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You can鈥檛 cook with Walter White, but you can eat with him thanks to the book 鈥淭he Bars and Restaurants of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.鈥�

Penned by the British author Aimee Macpherson, who also worked on 鈥淏etter Call Saul鈥� as an assistant to a producer, the book compiles the caf茅s, dives and saloons featured in both shows鈥� sa国际传媒官网网页入口 locations.

'The Bars and Restaurants of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul' a road map to the shows' caf茅s, dives and saloons

Macpherson pored through location lists, the 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� Wiki page and her own on-site lists to locate the eateries where Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) ordered plates of enchiladas, curly fries and black coffee. The project took about five years.

鈥淚 have a soft spot for Juanita鈥檚 Comida Mexicana in Barelas,鈥� Macpherson said, aka Bienvenidos Amigos in 鈥淏etter Call Saul.鈥�

In the show, Nacho (Michael Mando) witnesses the intimidation of his father, Manuel, by the Salamanca clan, concealed from view outside. Nacho鈥檚 view of his father is tense yet passive.

鈥淚t was filmed at night, but it鈥檚 not open at night,鈥� Macpherson added.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a small, personable, unique space,鈥� she continued. 鈥淭hey do a very good breakfast burrito.鈥�

The crew also shot Loyola鈥檚 Family Restaurant at night in the 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� episode 鈥淪hotgun.鈥� Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) offers Jesse the dinner he ordered for himself to help Jesse through drug withdrawal. Mike frequents Loyola鈥檚 in both shows to eat and lead business meetings. It was a place for pitching deals, deflecting crooked propositions and dining in relative safety. The restaurant also appeared in 鈥淏etter Call Saul鈥� when struggling public defender Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) talks business in 鈥淯no.鈥�

鈥淟oyola鈥檚 looks exactly the same,鈥� Macpherson said. 鈥淪ome of them are very every day. A lot of them don鈥檛 have a contemporary aesthetic. They鈥檝e just got a lot of character.鈥�

Garcia鈥檚 Kitchen, along with the Dog House, were introduced on 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� during a montage of Jesse dealing meth in the 鈥淐razy Handful of Nothin鈥欌�� episode. Garcia鈥檚 Central Avenue location was the only one used in the show.

鈥淭hey didn鈥檛 shoot inside,鈥� Macpherson said. 鈥淭hey used the exterior.鈥�

The restaurant appears in a brief daytime time-lapse in 鈥淏ullet Points,鈥� using a wide shot to anchor the building鈥檚 location. It鈥檚 not until the episode 鈥淪hotgun鈥� that the exterior merits a longer feature, when Jesse collects Mike from the restaurant. He鈥檚 just reversed the car down the alley to shake off Banger #1, who鈥檚 headed toward him on foot with a shotgun.

Twisters Burgers and Burritos, in sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 South Valley, formed the setting of Gustavo Fring鈥檚 Los Pollos Hermanos, complete with chile curly fries. Los Pollos serves as a fast-food joint that operates as a front for Fring鈥檚 (Giancarlo Esposito) drug smuggling operation. Both 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� and 鈥淏etter Call Saul鈥� invested the humble Twisters with mythical significance as well as an eerie presence where weary travelers can find fried chicken sandwiches or a drug kingpin. The scripts are very specific about what the characters eat at the legendary eatery.

The drinks fountain where Jimmy overfills the sugar in his coffee as he spies Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis) paying the restaurant a visit now serves as a recessed counter filled with 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� photos and memorabilia. The counter features a letter organizer full of handwritten notes left by fans.

鈥淭hey don鈥檛 have the same mesh baskets because fans are stealing them,鈥� Macpherson said.

The Dog House Drive-In is a take-out joint with a neon sign running the length of the building. It features a dachshund wagging his tail and biting into a blinking train of sausages. The inside of the Dog House is closed to customers, so fans can鈥檛 see the Technicolor cinder blocks featured in 鈥淏etter Call Saul.鈥� You can sit outside like Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) in 鈥淔ifi.鈥�

Taco Sal鈥檚 neon Route 66 sign reigns over Menaul Boulevard in a beckoning glare. In 鈥淏reaking Bad,鈥� Taco Sal鈥檚 dining tables sit at the front of the restaurant, framed by decorative windows and vintage signs.

The location appears several times in 鈥淏reaking Bad.鈥� Skyler White (Anna Gunn) and her sister Marie Schrader (Betsy Brandt) hand out handmade 鈥渕issing鈥� signs for Walt. At the end of season two, Walt meets Jesse at Taco Sal and announces his decision to retire from meth-making, a short-lived fantasy.

Macpherson moved to sa国际传媒官网网页入口 from London in 2014 to be with her now-husband. The University of New Mexico Press assigned her the book. She worked on 鈥淏etter Call Saul鈥� from season two through part of season five.

鈥淚 only left because I was about to have a baby,鈥� she said.