From Satriale’s (not real) in Kearney to The Bada Bing (really Satin Dolls) in Lodi, New  Jersey is the set for the hit HBO show in Northern New Jersey. The popular HBO show has entered its 6th season and is spawning a vibrant and manic following. There is a very popular tour that visits many of the set sites from the show run by On Location Tours out of New York City.

A New York company has capitalized on the show’s popularity, offering a four-hour Sopranos-themed tour of northern New Jersey. For $40 a head, fans visit the real home of the Bada Bing (a strip club called Satin Dolls) on Route 17 in Lodi and the fake storefront of Satriale’s, where Tony and his crew often talk shop, in Kearny.
Film crews are regularly spotted around New Jersey, where fictional mob boss Tony Soprano and his family live and work. The show, which began in 1999, filmed scenes in downtown Newark and Clifton last month. (Related photos: Hitting the set)
The company called On Location Tours, which also runs bus tours of Sex and the City sites in Manhattan, has taken about 20,000 fans around Jersey since the trips to the Garden State began about five years ago, said company owner Georgette Blau. USATODAY.com

 The Sopranos tour has attracted a world wide audience with people making it a stop on their visits to the New Jersey – New York Region. If I am up in the area, I could think of worse ways to spend an afternoon.