> A new Chili’s near Scranton will be a throwback to 'The Office,' awesome blossom and all
A new Chili’s near Scranton will be a throwback to 'The Office,' awesome blossom and all
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It has been two decades since the workplace mockumentary 'The Office' first set an episode inside a Chili's, where Michael Scott handed out Dundie awards to his ever-tolerant employees, including trophies for the whitest sneakers and for stinking up the bathroom.
Over nine seasons, The Office regularly name-dropped real places and products associated with Scranton, where the Emmy-winning show was set.
So, at last, the chain is filling a hole in "Office" lore by opening a Chili's in Dickson City, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) north of Scranton.
Actors from the show, Brian Baumgartner and Kate Flannery, are appearing in commercials for the new Chili's. The restaurant in Dickson City is set to open April 7.
"I think the real question is, why wouldn't we want to be involved in this?" said Flannery. "We both love Scranton. We both love 'The Office.' It's, it's a really fun fan merging of the local area and the brand of Chili's and 'The Office.'"
There’s the big pirate ship restaurant known as Cooper’s Seafood House and Poor Richard’s Pub inside a bowling alley. But in 2005, there was no Chili's in the Pennsylvania city.
"Uh, it seems like a wrong was righted by here around the 20th anniversary of the show to finally have a a Scranton branch of Chili's," said Baumgartner.
The restaurant will be decorated as it would have been in the mid-2000s with old signs and chalkboard art. It will also feature direct nods to The Office's fictitious paper company, Dunder Mifflin. In one episode, Scott, played by Steve Carell, orders an awesome blossom — a deep-fried onion with a cheese dipping sauce — while trying to win a new client over lunch at Chili's. That item, long struck from the Chili's menu nationwide, is being reintroduced in the Scranton-area restaurant only.
The new Chili’s will open April 7, when a “Scranton marg” will be available nationwide for the day.