast menu prop.
 * Hook brings Emma grilled cheese and onion rings from Granny's Diner and Emma serves Zelena onion rings from the diner, even though onion rings are not on the menu. After the diner crash lands in the Enchanted Forest, the fryers are damaged and Leroy is unhappy because this means "no onion rings".
 * Monte Cristo sandwich is not on the menu, since Granny was "never a fan of the eggy bread".
 * Leroy brings Dr. Jekyll mutton sandwich (which is not on the menu either) with extra pickles.
 * Granny serves Belle chamomile tea, even though tea is not on the menu.
 * Rum has been added to the menu by the time of "Ill-Boding Patterns".
 * Regina mentions that poke was added to the menu.

DAILY SPECIALS
 * After the curse is broken, a Daily Specials board is added in "The Crocodile". The dish of choice changes now and then, and includes:
 * 2 for 1 mead
 * Meatloaf 4.99
 * Burger & Beer 4.99
 * Lobster Rolls 5.99
 * Philly Cheesesteak 2.49
 * Upside-down cake $2
 * Whoopie pie $2
 * Chocolate cake with Vanilla Cream $2
 * The 2 for 1 special on mead is mentioned by Happy in "Child of the Moon", who says that the first round is on him – but Leroy reminds him that they have work to do.
 * During Prince Neal's announcement ceremony, the dish is replaced with an illustration of a stork wearing a crown and carrying the new baby, who is swaddled in a cloth with Prince Charming's crest on it. The caption says "WELCOME TO THE ROYAL BABY!"
 * During Robin Hood's funeral, the board is blank.
 * A picture posted by Adam Horowitz on Instagram shows an additional dish: "Granny's "ultimate" lasagne". It can also be seen on an unused piece of concept art by graphic designer Neil Westlake.
 * Additional concept art by Neil Westlake contains other unused daily specials:
 * Milkshakes - all flavors $1.99
 * 2 for 1 tuesday
 * Calamari $3.99
 * Another unused piece of signage says "No shirt, no shoes, no service! - The management". No shirt, no shoes, no service" is what Granny says to Ariel when the latter enters the diner in "Dark Hollow".


 * -|Production Notes=

Production Notes

 * A real lawyer office sign next to the Cannery Cafe in Steveston (the real life cafe that doubles as Granny's Diner for exterior shots ) has been replaced by a "Storybrooke Real Estate" sign for the show; however, the signage on the column, which says "law office", still remains.
 * A food truck business was planned for Granny's Diner in Season Three. Graphics designer Neil Westlake created concept art for the food truck, but the project was eventually scrapped.
 * An exterior shot of the diner from "A Bitter Draught", is stock footage from "Heroes and Villains": Even though the people walking by the diner are different, the parked car and the leaves on the ground are exactly the same.
 * Showrunner Edward Kitsis has described Roni's as "the new Granny's - with alcohol and cassettes".


 * -|Cultural References=

Lost

 * After Neal's funeral, Granny pours a customer a glass of MacCutcheon Scotch Whisky, a fictional brand on Lost.

Popular Culture

 * "Red River Valley" by Lloyd Green is playing at the diner during Mary Margaret and Dr. Whale’s date.
 * "Settling In" by Sharon Jones &amp; The Dap-Kings is playing when Ruby walks into it to get lunch for Emma.
 * "I Want To Tell You" by The Brymers is playing during Mr. Gold and Belle's date.
 * "Got It" by Gabriela is playing at during Greg and Regina’s chat.
 * "Fill a Heart (Child Hunger Ends Here)" by Tori Kelly is playing at during Mr. Gold and Lacey's date.
 * "Ghosts in the Room" by Anny Celsi is playing at when Belle is refusing to eat her hamburger.
 * "A Pebble In My Sand" by The Fallen Angels is when Tinker Bell is talking to Mother Superior.
 * "Shambala" by Three Dog Night is playing when everyone is celebrating the end of the alternate universe.
 * This song was also featured in the Lost episode "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead", which was also written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.
 * The song Henry is playing for Violet Morgan on the jukebox is "Only You" by Yazoo.
 * "Good Love" by The Murmaids is playing when Hook and Robin Hood are discussing about Zelena's sonogram.
 * "The Night That You Left" by Phil Parlapiano is playing when Hook asks Robin Hood how to break into Emma's cave, and when Belle notices that the last petal of the Magical Rose is falling.
 * "Once Again" by Krisanthi Pappas is playing while Emma is leaving a letter to her family.
 * The song Henry and Violet are dancing to is "In My Dreams" by Ruth B.


 * -|Set Notes=

Props Notes

 * The seats and stools in Granny's Diner have a basket weave design, a subtle reference to the fairytale of "Little Red Riding Hood".
 * In the scene where Sheriff Graham is practicing his dart skills in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", a jukebox in the corner of the diner, has been replaced by a dartboard. However, in the following episode, the jukebox has been put back. In other episodes where people are in the diner and playing with darts (Emma in "It's Not Easy Being Green", Hook in "The Apprentice", and Robin Hood in "The Snow Queen"), the jukebox is moved into the adjoining hallway, and the dartboard is put back.
 * The jukebox, which first appears in the Season One episode "Snow Falls", is an old Seeburg HF100R jukebox from 1953.
 * The jukebox is used on-screen for the first time in the Season Five episode "The Price". The music played by Henry on the jukebox in this episode, is "Only You" by Yazoo. In the Season Six episode "The Black Fairy", Hook and David finds the missing piece of the Savior's wand under the floorboards beneath the jukebox.
 * According to a set photograph from Season Six posted on Tumblr, the jukebox also offers the songs "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "It's Over" by Roy Orbison, "Long as I Can See the Light" and "Lookin' Out My Back Door" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Oh My My" and "Step Lightly" by Ringo Starr, "Little Arrows" by Leapy Lee, "See You Later, Alligator" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Bill Haley & His Comets, "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Outside World" by XTC, "Jessie's Girl" and "Carry Me Away" by Rick Springfield, "Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile" and "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard, "Passion", "Better off Dead", "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Scarred and Scared" by Rod Stewart, and "Evening Shadows" and "A Taste of Honey" by Acker Bilk.
 * "Jessie's Girl" happens to be the song that the server listens to on his headphones, while on his way to Mr. Gold's hotel room in "An Untold Story".
 * The beer steins at Granny's Diner are Dimple Steins from Libbey Glass.
 * Granny's entrance key has an engraving of a swan.
 * The room keys to the inn have the same design.

Set Dressing

 * The diner wallpaper resembles trees. This is a reference to the Enchanted Forest.
 * This is an actual wallpaper called Mirage, which is sold at Graham & Brown.
 * A sign in the hallway points to the lobby at the inn. At one point, Regina can be seen walking down this hallway, past the restrooms, before she comes into the lobby.
 * In addition, the inn is located just around the corner from Granny's Diner. The lounge of the inn is connected to the diner via a door.
 * The clock over the counter is an Ergo Alice Retro Wall Clock from Ergo Industries, a Canadian clock company.
 * There is a Storybrooke Daily Mirror newspaper stand and a Storybrooke Daily Mirror vending machine outside Granny's Diner.
 * The banner at Emma and Mary Margaret's welcome home party is the same one used in Mary Margaret's apartment after she was released from prison.
 * When David is talking to Dr. Whale outside Granny's Diner, the fence is decorated with swan-shaped pumpkins, a reference to Emma Swan.
 * In "Welcome to Storybrooke", the clock in the corner has stopped. It says 11:35, even though the clock in the Blanchard Loft shows the same time earlier in the episode. The clock remains stuck at 11:35 in "Selfless, Brave and True" and "And Straight On 'Til Morning". In "It's Not Easy Being Green", the clock starts moving again.
 * This is not the first time this clock is not working. In "The Thing You Love Most", when Emma is talking to Sheriff Graham, one of the clocks shows 7:50 A.M., but when Regina sees the clock tower earlier that morning, the clock shows 8:23. Also, in "7:15 A.M.", David and Mary Margaret meet at 7:15 AM, but the clock in the corner shows 12:34. The clock shows the exact same time when Emma meets August at the diner later that day.
 * The floral wallpaper in the hallway where the restrooms are, is Rose Bunch Cottage Prints VC53104 and Acanthus Trail Cottage Prints VC51514 from Wallquest.
 * This wallpaper is also at Granny's Bed and Breakfast.
 * A work schedule prop list seen on a set photograph posted on Flickr lists the following employees: Granny, Red, Violet, Aine, Earl and Benny. A note pinned to a billboard in the kitchen is about a "staff softball game this weekend". Another note lists the phone numbers of Anton, Samantha, Daniel and Benny.

BREAKFAST MENU
 * According to a Twitter post by Beverley Elliott, the diner also has a handout breakfast menu. It reads:

GRANNY'S DINER

$2.46 special chicken salad sandwich

BREAKFAST

Breakfast – Daily from 9am – 3pm All breakfasts use fresh natural ingredients including Hills natural free run eggs, handmade specialty sausage, naturally smoked preservative bacon.

Cereal or granola… $0.50

Hot oatmeal… (ask for flavour [sic] selection)… $0.50 Add fresh banana and blueberrys… [sic] $0.25

Baked Grapefruit… with brown sugar, half… $0.75 whole… $1.40

Breakfast Sundae… layered granola, vanilla yogurt and fresh fruit…$2.75

Cinnamon Raisin French Toast… with fresh fruit… $2.50

Blueberry Banana Pancakes… with fresh fruit… $2.50

3 eggs scrambled w/garlic, bacon and potatoes… $2.75

Farmers Breakfast… potatoes with veggies, melted age white cheddar, topped w/two eggs any style, fresh salsa and sour cream… $3.50

Truckers Breakfast… 3 eggs, sausage or bacon, potatoes and toast… $2.75

Huevos Rancheros… flour tortilla, 3 eggs scrambled with peppers and onions, black beans, rosemary potatoes, fresh salsa and sour cream… $3.50

Add cheddar cheese… $0.25

New Denver Omelet… smoked ham, or bacon, cheddar cheese, green peppers, potatoes and toast… $2.75

SIDE ORDERS

Fruit salad… $1.50

1 pancake or 1 piece french toast… $2.50

Specialty sausage or bacon… $2.50

Potatoes…… $1.50

Black beans… $1.50

Bagel or English muffin or croissant or cinnamon raisin bread… $1.50

Grilled or fresh tomatoes… $0.50

Toast… Sourdough or Multi grain… $0.50

Free run eggs… $0.50

Sour cream… $0.50

Cheddar cheese… $0.50


 * The menu is copied from the breakfast menu of The Templeton, an eatery in Vancouver, where Once Upon a Time films. The original menu reads thus (the words that the prop department borrowed are set in bold and the prices are different):

Breakfast

All breakfasts use fresh natural ingredients including Hills natural free run, non-medicated eggs, handmade specialty turkey sausage, Hertel's naturally smoked preservative free bacon and Yves veggie bacon.

Little box 'o Kellogg's cereal or Quaker Harvest Crunch granola … 3.0 Add fresh banana and blueberry coulis … 3.0

Baked Grapefruit with brown sugar and pecans half … 3.0 whole … 5.0

Blueberry Bagel with Brie … 7.5 toasted bagel, blueberry coulis, melted brie

Breakfast Sundae … 7.5 layered granola, organic vanilla yogurt and fresh fruit

Cinnamon Raisin French Toast … 9.0 with fresh fruit

Blueberry Banana Pancakes … 9.0 with fresh fruit

Farmers Breakfast … 9.5 rosemary potatoes sautéed with veggies, topped with aged white cheddar1 and '''two eggs, fresh salsa and sour cream

Mangled Eggs … 10 3 eggs scrambled with garlic, bacon or veggie bacon and brie inside a toasted croissant, rosemary potatoes

Tofu Scrambler … 9.5 medium tofu sautéed with veggies, lightly seasoned with curry and nutritional yeast, rosemary potatoes and toast

Truckers Breakfast … 10 3 eggs, turkey sausage or bacon or veggie bacon, rosemary potatoes and toast

Huevos Rancheros 11 '''flour tortilla, 3 eggs scrambled with peppers and onions, black beans, rosemary potatoes, fresh salsa and sour cream''' Substitute tofu scramble for eggs add … 1.0 Add cheddar cheese … 1.0

Veggie and Cheese Omelet … 11 peppers, zucchini, red onions, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, rosemary potatoes and toast

Hakai Omelet … 12 wild smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onions, rosemary potatoes and toast

New Denver Omelet … 11.5 smoked ham or bacon or veggie bacon, cheddar cheese, green peppers, rosemary ''' potatoes and toast'''

Big Ass Breakfast … 13.5 3 eggs, turkey sausage or bacon or veggie bacon, cinnamon raisin french toast o blueberry banana pancakes, rosemary potatoes and toast

Side Orders

Fruit salad … 4.0 1 blueberry banana pancake or cinnamon raisin french toast2 … 3.5

Proteins… Smoked Salmon, Specialty turkey sausage or Hertel's bacon or Yves veggie bacon or smoked ham … 3.5

Rosemary potatoes … 3.0

Black beans … 2.5

Organic Vanilla Yogurt … 2.0

Bagel or English muffin or croissant or cinnamon raisin bread … 2.0

Fresh tomato or pineapple salsa … 2.0

Grilled or fresh tomatoes … 2.0

'''Toast… Sourdough or Multigrain''' … 1.5

Cream cheese … 1.5

Free run egg … 2.0

Sour cream … 1.0

Cheddar cheese … 1.0

Real maple syrup … 1.0

NO SUBSTITUTIONS FOR TOAST

Substitute mixed organic greens or fresh fruit salad for rosemary potatoes … 2.0


 * According to a set photo posted on Instagram, the diner also has a handout menu with the same selection as the diner menu over the counter, but divided into breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes. It also lists a special in the form of beef stew & bun, for $1.99. These menus can be seen in the holder by the corner in "The Apprentice", but they are mostly illegible.


 * -|Goofs=

Goofs

 * In the outdoor scenes filmed in Steveston Village, the buildings located across the street from Granny's Diner do not precisely match the buildings seen from inside the diner, filmed in a studio. In the exterior scenes, on the left side of Storybrooke Country Bread, there is a blue wooden building, with a gap of approximately ten meters between the two buildings. In the interior scenes in "Snow Falls", "The Shepherd", "Desperate Souls", "7:15 A.M.", "Dreamy", "We Are Both", "Child of the Moon", "Tiny", "Welcome to Storybrooke", "And Straight On 'Til Morning", "Witch Hunt", "It's Not Easy Being Green", "The Jolly Roger", "The Apprentice", "The Snow Queen", "Fall", "Heroes and Villains", "Best Laid Plans", "Mother", "The Dark Swan", "Siege Perilous", "Only You", "A Bitter Draught", "The Other Shoe" "I'll Be Your Mirror", "Page 23", "Where Bluebirds Fly" and "The Final Battle Part 2", there is a completely different building next to Storybrooke Country Bread. This building, which is part of a set on Stage 4 at The Bridge Studios, is brown and made of bricks, and there is no gap between the two buildings. Also, in "The Shepherd", "7:15 A.M.", "Witch Hunt", "Bleeding Through" and "Where Bluebirds Fly", you can see a blue/grey wall behind Storybrooke Country Bread, which is part of the set at The Bridge Studios. In exterior scenes, there is no such wall.
 * The wrong building is a used book store called "Rowan Books".
 * The wrong building also appears in the Underworld version of Storybrooke in "Souls of the Departed" and "Labor of Love".


 * -|Other Notes=

Filming Locations

 * For exterior scenes, the Cannery Cafe in Steveston Village doubles as Granny's Diner.
 * The interior scenes are filmed on a set inside The Bridge Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia. The diner set features a functional kitchen with stoves and sinks that are fully operational. The set also has a walk-in freezer that was built for the Season Two episode "Child of the Moon", with Ruby's claw marks prominently imprinted on the door. The counter and the tables are made of Formica. The diner set is quite large, so that all of the cameras, cast and crew are able to fit in. In addition, the counter is completely movable.
 * The exterior of the diner set matches the real-life Cannery Cafe in Steveston, and a façade of Storybrooke's Main Street, built to a three quarter scale, is across from the set to make it look like there is a real street outside the window. The businesses represented on this mini-Storybrooke set are Storybrooke Country Bread, Modern Fashions and Standard Clocks, but at twenty percent smaller than their on-location counterparts. In order to recreate the characteristics of the stores, the crew had to get smaller versions of everything shown on location, like the wood sign on the door of the bakery, bread on a shelf, and all the items in the windows, like clocks and dresses.
 * For the Enchanted Forest scenes in Season Five, a diner facade was built in Burnaby's Central Park.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.