The bar where Tom Cruise learned to sling bottles in the 1988 hit Cocktail wasn’t a set or reimagined restaurant but an actual bar and grille that’s still inspiring tales. Baker Street Irregulars, the actual setting for Cruise’s tutorial, continues to thrive at its Upper East Side New York location. But it’s lore isn’t limited to the toothsome movie star; the location is – for reals – the very first T.G.I. Fridays (no more). Closed during the pandemic, Baker Street Irregulars re-opened in 2022 with new managers and a new attitude, owed to its owners and manager Kendra Rogers, a New York instit…
