Bangor, Maine, Restaurant That Inspired a Scene in IT Chapter Two

Tim Curry has died. He passed away on Wednesday at age 80 at his home in Los Angeles. He played the original Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the 1990 TV miniseries, which, of course, spawned two very successful movies and an HBO show. But did you know a local restaurant was the inspiration for a scene in IT Chapter Two, one that folks from the Bangor area will notice right away?

When the Losers Club meets for dinner, you might recognize the location.

The old friends reunite over a Chinese dinner and have some fortune cookies at a restaurant called Jade of the Orient, which just happens to be based on the legendary Oriental Jade, located at 320 Bangor Mall Boulevard.

When it came time to film the scene, it turns out that it was shot at the Mandarin Restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario.

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As we all know, Stephen King created the fictional town of Derry, which is based on Bangor. That connection becomes very obvious when you see the landmarks featured in the film.

The Thomas Hill Standpipe, a water-storage facility that controls the city's water pressure, inspired the Standpipe in Derry, where Stan first encounters Pennywise in the movie.

For those of you who are not familiar with IT Chapter Two, after being defeated by members of the Losers Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again.

Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone their separate ways. But when people start disappearing, Mike Hanlon calls the others home for one final stand.

When the adult members of the club reunite at the Jade of the Orient restaurant, they laugh, share memories, and notice the absence of their friend Stanley.

The atmosphere turns tense when they open fortune cookies and read the single-word fortunes, which together spell out the haunting message: “Guess Stanley Could Not Cut It.”

The reunited Losers then conquer their deepest fears in order to destroy the evil Pennywise.