Albuquerque, New MexicoAMC · 2015–2022
Jimmy McGill went by three names. Albuquerque played the places for all of them, even Omaha. Cross the names off and follow him.
Page 2 · the names
Jimmy McGill practised as Saul Goodman and hid as Gene Takavic. Each name has its own places on this pad. Cross one out and the next takes over.
The page belongs to Jimmy McGill. Strike the name through to hand it on.
160 Juan Tabo Blvd NE
The Day Spa and Nail Salon in north-east Albuquerque served as Jimmy McGill’s law office. In 2016 its owner, Liem Vu, said fans visited at least twice a week, and not all from Albuquerque. The show gives Jimmy’s office as 160 Juan Tabo Boulevard, which is a real nail salon.
A strip-mall shopfront where people work. It is named here and left off the map: whoever trades there now, it is their shop, not a set.
100 Sun Ave NE, Journal Center
The Pan American Building on Sun Avenue NE plays the fictional law firm Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill, and was shot for its interior lighting. It now houses several businesses.
Offices: see it from Sun Avenue. The lobby belongs to the businesses inside.
98 Marquette Ave NE, north end of the Convention Center
The booth where Jimmy and Mike first meet is not at a courthouse: it is at the north end of the Albuquerque Convention Center, 98 Marquette Ave NE. It is now run by a keypad rather than an attendant.
A working car park: look from Marquette Avenue. Nobody sits in the booth now.
Address withheld
Chuck McGill’s house is a real house that still stands; KRQE asks visitors to respect the people who live there.
A private home with people living in it. It is named, not pinned. Leave them be.
Address withheld
Mike Ehrmantraut’s house, which Hector’s enforcers attack in season two, is a private home; KRQE asks visitors to respect its occupants.
A private home. Named, not pinned.
Page 3 · the offices
160 Juan Tabo Blvd NE
The Day Spa and Nail Salon in north-east Albuquerque served as Jimmy McGill’s law office. In 2016 its owner, Liem Vu, said fans visited at least twice a week, and not all from Albuquerque. The show gives Jimmy’s office as 160 Juan Tabo Boulevard, which is a real nail salon.
A strip-mall shopfront where people work. It is named here and left off the map: whoever trades there now, it is their shop, not a set.
100 Sun Ave NE, Journal Center
The Pan American Building on Sun Avenue NE plays the fictional law firm Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill, and was shot for its interior lighting. It now houses several businesses.
Offices: see it from Sun Avenue. The lobby belongs to the businesses inside.
125 Second St NW, Downtown
Downtown hotel opened in 1939 by Conrad Hilton, with the G. Toti rooftop bar; a few minutes’ walk from Mike’s booth. Not a filming location.
Check roomsPage 4 · the car park
Jimmy met Mike at a courthouse car-park booth. Raise the arm and see where it really is.
Barrier down. Lift it.
The booth where Jimmy and Mike first meet is not at a courthouse: it is at the north end of the Albuquerque Convention Center, 98 Marquette Ave NE. It is now run by a keypad rather than an attendant.
A working car park: look from Marquette Avenue. Nobody sits in the booth now.
From the Breaking Bad Store, 2049 S Plaza NW, Old Town · $95 + tax per ticket
About three and a half hours round filming locations from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, in an RV. Runs Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; a private SUV version runs daily. Pictured: Mike’s booth.
Book a seatPage 5 · Saul’s side
Saul dressed loud. Knot one of these and it takes you to a place from his side of the story: the cousins’ restaurant, the desert car, the ranch.
The paisley knotted: El Moreno Restaurante y Paleteria (El Michoacáno).
2511 Isleta Blvd SW, South Valley
El Moreno appears in the show as El Michoacáno, the Salamancas’ business. It is still operating.
A working restaurant and ice-pop shop: go in hungry.
Page 6 · Omaha, Nebraska
10000 Coors Bypass NW
Cottonwood Mall is where Jimmy works at a Cinnabon as Gene Takavic; the original store is closed. The bakery scenes were shot in a former Cinnabon in an Albuquerque mall, closed to the public for years and restocked by the company each season so it looked open. Cinnabon’s operations team was on set every season to prepare the bakery and coach the actors.
A working mall. The Cinnabon from the show is closed, so you will not find Gene behind the counter.
Broadway Ave N near Northern Heights Dr NE
For 30 seconds of the final season’s penultimate episode, a snowy Rochester street stood in for Omaha; fans placed it on North Broadway around Northern Heights Drive. The episode is “Waterworks”: Gene drives down a street meant to be Omaha. The show’s locations manager, Christian Diaz de Bedoya, said the street may have been green-screen footage, and that fake snow was laid for scenes actually shot in summer.
An ordinary main road. Drive it in winter and it looks the part.
Albuquerque
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The man behind all three names, the woman who saw through them, and the two writers who made Omaha out of Albuquerque.
7 places to visit, from a car-park booth by the Convention Center to a main road in Minnesota. The two homes stay off the map.
7 places you can visit, in Albuquerque, south of Santa Fe and in Rochester, Minnesota. Chuck’s and Mike’s houses are named on this page and pinned nowhere; the nail salon is named and left off the map.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working car park: look from Marquette Avenue. Nobody sits in the booth now.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Monday to Thursday 9am–12pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am–2pm; hours can change, so check first.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working restaurant and ice-pop shop: go in hungry.
98 Marquette Ave NE, north end of the Convention Center
The booth where Jimmy and Mike first meet is not at a courthouse: it is at the north end of the Albuquerque Convention Center, 98 Marquette Ave NE.
A working car park: look from Marquette Avenue. Nobody sits in the booth now.
1100 2nd St SW, the Albuquerque Rail Yards
In September 2024 the museum showed a 1998 Suzuki Esteem that its photographer identifies as the car used in “Bagman”, season five, episode eight.
Monday to Thursday 9am–12pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am–2pm; hours can change, so check first.
2511 Isleta Blvd SW, South Valley
El Moreno appears in the show as El Michoacáno, the Salamancas’ business.
A working restaurant and ice-pop shop: go in hungry.
Stay
A 1939 Hilton downtown, by the booth, and a lavender farm inn in the North Valley. Neither is a filming location.
125 Second St NW, Downtown
Downtown hotel opened in 1939 by Conrad Hilton, with the G. Toti rooftop bar; a few minutes’ walk from Mike’s booth. Not a filming location.
Check rooms4803 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Los Ranchos
A farm inn of 46 rooms in buildings John Gaw Meem designed in 1932, with 25 acres of lavender, in the North Valley. Not a filming location.
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From the Breaking Bad Store, 2049 S Plaza NW, Old Town · $95 + tax per ticket
About three and a half hours round filming locations from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, in an RV. Runs Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; a private SUV version runs daily. Pictured: Mike’s booth.
Book a seatAlbuquerque
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Two October evenings at Las Golondrinas, the ranch museum the show used. Neither is about the show.
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Take it home
Bob Odenkirk’s memoir, the first season’s soundtrack, and a seven-inch single.
Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk’s memoir, published in 2022.
Find the bookVarious Artists · CD, 2015
The first season’s music on CD.
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Find a copyJunior Brown · 7-inch single, 2015
A 2015 seven-inch single from the show.
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Find a copyDates, 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.
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
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98 Marquette Ave NE, north end of the Convention Center
Jimmy and Mike first meet at the parking booth.
1100 2nd St SW, the Albuquerque Rail Yards
A Suzuki Esteem from “Bagman” is shown at the museum.
2511 Isleta Blvd SW, South Valley
The restaurant plays the Salamancas’ business.
100 Sun Ave NE, Journal Center
The office building plays the law firm, for its interior light.
10000 Coors Bypass NW
A closed Cinnabon in the mall is restocked each season for Gene’s scenes.
160 Juan Tabo Blvd NE
The salon serves as Jimmy’s law office.
334 Los Pinos Rd, La Cienega, south of Santa Fe
The show shoots on the museum’s grounds.
Broadway Ave N near Northern Heights Dr NE
Thirty seconds of Rochester play a snowy Omaha street.
A private street in south-west Albuquerque
A real house plays Chuck’s home.
A private street north of downtown
Hector’s enforcers attack Mike’s house.
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