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The Popular Restaurant Chain That Holds A Bartending Guinness World Record By Erica Martinez Oct. 19, 2025 9:00 pm EST

It may be hard to believe, but the original TGI Fridays, located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, was once considered one of the hottest, most happening bars in the Big Apple, particularly for the young, energetic, and elite looking for good drinks and a good time. In fact, you might remember the 1988 film, "Cocktail," which was filmed at the OG TGI Fridays. In the movie, Tom Cruise's character, Brian Flanagan, works there, and the bar is swamped with movers and shakers on a nightly basis, mesmerized by the bartender's synchronized cocktail flaring. The truth is, the portrayal of them wasn't entirely fictionalized. In order to work the

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