Out of all the Top Gun film locations I had a chance to visit last month, the “Top Gun house” or “Charlie’s house” visit was the most poignant for me. Charlie’s House - The Cottage on 102 Pacific Street, Oceanside, California ![]() But then again, I didn’t mind waiting since it gave me more time to gawk at the Top Gun memorabilia and photos lining the restaurant’s walls and ceilings.Ħ00 W Harbor Drive (between Kettner Blvd & G St)Ģ. My lunch at the Kansas City Barbeque (pulled-pork sandwich, onion rings, and a hefty glass of root beer served on paper plates and cups) was average. ![]() As you can see from these photos (taken in March 2012), that is definitely not the case. There are rumors that all the movie memorabilia was destroyed in the fire. Luckily no one was injured and they reopened the restaurant a few months later in November 2008. The fire originated in the kitchen and eventually spread to most of the restaurant’s interiors. One of the ladies even brought over an album containing photos of the badly-damanged restaurant taken after the fire of June 26, 2008. The servers at the Kansas City Barbeque seem friendly and are more than happy to talk about the restaurant’s close ties to the movie. This tiny, casual sports bar was where Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Goose (Anthony Edwards) play “Great Balls of Fire” at the piano, and where Carol (Meg Ryan) says the famous line, “Goose, you big stuuuuuud! Take me to bed now or lose me forever!” ![]() Two memorable scenes in Top Gun were filmed at the Kansas City Barbeque. Not only is sunny San Diego one of the “top Budget Travel destinations” this year, it also houses the majority of Top Gun’s film locations. News of Top Gun 2 - a potential sequel to one of my all-time favorite films - inspired me to make a special stop in San Diego last month to visit a few of the iconic film locations of Top Gun. ![]() On the tail of his mega-successful movie Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (the fourth in the MI series), Tom Cruise shared in an interview with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz his plan to revive Maverick, a character he played in Top Gun, an iconic, much-loved film he made with director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer in 1986.
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