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There's a Central Perk Cafe inspired by Friends in Beijing, China, and a cocktail RV, ABQ, inspired by Breaking Bad in London, England. And a restaurant inspired by the Golden Girls may be making its way to New York City, DNA Info reports.The proposed restaurant, called Rue La Rue Cafe, is the brainchild of Michael J. LaRue, a longtime friend of actress Rue McClanahan, who portrayed the saucy Blanche Devereaux on the treasured series. After her death in 2010, LaRue inherited all of McClanahan's belongings and much of her showbiz memorabilia, which he plans to use to decorate the walls of Rue La Rue.
LaRue hopes to open the spot at the Sofia Storage Building in Washington Heights sometime in September to honor his late friend and the show that gave her the most notable role of her career. The cafe will serve soups, wraps, salads, desserts, baked treats, and wine—all the things (one would imagine) the girls loved, basically.
"She was my best friend," LaRue told the Community Board 12 licensing committee at a recent meeting, adding that he thinks the Washington Heights neighborhood he'd open it in could turn into a tourist spot that'll entice visitors of the city to travel to upper Manhattan.
And, as though that weren't enough, LaRue believes he can get the only living Golden Girl, Betty White, to the ribbon cutting ceremony once the cafe gets approval. That, and the cafe itself, will be one way he can thank McClanahan for being a friend.(Sorry, we had to.)Read: I Asked a Psychic Medium to Contact the Golden Girls