It’s still advertising Vienna Beef, a staple of the Chicago-style hot dog.Īlso thriving is Chicago Joe’s, 2256 West Irving Park Road at North Oakley Avenue, St Ben’s, a couple of blocks east of the Wheels Automart location. Still flourishing, too, is Scatchell’s Beef Stand, 4700 West Cermak Road in Cicero, a suburb a few miles east of Chicago. It’s long gone, replaced by a new housing development.Īmazingly, still standing is the Native American figure atop the roof of Midwest Eye Clinic, 6254 South Pulaski Road at West 63rd Street, which is way southwest toward Chicago Midway Airport. Ray Krey’s Wheels Automart stood at 3939 Western Avenue, in St Ben’s northwest of Chicago. The car is first driving (back and forth) on North Milwaukee Avenue at the junction with North Kimball Avenue and West Diversey Avenue, in the Logan Square district, northwest of the city Wayne's World film location: Driving through 'Aurora, Il' home: Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Chicago | Photograph: Google Maps This being Los Angeles, though, the house has already been demolished to be replaced by a new home.Īs Bohemian Rhapsody plays in the car, we’re off to the Chicago suburbs for those establishing shots, which in reality are miles apart. Wayne and Garth play street hockey on Texahoma, and Garth himself lived just across the road at 7102 Texahoma Avenue. In fact, Wayne’s home, where the pair broadcast Wayne’s World from the basement, is 7105 Texahoma Avenue, south of Sherman Way, just a few blocks east of the ‘Traxx’ disco and the ‘Miss Donuts’ store from Boogie Nights. The neighbourhood of Wayne and Garth ( Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) is Van Nuys, in the heart the San Fernando Valley more usually associated with Paul T Anderson. Illinois is seen only in a few establishing shots, captured by a Second Unit.
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Meanwhile stay safe and travel the world online.įamously set in ‘Aurora, Illinois’, but originally written as ‘Scarborough, Ontario’ ( Mike Myers’ hometown), most of the movie was filmed around Los Angeles.Įven so, the locations are scattered far and wide, so if you want to plan a Wayne’s World location tour, don’t expect to cover everything in an afternoon. We apologise and, as soon as travel restrictions are lifted, will return to posting original photographs. * During the current situation, we're relying more than usual on Google Maps images.