Granny's Diner

"No shirt, no shoes, no service."

- Granny to Ariel

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 second episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

Visitors

 * Albert Spencer
 * Alexandra
 * Anna
 * Anton
 * Ariel
 * August Booth
 * Aurora
 * Bashful
 * Belle French
 * Billy †
 * Cruella De Vil †
 * Dark Ones †
 * David Nolan
 * Doc
 * Dopey
 * Dr. Whale
 * Elsa
 * Emma Swan
 * Greg Mendell †
 * Guinevere
 * Happy


 * Henry Mills
 * Hook †
 * Isaac Heller
 * Kathryn Nolan
 * King Arthur
 * Knights of the Round Table
 * Kristoff
 * Kurt Flynn †
 * Lancelot
 * Leroy
 * Lily Page
 * Lost Boy #2
 * Maleficent
 * Marco
 * Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Merlin †
 * Miss Ginger
 * Mother Superior
 * Mr. Clark
 * Mr. Gold
 * Neal Cassidy †


 * Nimue †
 * Prince Neal
 * Regina Mills
 * Robin Hood
 * Roland
 * Sheriff Graham †
 * Sidney Glass
 * Sisters of Saint Meissa
 * Tamara †
 * Tinker Bell
 * Ursula
 * Violet
 * Walter
 * Will Scarlet
 * White Rabbit
 * Zelena

Trivia
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On-Screen Notes

 * According to the words painted on a column, the steps on the side of the diner lead to an unnamed law office.
 * When Hook walks through Storybrooke in "Shattered Sight", in the background, you can see Floyd, the cook at Granny's Diner, under the effects of the Spell of Shattered Sight, being harassed by two of the waitresses. In the Storybrooke opening montage in "Darkness on the Edge of Town", you can see Floyd crossing the street, side by side with one of the waitresses.
 * The diner is featured in the title card for "The Dark Swan".


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Production Notes

 * The diner is the only Storybrooke location where all sixteen former and current starring cast members have filmed a scene.
 * 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sign next to the Cannery Cafe in Steveston (the real life cafe that doubles as Granny's Diner for exterior shots ) has been replaced by a "Storybrooke Real Estate" sign for the show; however, the signage on the column, which says "law office", still remains.
 * 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".
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Props Notes

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * There is 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.
 * 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.
 * Granny's entrance key has an engraving of a swan.
 * The room keys to the inn have the same design.
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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", "Tiny", "Welcome to Storybrooke", "And Straight On 'Til Morning", "It's Not Easy Being Green", "The Jolly Roger", "The Apprentice", "The Snow Queen", "Heroes and Villains", "Best Laid Plans", "Mother", "The Dark Swan" and "Siege Perilous", 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" and "7:15 A.M.", you can see a blue/grey studio wall behind Storybrooke Country Bread. In exterior scenes, there is no such wall.
 * The wrong building seems to a used book store called "Rowan Books".

Filming Locations

 * For exterior scenes, the Cannery Cafe in Steveston Village doubles as Granny's Diner.
 * For the Enchanted Forest scenes in Season Five, a facade was built in Burnaby's Central Park.
 * The interior scenes are filmed on a set inside The Bridge Studios in Burnaby, British Colombia. Outside the set windows is a painted replica of Storybrooke's main street. 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.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.


 * Granny's Diner is in Robin Hood's mobile phone address list in "Heart of Gold".