Reese Witherspoon at the Toronto International Film Festival, in the mid-2000s; she played Evelyn in 2000. Photograph: Tony Shek. Tony Shek · CC BY-SA 2.0Reese WitherspoonEvelyn · in Toronto, mid-2000s
Mary Harron in New York in 2017. No free photograph of her from the making of the film was found. Photograph: John C. Walsh. Bluehawk94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Mary Harrondirector · shown 2017
Pierce & Pierce
Dorsia (really Barcadia)
Harry’s
Texarkana
The story’s Manhattan names.
Mary Harron’s film of Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel, a satire of 1980s Wall Street. Its Manhattan of offices, clubs and restaurant tables was mostly shot in downtown Toronto in the winter of 1999.
A tasting menu of four rooms
Plate the course.
The film’s Manhattan is a run of restaurant tables, and nearly every one of them was a room in Toronto. Pick a course as the film names it, plate it, much more plate than food, and serve. What arrives is the room that played it.
Where we read it
Harry’s at Biff’s Bistro, Texarkana at the Montana restaurant, Barcadia passed off as Dorsia at Monsoon, and the lunch with Kimball in the room the guide names as the Savoy; Dorsia invented by Ellis.
Filming began in February 1999 and ran for seven weeks, mostly in downtown Toronto. Mies van der Rohe’s black towers became the firm; a 1903 hotel bar became a club; a Sherbourne Street music hall became the 1980s dance floor. Choose a line of the ledger.
Where we read it
Seven weeks from February 1999, mostly downtown Toronto; the TD Centre as the office, the interiors on a stage.
The American Gardens BuildingWest 81st Street, New York
Nearly every other room on this page can be found. His cannot. The building is invented, like Dorsia and the firm’s own address, and the flat was built as a set. Mary Harron and her designer Gideon Ponte made it a home with nothing in it to say who lived there.
An empty white room.
Where we read it
The American Gardens Building on West 81st Street and 358 Exchange Place are fictitious; Dorsia was invented by Ellis.
The story is set in Manhattan, and a second unit did shoot there: Wall Street at the start of an evening, a cash machine on Madison Avenue that was only a prop, and the building by the park where Paul Allen lives.
Where we read it
Some outdoor shots in New York, where the story is set.
Federal Hall and the Washington statue on Wall Street, 2006. Photograph: Marcel René Kalt. Marcel René Kalt alias Groovio · Public domain
Free · weekdays
26 Wall Street, at Nassau Street, New York
Federal Hall
Some outdoor shots were made in New York; leaving work, Bateman walks past the Washington statue here.
The building was finished in 1842 as the New York Custom House, on the site where Washington was inaugurated on 30 April 1789.
J. Q. A. Ward’s statue of Washington went up in 1883.
The galleries are free, open on weekdays except national holidays, with ranger-led tours.
A National Park Service memorial, free, open on weekdays; enter at 15 Pine Street.
Where we read itMadison Avenue at East 78th Street in April 2021, the corner where the film’s cash machine stood. Photograph: Jim Henderson. Jim.henderson · CC BY 4.0
A prop machine
1016 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, New York
Madison Avenue at East 78th Street
Bateman draws cash beside the door of the Arader Gallery here; the machine was a prop added for the film.
A shopfront on a public street. The cash machine was never real.
Where we read itThe Guggenheim at Fifth Avenue and East 88th Street, August 2026; the block used for Paul Allen’s building stands beside it. Photograph: Ajay Suresh. Ajay Suresh · CC BY 4.0
Private · not pinned
A private apartment building on East 88th Street at Fifth Avenue, New York
Paul Allen’s building
A second unit filmed the outside of Paul Allen’s building here, the block whose park view Bateman envies.
It stands beside the Guggenheim Museum, at Fifth Avenue and East 88th Street.
Private homes: named by the street only and not pinned. The photograph is the Guggenheim next door.
Where we read it
National Park Service
Federal Hall National Memorial
26 Wall Street, New York · Free · weekdays
Free galleries and ranger-led tours on Wall Street, open on weekdays except national holidays. Enter at 15 Pine Street.
Mary Harron in New York in 2017. No free photograph of her from the making of the film was found. Photograph: John C. Walsh. Bluehawk94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Mary Harrondirector and co-writer · 2017
Bret Easton Ellis signing books in Milan in 2005, fourteen years after the novel came out. Photograph: mafe. mafe · CC BY-SA 2.0Bret Easton Ellisthe novel · 2005
Willem Dafoe at Cannes in 2005; he played Detective Kimball in 2000. Photograph: Georges Biard. Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0Willem DafoeDonald Kimball · 2005
Reese Witherspoon at the Toronto International Film Festival, in the mid-2000s; she played Evelyn in 2000. Photograph: Tony Shek. Tony Shek · CC BY-SA 2.0Reese WitherspoonEvelyn Williams · mid-2000s
Chloë Sevigny in 2006, six years after she played Jean. Photograph: Chilli Tuna. Chilli Tuna · CC BY 2.0Chloë SevignyJean · 2006
Mary Harron wrote it with Guinevere Turner and directed it; Edward R. Pressman produced. Harron cast Christian Bale, was fired when the studio wanted Leonardo DiCaprio, and came back with Bale when that version fell through. Jared Leto is Paul Allen, Josh Lucas is McDermott, Justin Theroux is Bryce, Samantha Mathis is Courtney and Matt Ross is Luis. Andrzej Sekuła shot it and John Cale wrote the score. It opened at Sundance on 21 January 2000 and in cinemas on 14 April.
$7mbudget
7weeks of filming
102minutes
$34.3mworldwide box office
Where we read it
Cast, crew, the casting saga, Sundance and release dates, budget, running time and box office.
9 places on the map: 7 in downtown Toronto and 2 in Manhattan. Paul Allen’s building is a private home, named but not pinned.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Working office towers. The plazas and the lobby gallery of Inuit art are open to the public; the offices are not.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working French bistro. Book a table, or sit at the bar; hours change by day.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Now a steakhouse; open to diners.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Now The Ballroom Bowl: bowling lanes, games and a dining room. Lanes are first come, first served.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel; the Consort Bar is open to non-residents.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working music venue; doors open for gigs and club nights only.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A live-jazz club with a cover charge for most sets. The Senator restaurant shares the building.
66 Wellington Street West, Financial District, Toronto
Toronto-Dominion Centre
The black towers of the Toronto-Dominion Centre stood in for Pierce & Pierce, the firm where Bateman works.
Working office towers. The plazas and the lobby gallery of Inuit art are open to the public; the offices are not.
Where we read it
2Yonge and Front Streets in May 2026; Biff’s Bistro is at 4 Front Street East, on this corner block. Photograph: Dillan Payne. Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0
4 Front Street East, at Yonge Street, Toronto
Biff’s Bistro
The film’s last scene, in the bar it calls Harry’s, was shot here.
A working French bistro. Book a table, or sit at the bar; hours change by day.
Where we read it
3Adelaide Street West looking east towards Simcoe Street, March 2026; 100 Simcoe Street is on the corner. Photograph: Dillan Payne. Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0
100 Simcoe Street, at Adelaide Street West, Toronto
Michael’s on Simcoe
Then the restaurant Monsoon, it played Barcadia, the place Bateman passes off as Dorsia.
Now a steakhouse; open to diners.
Where we read it
4John Street near Richmond Street, May 2026, the block of 145 John Street. Photograph: Dillan Payne. Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0
145 John Street, at Richmond Street West, Toronto
145 John Street
The restaurant Montana here played Texarkana, where Bateman tries to impress Paul Allen.
Now The Ballroom Bowl: bowling lanes, games and a dining room. Lanes are first come, first served.
Where we read it
5The Consort Bar inside the Omni King Edward, December 2024, with its portrait of Mary of Teck. Photograph: Cltjames. Cltjames · CC BY 4.0
37 King Street East, Toronto
The Consort Bar, Omni King Edward Hotel
The hotel’s Consort Bar played the bar of a gentlemen’s club in the film, and the guide says it has barely changed.
A working hotel; the Consort Bar is open to non-residents.
Where we read it
6The Phoenix Concert Theatre on Sherbourne Street in 2007. Photograph: SimonP. SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0
410 Sherbourne Street, Toronto
Phoenix Concert Theatre
It played a crowded 1980s Manhattan dance club, Studio 54 in style.
A working music venue; doors open for gigs and club nights only.
Where we read it
7The Senator’s neon on Victoria Street in August 2026; Jazz Bistro is in the same building at 251. Photograph: Wiki.cullin. Wiki.cullin · CC0
251 Victoria Street, off Dundas Street, Toronto
Jazz Bistro
Bateman’s lunch with Detective Kimball was shot in a room the location guide names as the Savoy, now Jazz Bistro.
A live-jazz club with a cover charge for most sets. The Senator restaurant shares the building.
Where we read it
Stay
A 1903 hotel on King Street.
The King Edward, whose Consort Bar is in the film.
Omni Hotels & Resorts
Omni King Edward Hotel
37 King Street East, Toronto
Toronto’s 1903 hotel on King Street East, where the Beatles stayed in 1964. Its Consort Bar played the gentlemen’s club in the film.
Dates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
The reservation book
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
10 of 10 places · 13 of 13 Moments
Toronto-Dominion Centre
66 Wellington Street West, Financial District, Toronto
Seven weeks downtown
Filming starts in downtown Toronto and runs for seven weeks.
Pierce & Pierce
The Toronto-Dominion Centre plays the firm from outside; the offices are a set on a stage.
Biff’s Bistro
4 Front Street East, at Yonge Street, Toronto
Harry’s
The last scene, in the bar the film calls Harry’s, is shot at Biff’s.
Michael’s on Simcoe
100 Simcoe Street, at Adelaide Street West, Toronto
Not Dorsia
Monsoon plays Barcadia, which Bateman passes off as Dorsia, a restaurant Ellis invented.
145 John Street
145 John Street, at Richmond Street West, Toronto
Texarkana
The Montana restaurant plays Texarkana, where Bateman tries to impress Paul Allen.
The Consort Bar, Omni King Edward Hotel
37 King Street East, Toronto
A gentlemen’s club
The Consort Bar plays the bar of a gentlemen’s club.
The Beatles stay
The Beatles stay in the King Edward’s royal suite.
Phoenix Concert Theatre
410 Sherbourne Street, Toronto
The dance club
The Phoenix plays a big 1980s Manhattan dance club.
Jazz Bistro
251 Victoria Street, off Dundas Street, Toronto
Lunch with Kimball
Bateman lunches with Detective Kimball in the room the guide names as the Savoy.
Federal Hall
26 Wall Street, at Nassau Street, New York
Past Washington
Leaving work, Bateman walks past the Washington statue on Wall Street.
The Custom House
The present Federal Hall is finished, as the New York Custom House.
Madison Avenue at East 78th Street
1016 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, New York
A prop machine
A prop cash machine is set beside a Madison Avenue gallery door.
Paul Allen’s building
A private apartment building on East 88th Street at Fifth Avenue, New York
A better view
A second unit films Paul Allen’s building from outside, by the park.
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