The Bear: Is It a Real Restaurant? Is Ever Fictional?

The Bear features a seemingly real restaurant called Ever, arousing curiosity among fans’ minds about the series’ restaurants’ authenticity. In one of the episodes from The Bear Season 2, titled “Forks,” Cousin Richie heads to Ever restaurant for a week to get trained and polish his chef skills. Richie’s scenes are mostly set in The Bear and Ever restaurant.

So, let’s find out if Ever restaurant is real and if The Bear is based on a real restaurant.

Is The Bear based on a real restaurant or fictional?

According to Parade, The Bear restaurant is fictional. Nevertheless, numerous fine-dine eateries have served as its inspiration.

Carmy inaugurated The Bear restaurant in Season 2. While it didn’t rely on one restaurant for inspiration, his previous sandwich shop did. Although The Beef Joint is fictional, it gained some inspiration from a renowned Mr. Beef eatery in Chicago. Carmy inherited this family’s sandwich shop after his brother’s demise.

Is Ever from The Bear a real-world restaurant or fictional?

Yes, Ever from The Bear is a real restaurant in Chicago.

According to Spoon University, Matt Danko, The Bear’s culinary consultant, recommended Ever as a filming location for the ‘Forks’ episode. Many realistic elements were featured in the show like Ever’s chef Curtis Duffy’s decorated food and the affluent environment.

Ever restaurant is based in Chicago, popularly known for its luxe ambiance, popular chef-created dishes, and great customer service. In an interview with The Ringer, Ever’s co-owner Michael Muser addressed their luxurious restaurant’s appearance in the Emmy-winning series. He said, “What I loved about our episode of The Bear was that this kind of hardened character was shown the power of gift. In the show, it was represented in a Pequod’s pizza. And that’s silly, but, honestly, we’ve done sillier things.”

Shazmeen Navrange

Shazmeen is an Entertainment Journalist at ComingSoon. She holds a degree in multimedia and mass communication, specializing in advertising, but her ardor for cinema led her into entertainment journalism. While her cinematic preferences know no bounds, she specifically has fondness for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, psychological thrillers, horror, and films with profound philosophical undertones.