Toll ticketEntered: Lincoln TunnelOne way
New Jersey · 1999–2007
Every episode began with the same drive home. Take it exit by exit, and end where the show ended.
| Exit | Place | Miles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lincoln Tunnel Helix | 0.0 |
| 2 | Pizza Land | 6.1 |
| 3 | The Muffler Man site | 11 |
| 4 | The Satriale’s site | 15 |
| 5 | The Soprano house | 24 |
Straight-line miles from the tunnel. Exit numbers are this page’s.
Dominic Chianese, Lorraine Bracco and Tony SiricoPeabody Awards, May 2000
James GandolfiniTony · photographed 2011
Edie FalcoCarmela · photographed 2009
The titles
Five stops from the opening titles, in the order Tony passes them. Pull off at each one and see what is there now.
00.0 miles from the tunnel · Still there
The opening titles follow Tony out of the Lincoln Tunnel and down the Turnpike, past Newark airport, the Pulaski Skyway and the Statue of Liberty, to Pizzaland, the Muffler Man and Satriale’s.
A working road: drive it rather than stop on it. The Helix can be seen from public streets in Weehawken, such as Harbor Boulevard.
Distances are straight lines between the places, not road miles. The exit numbers are this page’s, not the Turnpike’s.
Kearny
Satriale’s was a vacant building at 101 Kearny Avenue, dressed only for filming; it was torn down in 2007.
The owner demolished it in October 2007 and sold about 1,000 pieces of the front to fans, for $25 and $50.
0 of 60 pieces sold · $0
Each tile stands for about seventeen of the thousand pieces; prices alternate between the $25 and $50 that fans paid.
Kearny’s enterprise zone paved the site as a municipal car park.
Nothing of the set survives. The site was paved as a municipal car park; there is only the spot itself to stand on.
Lodi and Queens
The Bada Bing’s club scenes were shot inside Satin Dolls in Lodi.
In December 2017 the state ordered it to stop live entertainment; it reopened in March 2018.
An adult club: 18 and over to enter, 21 to drink, as reported in 2018. Most fans look at the sign from Route 17; check it is open before you go in.
Paterson
The Great Falls appear in the pilot and in the sixth episode.
A National Park Service site, open sunrise to sunset; rangers are on hand 9am–4.30pm.
Paterson · Sunrise to sunset · free
The falls from the pilot, with rangers on hand most days.
Plan a visitThe family
James GandolfiniTony · photographed 2011
Edie FalcoCarmela · 2009
Michael ImperioliChristopher · 2007
Steven Van ZandtSilvio · 2002
Lorraine BraccoDr Melfi · 2000
David ChaseCreator · 2000
Christopher is shot in front of this diner in season two.
Hudson County lists it as a working diner under the Pulaski Skyway; reports differ, so check it is open.
The show’s Newark church is St Patrick’s in Jersey City.
A working parish church: see it from the street and respect services.
It appears over several episodes and is still a working body shop.
A working garage: look from the street.
Hudson County · Free · self-drive
Eight stops to drive yourself, from St Patrick’s and the Muffler Man to Pizza Land, the Skyway Diner and Holsten’s.
Get the routeFrom 7th Avenue, Manhattan · About 4 hours · from $145
A coach tour from Manhattan past Satin Dolls, the Skyway Diner and the Muffler Man, ending at Holsten’s for onion rings in the booth.
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Bloomfield
The final scene was filmed at Holsten’s in March 2007, with Edie Falco and Robert Iler; the owners were extras behind the counter.
The original booth sold at auction for $82,600 in March 2024; a replica went in the same day. The owner says the new booth looks exactly like the old one, and he will never pretend it is the original.
Table jukebox
JourneyDon’t Stop Believin’
A working ice-cream parlour and restaurant, open Monday to Saturday 11am–10pm and Sunday 12–10pm. The booth you can sit in is a replica.
Bloomfield · Mon–Sat 11am–10pm · Sun 12–10pm
The ice-cream parlour of the last scene still serves onion rings and shakes, and you can sit in the booth. It is a replica: the original sold in 2024.
Plan a visit12 places you can visit, county by county. The Soprano house on Aspen Drive is a private home: see it from the road.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: area · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working road: drive it rather than stop on it. The Helix can be seen from public streets in Weehawken, such as Harbor Boulevard.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: area · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working pizzeria, open daily 11am–10.30pm. Order a slice and photograph the sign from the Belleville Turnpike.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A stop on the county’s self-guided tour, under the Pulaski Skyway. The carpet shop is now a cannabis dispensary.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Nothing of the set survives. The site was paved as a municipal car park; there is only the spot itself to stand on.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An adult club: 18 and over to enter, 21 to drink, as reported in 2018. Most fans look at the sign from Route 17; check it is open before you go in.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Hudson County lists it as a working diner under the Pulaski Skyway; reports differ, so check it is open.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working parish church: see it from the street and respect services.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working garage: look from the street.
Weehawken
The opening titles follow Tony out of the Lincoln Tunnel and down the Turnpike, past Newark airport, the Pulaski Skyway and the Statue of Liberty, to Pizzaland, the Muffler Man and Satriale’s.
A working road: drive it rather than stop on it. The Helix can be seen from public streets in Weehawken, such as Harbor Boulevard.
North Arlington
Pizzaland is one of the landmarks in the opening drive.
A working pizzeria, open daily 11am–10.30pm. Order a slice and photograph the sign from the Belleville Turnpike.
Jersey City
The 25-foot Muffler Man holding a carpet appears in the opening titles; the old Wilson’s Carpet and Furniture site is now RIPT Dispensary, under the Pulaski Skyway.
A stop on the county’s self-guided tour, under the Pulaski Skyway. The carpet shop is now a cannabis dispensary.
Kearny
Satriale’s was a vacant building at 101 Kearny Avenue, dressed only for filming; it was torn down in 2007.
Nothing of the set survives. The site was paved as a municipal car park; there is only the spot itself to stand on.
Lodi
The Bada Bing’s club scenes were shot inside Satin Dolls in Lodi.
An adult club: 18 and over to enter, 21 to drink, as reported in 2018. Most fans look at the sign from Route 17; check it is open before you go in.
Kearny
Christopher is shot in front of this diner in season two.
Hudson County lists it as a working diner under the Pulaski Skyway; reports differ, so check it is open.
Jersey City
The show’s Newark church is St Patrick’s in Jersey City.
A working parish church: see it from the street and respect services.
Harrison
It appears over several episodes and is still a working body shop.
A working garage: look from the street.
Stay
A Meadowlands hotel within easy reach of every stop.
Secaucus
Fan location guides say it played the Costa Mesa hotel in Tony’s coma dream in season six; it is also a practical base for the Turnpike stops. The pool and gym were closed for repairs when we checked. Pictured: the Lincoln Tunnel Helix.
Check roomsGo there
A coach tour from Manhattan that ends with onion rings, a free self-drive route, the booth itself, and the falls.
From 7th Avenue, Manhattan · About 4 hours · from $145
A coach tour from Manhattan past Satin Dolls, the Skyway Diner and the Muffler Man, ending at Holsten’s for onion rings in the booth.
See datesHudson County · Free · self-drive
Eight stops to drive yourself, from St Patrick’s and the Muffler Man to Pizza Land, the Skyway Diner and Holsten’s.
Get the routeBloomfield · Mon–Sat 11am–10pm · Sun 12–10pm
The ice-cream parlour of the last scene still serves onion rings and shakes, and you can sit in the booth. It is a replica: the original sold in 2024.
Plan a visitPaterson · Sunrise to sunset · free
The falls from the pilot, with rangers on hand most days.
Plan a visitNew York and New Jersey
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Take it home
The oral history, the episode-by-episode book, Artie’s cookbook and the soundtrack.
Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa
The oral history, from two of the cast.
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Every episode, with long interviews with David Chase.
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The illustrated companion, published as the show ended.
Find the bookAllen Rucker and Michele Scicolone
“As compiled by Artie Bucco.”
Find the bookVarious artists · CD, Columbia, 1999
The first soundtrack album.
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Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
13 of 13 places · 10 of 10 Moments
Weehawken
Tony drives out of the Lincoln Tunnel and down the Turnpike to North Caldwell.
North Arlington
Jersey City
Kearny
The crew’s pork store, a vacant Kearny building dressed for filming.
North Caldwell
The titles end at the house at the end of Aspen Drive.
Lodi
The Bada Bing’s club scenes were shot inside Satin Dolls.
Long Island City
The Bing’s back room, the kitchen and other regular interiors were built on stages in Queens.
Astoria
Artie’s Nuovo Vesuvio was a real restaurant in Astoria.
Kearny
Christopher is shot outside the Skyway Diner.
Jersey City
St Patrick’s in Jersey City plays the Newark church.
Harrison
Paterson
The Great Falls appear in the pilot and the sixth episode.
Bloomfield
Tony picks Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” on the table jukebox; then the screen cuts to black.
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