Quake

Quake is a local restaurant in the North Beach area of San Francisco established in 1987. It was also Piper Halliwell's place of employment and the main hangout for the Charmed Ones during the first season.

History[]

In the premiere episode, Piper is hired as a chef after accidentally freezing time to finish her test meal.

The next week, the restaurant's owner, Chef Moore quits, leaving Piper to fill in as manager. Piper is very stressed by this, as she was not trained for the position. Piper is also left with the responsibility of catering a wedding that Chef Moore was originally going to cater under the restaurant's name, but luckily Phoebe was available to help her.

Quake was, along with the manor, one of the places the Charmed Ones spent the most time. Quake was in nearly every episode of the first season and still remains one the most memorable places of the series. Although Quake is a large establishment, it never seemed to have enough employees.

Quake is never seen again or really mentioned after Piper leaves, whereas when she worked there that was where every date happened. At Quake, Piper was officially the manager, but she had to fill in for nearly every job. At various points, she served as chef, waitress, bus boy, Chef's assistant, bartender, hostess, bookkeeper and had to restock the supplies and pay the bills multiple times.

Piper quits her job at Quake one year later to open her own business.

Notable Employees[]

Piper Halliwell (quit)
Phoebe Halliwell (temporarily)
Skye Russell (killed)
Chef Moore (quit)
Doug
Shelly
Martin
Hector
Cindy^[1]
Harry (temporarily)

Notable Visitors[]

Notes and Trivia[]

In Season 2's "Be Careful What You Witch For" and Season 6's "Spin City", Quake's exterior is used as the one of Café Le Blue. One shot was used for both episodes and was digitally altered as the same woman can be seen walking into the restaurant. It was also used to shoot Anthony's Ristorante in Season 6's "Love's a Witch".
In the episode "Dream Sorcerer", Skye Russell tells Whitaker Berman that she isn't allowed to drink with the customers, although Piper does that multiple times with her sisters; it was probably just an excuse to not have to go out with Whitaker.
Most of the season's demons preyed on people around the Quake area.
After Season 1, the only other real reference to Quake was made in the Season 7 finale when Phoebe and Piper are discussing what spells they could use to fight Zankou.
The exterior for Quake is actually an office building called Pasadena Livery Building, which can be found at Green Street and Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena.