Farley's Eatery and Pub

Farley's Eatery and Pub
Company typePrivate
Headquarters
Scranton, Pennsylvania
,
United States

Farley's Eatery & Pub was a restaurant in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, and was considered a staple of Scrantonian culinary culture. Farley's promoted itself as having "the best steak and seafood in downtown Scranton." Farley's Eatery & Pub closed in 2012 after 30 years of business.[1][2][3] At the time it closed, it was described as one of the oldest businesses in downtown Scranton.[2]

In recent times, it garnered fame from being mentioned on television series The Office. The series, set in Scranton, made reference to the restaurant in a 2005 episode in which it was suggested that the losers of an office warehouse basketball game would buy the winners dinner from the pub. Actor Steve Carell, who portrays Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom, said in the DVD commentary that he would personally fly to Scranton to "cut the ribbon" if Farley's were to place a "Michael Scott Burger" on their menu.[4] The burger was later added.[5]

References

  1. ^ Iorfino, Michael (July 26, 2012). "Longtime Scranton restaurant Farley's closing". The Times-Tribune. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Last Call for Farley's Bar and Restaurant". WNEP-TV. 2012-07-26. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ^ Fulton, Brian (January 9, 2019). "Time Warp, 1983: Farley's Begins Decades Of Serving Scranton". The Associated Press. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Carell, Steve (Actor). 2005. "Basketball" [Commentary track], The Office Season One (US/NBC Version) [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: Universal.
  5. ^ "Electric City/Diamond City - Northeast PA's free entertainment weekly. Find events and restaurants in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and NEPA". Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-10-27.

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