La Boite en Bois is a French restaurant at 75 West 68th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Opened in 1958, it is one of the older surviving neighbourhood restaurants in the area and is known for its traditional exterior, which made it useful as a real New York street location on screen.
La Boite en Bois appears in Seinfeld (1989–1998). Rather than being limited to a single episode, the restaurant was used multiple times in the series as a recurring New York exterior location.
In Seinfeld (1989–1998), La Boite en Bois appears in several episodes, including The Mango (1993), The Watch (1992), The Wallet (1992), The Masseuse (1993), The Conversion (1993), The Sponge (1995), and The Strike (1997). The restaurant is used as a recurring exterior location, helping give the series a more authentic Manhattan street setting.
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