After six series, the ever-popular Mad Men seems to keep going, making the 1950s and 60s seem cool despite those decades’ obsession with smelling like cigarettes. If you’re in Manhattan, you can actually take several different organised tours of places and haunts that feature in the drama, and even organise your own. Let’s take a look at what’s in store on any self-respecting Mad Men tour.
Madison Avenue
Between 47th and 48th Street on Madison Avenue is where the Sterling Cooper advertising agency started and where Don and co began their ritual of drinking whiskey and gin at work. Remember, ice counts as food when you’re busy.
Grand Central
The iconic art-deco train station pops up often in Mad Men, and the Grand Central Oyster Bar in particular is where you should head for dinner and martinis to recreate the scene where Don tricked his boss into throwing up. On second thoughts, maybe just go for martinis.
Greenwich Village
During the 1960s, Greenwich Village was the home of the counterculture, but more importantly it was Don Draper’s favourite area when rendezvousing with his many mistresses. Pop into the Gaslight Café to see where Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsburg gave performances that Don ignored as he drank and philandered.
Main Image by Frank Ockenfels/AMC
