Cooper’s Seafood House
Lunch at Cooper’s
701 North Washington Avenue, Scranton
The family seafood house Michael takes Holly to, run by the Coopers since 1948, with a Dunder Mifflin gift shop and custom Dundies.
Menus and the gift shop500 sheets8½ × 11 in20 lb bondScranton, Pa.NBC 2005–2013
The Office
One ream for the Scranton branch. Shot nine years in Los Angeles.
Four faces on the glass. Press Copy.
A documentary crew follows a paper company in a small Pennsylvania city for nine years, and the staff keep looking into the lens. The city is real and you can walk it. The office was a studio lot in Los Angeles. Take the camera.
Talking heads
You hold
the camera.
The crew filmed Dunder Mifflin for nine years, and in the last season one of them finally stepped out from behind it. Now the places of Scranton sit down for their interviews. Ask a question. Then do what everyone in that office did: look straight into the lens.
The Electric City sign sits down. The crew is rolling.
Up on the roof line above Linden Street; lit after dark, free from the pavement.
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Pennsylvania Paper & Supply
The real
paper company.
The tower in the opening credits belongs to Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company, the real Scranton paper firm that inspired the fictional Dunder Mifflin. John Krasinski, who played Jim, filmed the opening credits from his car, this building included. The company later put a Dunder Mifflin sign on the tower.
The building dates from the 1880s and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Jerry Fink bought it in 1977. In 2024 the family asked fans for $295,000 to repair the tower; donors could get an engraved brick or a Dundie.
A working paper firm. Look up at the tower from Vine Street; Office photographs and memorabilia hang inside during business hours.
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Pilot · Dwight’s desk drawer
A stapler in Jell-O
A desk drawer, a yellow mould, and something red inside it.
Nineteen years on, fans still play it on Rainn Wilson: in 2024 a hotel in Florence sent up his cutlery set in Jell-O.
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The opening credits · the expressway
Scranton
welcomes you. Inside.
The welcome sign in the opening credits was filmed beside the Central Scranton Expressway, now the President Biden Expressway.
An empty shoulder, a sign in the credits.
The Marketplace at Steamtown
The mall, formerly the Steamtown Mall, is where Michael takes the women of the office in “Women’s Appreciation”. Auntie Anne’s and Boscov’s are still there.
Indoors, on the mall’s second floor, free during mall hours.
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Fun Run, Launch Party · lunch order
Which
Alfredo’s?
Michael orders from his favourite pizza place, Alfredo. Kevin needs to know which one. Pick the box.
Two boxes on the desk. Only one came from Scranton.
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Michael orders from his “favourite pizza place, Alfredo”; Kevin asks if it is Alfredo’s Pizza Cafe or Pizza by Alfredo, the fictional rival. The real cafe is known for rectangular pies.
Spotlight PA: How The Office put Scranton on the map (Asha Prihar, 21 March 2025)
Alfredo’s Pizza Cafe is at 1040 South Washington Avenue; the staff call it the good pizza and Kevin calls Pizza by Alfredo “a hot circle of garbage”.
Lackawanna County Convention & Visitors Bureau: The Office self-guided tour in Scranton
Poor Richard’s Pub, the after-work bar, is inside Idle Hours at 125 Beech Street, with a Michael Scotch on the menu.
Lackawanna County Convention & Visitors Bureau: The Office self-guided tour in Scranton
Since 1948
Lunch at Cooper’s
Michael takes Holly to lunch here in “Business Ethics”, Kevin proposes it for a farewell lunch in “Branch Closing”, and Dwight wears its T-shirt in “Beach Games”. A crew filmed the outside and studied the inside so it could be rebuilt in Hollywood.
About ten years ago a customer suggested replica Dundies. Cooper bought ten and they sold out in about a week; the gift shop is now a business in its own right.
A working restaurant with a Dunder Mifflin gift shop inside.
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Best Hometown · 2021
The world’s
largest Dundie.
NBC and Peacock present Scranton with the largest Dundie in the world, and it goes on show at City Hall. Four years later it moved house.
On its plinth at City Hall, where it stood from 2021.
Scranton City Hall
City Hall appears in the opening credits and in a few episodes.
See the front from North Washington Avenue at any hour. The giant Dundie has moved to the Everhart Museum.
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The Everhart Museum
The Office Exhibition is a 2,600-square-foot installation in the 118-year-old museum: original props, behind-the-scenes stories and a walk through all nine seasons.
Wednesday to Sunday, 11am–5pm; closed Monday and Tuesday. The Office Exhibition is ticketed and includes museum admission.
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In costume, in May
An Office 5K runs through downtown, in costume. The first, in 2022, drew about 300 runners and walkers; the 2024 race had more than 1,500.
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The first Office 5K in 2022 drew about 300 runners or walkers; the 2024 edition had over 1,500.
Spotlight PA: How The Office put Scranton on the map (Asha Prihar, 21 March 2025)
The next race is on Saturday 1 May 2027 at 1pm from 523 Linden Street, with prizes for costumes.
“The Dundies” (season 2, episode 1) and “Michael’s Last Dundies” (season 7) are the Dundie episodes.
Lackawanna County Convention & Visitors Bureau: The Office self-guided tour in Scranton
The boom dips into shot · 3,802 km west
Scranton
or the Valley?
The Dunder Mifflin office, inside and out, was filmed at a studio in Panorama City, California, dressed as the Scranton Business Park. Sort the prints into Pennsylvania and California.
Five prints. Some were shot where they say they are.
Chandler Valley Center Studios
The building is still in use, so visitors can only take a picture from the street. It is now run by Quixote Studios. Producers used Scranton footage and put things from Scranton businesses on the California set.
A working studio, closed to visitors. A photograph from the street is the only visit.
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Hansen Dam, as Lake Scranton
Lake Scranton in “Beach Games” (season 3) was really the Hansen Dam reservoir in the San Fernando Valley. The two are 8 km apart in the Valley; the real lake is 3,798 km away.
A Los Angeles city park in the north-east San Fernando Valley; the reservoir sits in the basin behind the dam.
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A mug on a desk that says what its owner wanted it to say.
Season 7 · Steve Carell’s last episode
World’s
Best Boss.
Michael leaves a day early without telling anyone. The mug goes in the bin; the trophy his staff give him says the same thing.
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On the record
Steve Carell played Michael Scott, the regional manager of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch; John Krasinski played Jim Halpert, Jenna Fischer Pam Beesly and Rainn Wilson Dwight Schrute.
Greg Daniels adapted the British series for American audiences and ended the show after nine seasons.
The pilot aired on NBC on 24 March 2005; the series ran nine seasons and ended in 2013.
Spotlight PA: How The Office put Scranton on the map (Asha Prihar, 21 March 2025)
A new mug
The museum’s gift shop sells Dunder Mifflin mugs.
A museum of the city’s trolleys; the gift shop sells Dunder Mifflin mugs.
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That’s a wrap
The cast and crew stayed at the Radisson when they came to Scranton for the Office convention in 2007 and for the wrap party at the end of the series. The 2013 wrap party drew about 10,000 people.
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Radisson
Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel
700 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton
Where the visitors from Los Angeles stayed for the 2007 convention and the wrap party at the end of the series, according to Cooper’s. Downtown, a walk from the tower and the welcome sign.
Check roomsThat’s a wrap
Where it is
now.
Where it is now
12 places you can visit, in Scranton and in the San Fernando Valley. The studio on Saticoy Street is still working, so see it from the street.
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. A working paper firm. Look up at the tower from Vine Street; Office photographs and memorabilia hang inside during business hours.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Indoors, on the mall’s second floor, free during mall hours.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Up on the roof line above Linden Street; lit after dark, free from the pavement.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The square is open to walk through; the courthouse itself is not open for tours.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. See the front from North Washington Avenue at any hour. The giant Dundie has moved to the Everhart Museum.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel in the old Lackawanna station building.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A museum of the city’s trolleys; the gift shop sells Dunder Mifflin mugs.
The Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company building and its tower, Vine Street, October 2007. Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0 215 Vine Street, Scranton
Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company
The tower in the opening credits belongs to Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company, the real Scranton paper firm that inspired the fictional Dunder Mifflin.
A working paper firm. Look up at the tower from Vine Street; Office photographs and memorabilia hang inside during business hours.
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The Scranton Welcomes You sign indoors at the Mall at Steamtown, October 2007. Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0 The Marketplace at Steamtown, second floor, 300 Lackawanna Avenue
The Scranton Welcomes You sign
The welcome sign in the opening credits was filmed beside the Central Scranton Expressway, now the President Biden Expressway.
Indoors, on the mall’s second floor, free during mall hours.
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The restored Electric City sign at dusk, 2008. Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain 507 Linden Street, Scranton
The Electric City sign
The sign glows above Linden Street and celebrates the city’s old name, the Electric City.
Up on the roof line above Linden Street; lit after dark, free from the pavement.
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Lackawanna County Courthouse and its square, September 2012. NEPAAtty · CC BY-SA 4.0 North Washington Avenue and Adams Avenue
Lackawanna County Courthouse Square
The square sits at the centre of downtown Scranton, beside the Electric City sign.
The square is open to walk through; the courthouse itself is not open for tours.
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Scranton City Hall, North Washington Avenue, August 2019. Ajay Suresh · CC BY 2.0 340 North Washington Avenue
Scranton City Hall
City Hall appears in the opening credits and in a few episodes.
See the front from North Washington Avenue at any hour. The giant Dundie has moved to the Everhart Museum.
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The Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel, August 2019. Ajay Suresh · CC BY 2.0 700 Lackawanna Avenue
Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel
The cast and crew stayed at the Radisson when they came to Scranton for the Office convention in 2007 and for the wrap party at the end of the series.
A working hotel in the old Lackawanna station building.
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The Electric City Trolley Station and Museum, August 2018. Davidng913 · CC BY-SA 4.0 300 Cliff Street, by the Steamtown site
Electric City Trolley Station & Museum
The museum’s gift shop sells Dunder Mifflin mugs.
A museum of the city’s trolleys; the gift shop sells Dunder Mifflin mugs.
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Stay
Where the cast stayed.
The old Lackawanna station, downtown, a walk from the tower and the sign.
Radisson
Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel
700 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton
Where the visitors from Los Angeles stayed for the 2007 convention and the wrap party at the end of the series, according to Cooper’s. Downtown, a walk from the tower and the welcome sign.
Check roomsGo there
Lunch, a map, a tour.
Cooper’s, the county’s own self-guided route, and guided tours of the city’s Office sites.
Cooper’s Seafood House
Lunch at Cooper’s
701 North Washington Avenue, Scranton
The family seafood house Michael takes Holly to, run by the Coopers since 1948, with a Dunder Mifflin gift shop and custom Dundies.
Menus and the gift shop
Lackawanna County Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Office self-guided tour
Downtown Scranton · Self-guided · at your own pace
The county’s own tour of ten stops, with a map to download or pick up at the visitors centre, 135 Jefferson Avenue,, open Monday to Friday, 10am–4pm.
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Props, and a race in costume.
The Everhart’s exhibition runs through October 2027; the 5K is on 1 May 2027.
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Take it home
Three books from inside.
An oral history, Pam and Angela’s actors, and Dwight’s.
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The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s
Andy Greene
An oral history of the series, published by Dutton in 2020.
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The Office BFFs
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey
Pam and Angela’s actors on making the show, published by Dey Street in 2022.
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The Bassoon King
Rainn Wilson
Dwight’s actor on his life, published by Dutton in 2015.
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The raw footage
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
12 of 12 places · 17 of 17 Moments
Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company
215 Vine Street, Scranton
The tower in the titles
John Krasinski films the opening credits from his car, the Penn Paper tower among them.
A stapler in Jell-O
In the first episode Dwight opens his desk drawer to find his stapler set in a yellow Jell-O mould, a prank carried over from the British original.
The Scranton Welcomes You sign
The Marketplace at Steamtown, second floor, 300 Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton welcomes you
The welcome sign beside the expressway goes into the opening credits; fans stop on the road so often that it is moved inside.
Women’s Appreciation
Michael takes the women of the office to the Steamtown Mall.
The Electric City sign
507 Linden Street, Scranton
Lazy Scranton
Michael and Dwight’s rap video for the new arrivals from Stamford includes the Electric City sign.
Lackawanna County Courthouse Square
North Washington Avenue and Adams Avenue
Volunteer deputy
Dwight takes his role as a volunteer sheriff’s deputy very seriously.
Scranton City Hall
340 North Washington Avenue
Best Hometown
NBC and Peacock present Scranton with the largest Dundie in the world, and it goes on show at City Hall.
Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel
700 Lackawanna Avenue
The first convention
Scranton holds its first Office convention, and the visitors from Los Angeles stay at the Radisson.
The wrap party
About 10,000 people come to Scranton for the wrap party at the end of the series.
Electric City Trolley Station & Museum
300 Cliff Street, by the Steamtown site
Cooper’s Seafood House
701 North Washington Avenue, at Pine Street
Lunch with Holly
Michael takes Holly to lunch at Cooper’s.
Ten Dundies
Cooper’s buys ten replica Dundies on a customer’s hunch and sells out in about a week.
Everhart Museum
1901 Mulberry Street, Nay Aug Park
The Dundie moves house
The giant Dundie leaves City Hall for the Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park.
The Office Exhibition
The Everhart Museum opens a 2,600-square-foot exhibition of original props for the show’s twentieth anniversary.
Lake Scranton
Roaring Brook Township, south-east of the city
The real Lake Scranton
The lake in the story is real, but the episode was filmed at a reservoir in California.
Chandler Valley Center Studios
13927 Saticoy Street, Panorama City (Van Nuys)
World’s Best Boss
In Steve Carell’s last episode Michael throws away the World’s Best Boss mug he bought himself, after 148 episodes; his staff give him a World’s Best Boss trophy.
Brian steps out
After nine years behind the camera, the boom operator Brian breaks the fourth wall to comfort Pam.
Hansen Dam Recreation Area
11770 Foothill Boulevard, Lake View Terrace
Beach Games
Michael holds his beach games at Lake Scranton, filmed at the Hansen Dam reservoir.