Scene shows the exterior of the late lamented LUNA RESTAURANT in Little Italy (it was on Mulberry Street, just north of Canal Street).
I couldn't tell if that was shot in the real interior of LUNA, maybe someone can advise.
LUNA closed down post 2000 and in fact may have been closed already when this was filmed.
LUNA also appears in a scene from the Godfather Chronicles.
That is indeed the interior of Luna! I frequent Positano (two doors north, which is also briefly seen in the establishing shot that has Mulberry Street running in the opposite direction for the shoot), and I have also been in Luna. That is one of the things about this movie that I like. Businesses let the crew shoot their interiors so long as they were mentioned or prominently shown (The Globe, Spa, Luna, Tavern on the Green, The Cupping Room, etc.). The only business interior that was a set rather than 'real' was the room in the Soho Grand.
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