Joe Allen (restaurant)


Joe Allen is an American restaurant known as Broadway meeting place for working actors, theater staff and fans. The restaurant is located at 326 W 46th Street, New York, NY 10036. Opened in 1965 by a restaurateur of the same name. Joe Allen is known for having its wall lined with posters of Broadway flops such as Laughing Room Only, Moose Murders, and Dance of the Vampires. The restaurant featured in scenes in the films No Way to Treat a Lady and Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda.
A branch opened in the Les Halles district of Paris in 1972 and in London's Covent Garden in 1977.. In 2018 these are in different ownerships but retain the name and, in the case of the London branch, the theatrical atmosphere at a venue 100 metres from its original location.