Bubby’s
Bubby’s
Hudson Street, Tribeca
The Tribeca restaurant the location guide names as Nate’s workplace and Andy’s new-job celebration. Pictured: Bubby’s.
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Re: lunch, dinner, the book, Paris · 2006
The Devil Wears Prada
Andy’s job is other people’s errands. Plan her run across Manhattan, then see which Paris was Paris. Above: the McGraw-Hill Building in 2007, the tower the location guide gives to the film’s magazine offices.
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Plan the run
Miranda wants it all by lunch
Six errands from the tower, in any order. Distances are straight lines between the places, not walking routes.
Andy is at the tower. Pick her first errand.
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Paris
Paris dinner, Upper East Side
The guide says much of the European sequence was filmed back in New York. Not all of it: two street scenes are real Paris.
Shot in New York
East 67th Street, December 2009. L’Absinthe stood on this street at Third Avenue. Jim.henderson · CC0 L’Absinthe
The guide places Andy’s evening with Christian, set in Paris, at L’Absinthe, 227 East 67th Street at Third Avenue.
It says the French restaurant stood there for 20 years and closed suddenly in 2014.
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Shot in Paris
Rue Frédéric-Sauton, Paris, May 2011. LPLT · CC BY-SA 3.0 Rue Frédéric Sauton
The guide says Andy and Christian stroll along rue Frédéric Sauton, with Notre-Dame behind them, running south from Quai de Montebello to rue de la Bûcherie.
It says this is one of the real Paris locations, and the street where they share a kiss.
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Shot in Paris
A fountain in the Place de la Concorde, November 2011. Jebulon · CC0 Place de la Concorde
The guide places the scene where Andy drops her mobile into the fountain at Place de la Concorde.
It says she then quits the world of fashion publishing she never fitted into.
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Clocking off
Go and run it yourself
The tower, the steakhouse, the museum and the two Paris streets can be seen from the pavement. The Coffee Shop and L’Absinthe have closed and are not pinned. Check that Craft is open before you book.
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Where it is now
7 places you can visit in Manhattan and Paris, plus two closed venues named by their streets.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An office tower on Sixth Avenue. See the West 48th Street entrance from the pavement; the lobby is for tenants.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working steakhouse on Third Avenue. Check opening hours before you go.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public museum on Central Park West. The exterior is on the street; galleries need a ticket.
The McGraw-Hill Building on Avenue of the Americas, May 2007. David Shankbone · CC BY-SA 3.0 Midtown and uptown · West 48th Street entrance, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan
McGraw-Hill Building
The guide says Miranda Priestly interviews Andy at the West 48th Street entrance to the McGraw-Hill Building, 1221 Sixth Avenue.
An office tower on Sixth Avenue. See the West 48th Street entrance from the pavement; the lobby is for tenants.
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Smith & Wollensky, Third Avenue, April 2014. Leonard J. DeFrancisci · CC BY-SA 3.0 Midtown and uptown · 797 Third Avenue at East 49th Street, Midtown East
Smith & Wollensky
The guide places Andy’s lunchtime steak pickup for Miranda at Smith & Wollensky, 797 Third Avenue at East 49th Street.
A working steakhouse on Third Avenue. Check opening hours before you go.
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The American Museum of Natural History on Central Park West, September 2019. Jay Dobkin · CC BY-SA 4.0 Midtown and uptown · Central Park West at 79th Street, Upper West Side
American Museum of Natural History
The guide places the glitzy benefit Andy attends in first assistant Emily’s place at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street.
A public museum on Central Park West. The exterior is on the street; galleries need a ticket.
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Smith & Wollensky
Smith & Wollensky
Third Avenue, Midtown East
The Third Avenue steakhouse the guide names as the steak pickup. Pictured: the restaurant in 2014.
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The St. Regis New York
The St. Regis New York
East 55th Street, Midtown
The location guide’s suggested hotel, at 2 East 55th Street in Midtown, a short walk from the McGraw-Hill Building pictured here (2007).
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Two restaurants from the film, and tours of Manhattan and Paris.
Bubby’s
Bubby’s
Hudson Street, Tribeca
The Tribeca restaurant the location guide names as Nate’s workplace and Andy’s new-job celebration. Pictured: Bubby’s.
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Smith & Wollensky
Third Avenue, Midtown East
The Third Avenue steakhouse the guide names as the steak pickup. Pictured: the restaurant in 2014.
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The archive
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
9 of 9 places · 9 of 9 stories
McGraw-Hill Building
West 48th Street entrance, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan
The interview
Miranda Priestly interviews Andy at the West 48th Street entrance, standing in for Elias-Clarke Publications.
Smith & Wollensky
797 Third Avenue at East 49th Street, Midtown East
The steak
Andy collects Miranda’s lunchtime steak while chasing a Harry Potter manuscript.
L’Absinthe
227 East 67th Street at Third Avenue, Upper East Side
Paris on the East Side
Andy’s evening with Christian, set in Paris, is shot at an Upper East Side restaurant.
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street, Upper West Side
The benefit
Andy attends the benefit in Emily’s place at the museum.
Bubby’s
120 Hudson Street at North Moore Street, Tribeca
The celebration
Andy celebrates her new job with friends at the restaurant where Nate cooks.
Craft
43 East 19th Street, between Broadway and Park Avenue, Flatiron District
The flight call
Miranda’s call demanding a flight interrupts Andy’s dinner with her father.
The Coffee Shop
29 Union Square West at East 16th Street
The freebies
Andy hands out designer freebies at The Coffee Shop before another call turns the evening sour.
Rue Frédéric Sauton
Rue Frédéric Sauton, 5th arrondissement, Paris
The stroll
Andy and Christian walk a Paris street with Notre-Dame behind them and kiss.
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde, 8th arrondissement, Paris
The phone
Andy drops her mobile into the fountain and quits.
