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Sep 2, 2021 · Anyone who has seen the Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America knows that the restaurant McDowell's, which is totally not a ripoff of McDonald's at all, plays a key part in the movie. And...
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Nov 2, 2017 · Fat Sal's wasn't the only restaurant to get the McDowell's treatment, with iconic Chicago hot dog spot the Wiener's Circle getting itself a Coming to America-themed makeover for...
The ’McDowell’s’ burger restaurant (no connection of course with McDonalds) where Akeem and Semmi take on menial jobs to blend in with the community really was in Queens. It was a branch of Wendy’s, which – as the film correctly states – stood at 85-07 Queens Boulevard , at Broadway in Elmhurst .
1 day ago · The McDowell’s fast food restaurant, clearly a knockoff of McDonald’s was filmed in Queens at what was then a Wetson’s (a chain restaurant, which later became Wendy’s). The address for the filming...
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Aug 29, 2022 · Paramount has taken legal action against a company that set up a pop-up restaurant inspired by an eatery in the 1988 Eddie Murphy film "Coming to America", a filing shows.
Mar 29, 2022 · McDowell’s is the restaurant at the heart of the 1988 film Coming to America, the McDonald’s knockoff where Eddie Murphy’s character mops floors until he wins the heart of the owner’s daughter.
Aug 28, 2022 · A pop-up restaurant that paid homage to the 1980s classic comedy “Coming to America” now faces a lawsuit from Paramount Pictures over copyright infringement.
