"Mad Men" may not film in New York, but the Emmy-winning drama set in Manhattan name-drops spots around the city to keep the show authentic.
That's why Pete Campbell doesn't just get his hair cut at any old barber shop — he goes to Paul Molé on 74th and Lex. When Don and Megan bring pastry to Pete and Trudy's party, it's from William Greenberg Desserts on Madison Ave.
"Nothing is nondescript on 'Mad Men.' We do a ton of research," says Lisa Albert, a writer and consulting producer on the AMC series. "Every character actually lives in this city."
The pilot episode was shot in New York, with Harlem's Lenox Lounge standing in for a midtown bar where we meet Don Draper in the show's first scene. But the rest has been re-created on Hollywood sets and at L.A. locations, where it's easier to edit out modern-day amenities and pretend it's the 1960s.
"We try and bring as much authenticity to it as we possibly can, so that the audience believes that they're actually in New York," says executive producer Scott Hornbacher.
Take a walk down memory lane before the final season premieres Sunday with this "Mad Men" map of Manhattan.
Sterling Cooper offices (405 Madison Ave.) The headquarters for Bert Cooper and Roger Sterling's agency the first three seasons.
The Pierre Hotel (2 E. 61st St.) When McCann Erickson buys the company, Don and some colleagues form their own ad agency, temporarily housed in this hotel.
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce offices (1271 Sixth Ave.) Don's new agency sets up in the Time-Life Building. Pryce hangs himself. The agency merges with Cutler Gleason and Chaough.
We try and bring as much authenticity to it as we possibly can, so that the audience believes that they're actually in New York.
The Grand Central Oyster Bar (89 E. 42nd St.) Don gets Roger drunk on martinis in retaliation for his boss hitting on Betty. Roger later pukes on client's shoes.
The Roosevelt Hotel (45 E. 45th St.) We learn Sal is gay after a Belle Jolie rep hits on him here, and this is where Don stays after Betty divorces him.
P.J. Clarke's (915 Third Ave.) Peggy celebrates her first copywriting assignment, which pulls her out of the secreterial pool.
Peggy's apartment (unspecified) Peggy buys into the then-seedy UWS. After she accidentally stabs her beau Abe in self defense, he breaks up with her.
Carin Baer/AMC The original Sterling Cooper office was set at 405 Madison Ave. 
Michael Yarish/AMC The new Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (and now Sterling Cooper & Co.) office is set in the Time-Life Building. 
Michael Yarish/AMC Peggy buys into the then-seedy Upper West Side in season six. 
Michael Yarish/AMC Don Draper swims laps in the New! York Athletic Club pool between meetings.Previous Next
EnlargeBenihana (47 W. 56th St.) We first meet Ted Chaough, Don's rival and later business partner. He sleeps with Peggy before breaking her heart by moving to the agency's California branch.
New York Athletic Club (180 Central Park South) Don starts working out his demons by swimming laps (and eyeing girls) in season four.
The Waldorf Astoria (301 Park Ave.) Don has several meetings here with Conrad Hilton, and this is also where the advertising Clio Awards are held.
St. Marks Place (unspecified) Betty looks for one of Sally's runaway friends in a tenement where some rude boys drive her to dye her signature blond hair brown.
Carin Baer / AMC Peggy celebrates her first copywriting gig at P.J. Clarke's.
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Murray, Ken The Plaza (formerly Savoy) Hotel has been a hotbed of "Mad Men" activity.
EnlargeSardi's (234 W. 44th St.) Don is on a date with Bobbie Barrett when he runs into old flame Rachel Menken and her new husband.
Jimmy's La Grange (151 E. 49th St.) Roger suggests a divorced Don take Bethany here for a date, pushing the Chicken Kiev.
American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West & 79th St.) Sally skips school to meet Glen at the museum, where she gets her first period.
Don's apartment (136 Waverly Place) Don's seedy single-guy pad in season four. He dates Faye before dumping her for Megan.
The Hotel Elysee (60 E. 54th St.) Peggy meets Duck for an afternoon tryst just as the news breaks that JFK has been shot.
Minetta Tavern (113 Macdougal St.) Peggy thinks Abe is taking her here to propose, but he merely suggests they live together.
Don & Megan's apartment (783 Park Ave.) Where Megan performs her sexy "Zou Bisou Bisou" dance, and the building where Sally catches Don cheating with neighbor Sylvia.
The Savoy-Plaza Hotel (Fifth Ave. & 59th St.) Betty descends the staircase while on a Valentine's date with Don.
Heller's Luxury Furs (246 Seventh Ave.) Where Don first meets Roger and sells him a fur — and Don's career is born.
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