But the film crew did leave extra dining plates and baskets for the restaurant as keepsakes, according to Hamad. With the walls painted and the film set gone, Mike’s Diner is left with no physical indication that Spongebob and Patrick or their counterparts were ever really there. They actually also covered up the brick wall to make it look silver.” “ It was all very different… Our bar was covered with their own wood bar. “They left us with blue walls for a week, but they came back and painted them white,” Hamad said. Looking to watch SpongeBob SquarePants Find out where SpongeBob SquarePants is streaming, if SpongeBob SquarePants is on Netflix, and get news and updates, on Decider. “ We got to watch them do that scene, and they had to re-film because everyone was laughing so hard,” Hamad said.Ĭustomers who have visited the restaurant may have recognized the transformation of the interior of the diner. In one scene, Fagerbakke sets out to order something on the menu at the “Trusty Slab,” but is indecisive about his order and ultimately fails to understand the menu.ĭuring the aforementioned scene, Hamad recalls that she and her mother were behind the scenes w hile it was being filmed. The episode, which aired on July 12, featured Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob), Bill Fagerbakke (the voice of Patrick) and more real-life versions of their Bikini Bottom character counterparts in a live-action scene from the special, according to the official Spongebob Squarepants YouTube page. “My mom and I stayed those three days and it was really fun.”

“We don’t like leaving the diner unattended,” Hamad said. However, Manager Sandra Hamad and her mother stayed to keep an eye on the business. Mike’s Diner in Castaic was featured in a recently aired live-action Spongebob Squarepants episode called “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout,” celebrating the show’s 20th anniversary.ĭuring the three-day shoot in March, the family-owned business closed its doors to customers.

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