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The Spotlight Diner is a diner in New York and Rachel, Santana, and Kurt's new workplace in Season Five of Glee. It is managed by a man named Gunther. The waiting staff, who wear red (and black, for the males), sing and dance for the customers.

Appearances

S5

Love, Love, Love

Santana and Rachel arrive at the diner in their uniforms. Rachel is nervous, but Santana refuses to let her back out, claiming she almost had to show Gunther her left side boob to get her the job. Rachel eventually agrees that the job might be a positive experience. They later perform Hard Day's Night with the rest of the staff, in an attempt to impress the director and leading actor of Funny Girl.

Tina in the Sky with Diamonds

Santana tells Rachel that she booked a gig and even shows her the video. Dani is introduced and even jokes about her sexuality to Santana. She has worked there prior to Rachel and Santana since she likes to watch the sun raise and even watched it rise with Santana as they sung Here Comes the Sun. Kurt got a job there since Vogue.com doesn't pay and they make a pact to promise to stay in New York for two years - no matter what. Rachel learns that she got the Fanny part when Rupert comes in to order a whole cake with "Congratulations Rachel Berry, you are Fanny Brice." written on it.

A Katy or A Gaga

Kurt talks to Rachel, Dani, and Santana about joining his band after Dani asked if girls can be allowed. Rachel passes due to it begin to soon and her Funny Girl rehearsals. Kurt is later seen asking a customer what he would like when it is revealed to be Elliott "Starchild." They would talk and Elliott would reveal why he came to New York, and Kurt would give him the spot in the band. Santana would come over and tell Kurt to stop flirting and get back to work and is delighted to see Elliott.

The End of Twerk

During the On Our Way performance, Rachel and Kurt are seen at the diner. Kurt is showing of his tattoo to his co-workers when Rachel joins them.

Movin' Out

While Blaine sings Piano Man, the customers and waiters danced together.

Frenemies

After dealing with a difficult customer, Santana approaches Rachel and complains about how her life in New York is not what she expected it to be.

Trio

Rachel arrives late for work and is told by her manager she's been requested by table 5 which turns out to be Santana and Elliott. They have a short argument when a customer requests a birthday song for his wife, who is named Gloria. Santana and Rachel perform Gloria, while fighting for Elliott's attention.

City of Angels

Kurt announces to Rachel and Santana that he received the message that the New Directions had lost Nationals so the club is about to be disbanded. They look at him in shock.

100

In Fondue For Two, Brittany asks Rachel about her activities; amongst them, her job at the Spotlight Diner.

New Directions

The restaurant appears in Tina's dream sequence, Chums, where it is shown that many McKinley High seniors got a job there after they all moved to New York together.

Tested

Artie goes on a date with Julie here, while Sam and Mercedes are also on a date.

The Back-Up Plan

Santana is seen cleaning the table when Mercedes arrived and gave her a contract to sign for their duet.

Old Dog, New Tricks

Rachel, Kurt, Artie, Blaine, Santana, Mercedes, Sam, and Maggie perform Take Me Home Tonight for all the people who came to Rachel's 'Broadway Bitches' event. An enthusiastic reporter interviews Rachel, Kurt and Santana about the event and says they'll show it on their website.

The Untitled Rachel Berry Project

Rachel is seen here with Mary talking about Rachel's new show. Rachel tells her that the script isn't really about Rachel's true self. Rachel then sings Glitter in the Air as a way to show Mary her true essence. Mary doesn't like this idea at first, but then at the end of it tells Rachel that watching her sing made her happy and that has never happened to her before. Mary says that she will give Rachel's version a shot.

Songs

Season Five
Song	Episode	Sung by
A Hard Day's Night	Love, Love, Love	Rachel and Santana
Here Comes the Sun	Tina in the Sky with Diamonds	Dani and Santana
Piano Man	Movin' Out	Blaine
Gloria	Trio	Elliott, Rachel and Santana
Take Me Home Tonight	Old Dog, New Tricks	Artie, Blaine, Kurt, Maggie, Mercedes, Rachel, Sam and Santana
Glitter in the Air	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	Rachel

Employees

Dani: Waitress. Hired prior to Tina in the Sky with Diamonds.

Kurt: Waiter. Hired in Tina in the Sky with Diamonds.

Rachel: Waitress. Hired in Love, Love, Love. Left for Los Angeles in The Untitled Rachel Berry Project.

Santana: Waitress. Hired prior to Love, Love, Love. Possibly left after New Directions.

Trivia

The name of the manager is Gunther, which is most likely a reference to the famous television show 'Friends'.
- Rachel Green (who was the inspiration for Rachel's first name) worked in the diner "Central Perk" in the same TV show.
- In New Directions, Tina has a dream sequence that is a parody of Friends, part of which unfolds here.
The staff have to say "intermission," when taking a break or else they get fined. (A Katy or A Gaga)
The Spotlight Diner is modeled after Ellen's Stardust Diner in NYC. Source
A recorded cheering sound can be heard everytime the customers applaud.

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 ==Appearances==
+<tabber>
-===[[Season Five]]===
+S5=
-====[[Love Love Love]]====
+<big>[[Love, Love, Love]]</big>
 Santana and Rachel arrive at the diner in their uniforms. Rachel is nervous, but Santana refuses to let her back out, claiming she almost had to show Gunther her left side boob to get her the job. Rachel eventually agrees that the job might be a positive experience. They later perform ''[[Hard Day's Night]]'' with the rest of the staff, in an attempt to impress the director and leading actor of ''Funny Girl''.
-====[[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]]====
+<big>[[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]]</big>
-Santana tells Rachel that she booked a gig and even shows her the video. Dani is introduced and even jokes about her sexuality to Santana. She has worked there prior to Rachel and Santana since she likes to watch the sun raise and even watched it rise with Santana as they sung ''[[Here Comes The Sun]]''. Kurt got a job there since Vogue.com doesn't pay and they make a pack to promise to stay in New York for two years - no matter what. Rachel learns that she got the Fanny part when Rupert comes in to order a whole cake with "Congratulations Rachel Berry, you are Fanny Brice." written on it.
+Santana tells Rachel that she booked a gig and even shows her the video. Dani is introduced and even jokes about her sexuality to Santana. She has worked there prior to Rachel and Santana since she likes to watch the sun raise and even watched it rise with Santana as they sung ''[[Here Comes the Sun]]''. Kurt got a job there since Vogue.com doesn't pay and they make a pact to promise to stay in New York for two years - no matter what. Rachel learns that she got the Fanny part when Rupert comes in to order a whole cake with "Congratulations Rachel Berry, you are Fanny Brice." written on it.
+<big>[[A Katy or A Gaga]]</big>
-====[[A Katy or A Gaga]]====
 Kurt talks to Rachel, Dani, and Santana about joining his band after Dani asked if girls can be allowed. Rachel passes due to it begin to soon and her Funny Girl rehearsals. Kurt is later seen asking a customer what he would like when it is revealed to be Elliott "Starchild." They would talk and Elliott would reveal why he came to New York, and Kurt would give him the spot in the band. Santana would come over and tell Kurt to stop flirting and get back to work and is delighted to see Elliott.
-====[[The End of Twerk]]====
+<big>[[The End of Twerk]]</big>
 During the ''[[On Our Way]]'' performance, Rachel and Kurt are seen at the diner. Kurt is showing of his tattoo to his co-workers when Rachel joins them.
-====[[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]]====
+<big>[[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]]</big>
 While Blaine sings ''[[Piano Man]]'', the customers and waiters danced together.
-====[[Frenemies]]====
+<big>[[Frenemies]]</big>
-After recieving a racist comment from a costumer, Santana aproaches Rachel and complains about how her life in New York is not what she expected it to be.
+After dealing with a difficult customer, Santana approaches Rachel and complains about how her life in New York is not what she expected it to be.
-====[[Trio]]====
-Rachel arrives late for work and is told by her manager she's been requested by table 5 which turns out to be Santana and Elliott. They have a short arguement when a customer requests a birthday song for his wife, who is named Gloria. Santana and Rachel perform ''[[Gloria]]'', while fighting for Elliott's attention.
+<big>[[Trio]]</big>
+Rachel arrives late for work and is told by her manager she's been requested by table 5 which turns out to be Santana and Elliott. They have a short argument when a customer requests a birthday song for his wife, who is named Gloria. Santana and Rachel perform ''[[Gloria]]'', while fighting for Elliott's attention.
+<big>[[City of Angels]]</big>
+Kurt announces to Rachel and Santana that he received the message that the New Directions had lost Nationals so the club is about to be disbanded. They look at him in shock.
+<big>[[100]]</big>
+In [[Fondue For Two]], Brittany asks Rachel about her activities; amongst them, her job at the Spotlight Diner.
+<big>[[New Directions (Episode)|New Directions]]</big>
+The restaurant appears in Tina's dream sequence, ''Chums'', where it is shown that many McKinley High seniors got a job there after they all moved to New York together.
+<big>[[Tested]]</big>
+[[Artie Abrams|Artie]] goes on a date with [[Julie]] here, while [[Sam Evans|Sam]] and [[Mercedes Jones|Mercedes]] are also on a date.
+<big>[[The Back-Up Plan]]</big>
+Santana is seen cleaning the table when Mercedes arrived and gave her a contract to sign for their duet.
+<big>[[Old Dog, New Tricks]]</big>
+Rachel, Kurt, Artie, Blaine, Santana, Mercedes, Sam, and Maggie perform ''[[Take Me Home Tonight]]'' for all the people who came to Rachel's 'Broadway Bitches' event. An enthusiastic reporter interviews Rachel, Kurt and Santana about the event and says they'll show it on their website.
+<big>[[The Untitled Rachel Berry Project]]</big>
+Rachel is seen here with [[Mary Halloran|Mary]] talking about Rachel's new show. Rachel tells her that the script isn't really about Rachel's true self. Rachel then sings ''[[Glitter in the Air]]'' as a way to show Mary her true essence. Mary doesn't like this idea at first, but then at the end of it tells Rachel that watching her sing made her happy and that has never happened to her before. Mary says that she will give Rachel's version a shot.
+</tabber>
+==Songs==
-==List of Songs performed at the Spotlight Diner==
 {| border="1px" class="wikitable"
-!style="text-align: center; " colspan=3|Season Five
+! style="text-align: center; " colspan="3" |Season Five
 |-
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 |-
 |[[A Hard Day's Night]]
-| style="text-align: center; " rowspan=1|''[[Love Love Love]]''
+| style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" |''[[Love, Love, Love]]''
-|[[Rachel Berry]] and [[Santana Lopez]]
+|[[Rachel Berry|Rachel]] and [[Santana Lopez|Santana]]
 |-
 |[[Here Comes the Sun]]
-| style="text-align: center; " rowspan=1|''[[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]]''
+| style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" |''[[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]]''
-|[[Santana Lopez]] and [[Dani]]
+|[[Dani]] and Santana
 |-
 |[[Piano Man]]
-| style="text-align: center; " rowspan=1|''[[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]]''
+| style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" |''[[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]]''
-|[[Blaine Anderson]]
+|[[Blaine Anderson|Blaine]]
 |-
 |[[Gloria]]
-| style="text-align: center; " rowspan=1|''[[Trio]]''
+| style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" |''[[Trio]]''
-|[[Santana Lopez]], [[Rachel Berry]] and [[Elliott Gilbert]]
+|[[Elliott Gilbert|Elliott]], Rachel and Santana
+|-
+|[[Take Me Home Tonight]]
+| style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" |''[[Old Dog, New Tricks]]''
+|[[Artie Abrams|Artie]], Blaine, [[Kurt Hummel|Kurt]], [[Maggie Banks|Maggie]], [[Mercedes Jones|Mercedes]], Rachel, [[Sam Evans|Sam]] and Santana
+|-
+|[[Glitter in the Air]]
+| style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" |''[[The Untitled Rachel Berry Project]]''
+|Rachel
 |}
-==Known Employees==
+==Employees==
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+Current=
-Guntherr.png|'''[[Gunther]]''': Manager prior to [[Love Love Love]].
+<gallery widths="145" orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center" captionsize="medium" captionalign="center" columns="dynamic" hideaddbutton="true" navigation="true">
-Santana_SD.jpg|'''[[Santana Lopez|Santana]]''': Waitress. Hired prior to [[Love Love Love]].|link=Santana Lopez
-Rachel_TEofT_SD.jpg|'''[[Rachel Berry|Rachel]]''': Waitress. Hired in [[Love Love Love]].|link=Rachel Berry
+Guntherr.png|'''[[Gunther]]''': Manager prior to [[Love, Love, Love]].
 Danielle.jpg|'''[[Dani]]''': Waitress. Hired prior to [[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]].|link=Dani
-Kurt_SD.jpg|'''[[Kurt Hummel|Kurt]]''': Waiter. Hired in [[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]].|link=Kurt Hummel
+Tumblr ngpjmamE741qe476yo1 1280.jpg|'''[[Kurt Hummel|Kurt]]''': Waiter. Hired in [[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]].|link=Kurt Hummel
 Scnet glee5x10 1179.jpg|'''Ronny''': Manager prior to [[Trio]].
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+|-|
+Former=
-==Customers==
+<gallery widths="145" orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center" captionsize="medium" captionalign="center" columns="dynamic" hideaddbutton="true" navigation="true">
+B5Bw-1DCYAAPiaa.jpg|'''[[Rachel Berry|Rachel]]''': Waitress. Hired in [[Love, Love, Love]]. Left for Los Angeles in [[The Untitled Rachel Berry Project]].|link=Rachel Berry
+IMG 20141217 003651.jpg|'''[[Santana Lopez|Santana]]''': Waitress. Hired prior to [[Love, Love, Love]]. Possibly left after [[New Directions (Episode)|New Directions]].|link=Santana Lopez
+</gallery>
+|-|
+Customers=
 <gallery widths="145" orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center" captionsize="medium" captionalign="center" columns="dynamic" hideaddbutton="true">
-Spot_5.jpg|'''[[Rupert Campion|Rupert]]''': Came in [[Love Love Love]] and [[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]].
+Spot_5.jpg|'''[[Rupert Campion|Rupert]]''': Came in [[Love, Love, Love]] and [[Tina in the Sky with Diamonds]].
-Spot_6.jpg|'''[[Paolo San Pablo|Paolo]]''': Came in [[Love Love Love]].
+Spot_6.jpg|'''[[Paolo San Pablo|Paolo]]''': Came in [[Love, Love, Love]].
-Spot_1.jpg|'''[[Elliott Gilbert|Elliot]]''': Came in [[A Katy or A Gaga]] and [[Trio]].
+Spot_1.jpg|'''[[Elliott Gilbert|Elliott]]''': Came in [[A Katy or A Gaga]] and [[Trio]].
-Spot_2.jpg|'''[[Blaine Anderson|Blaine]]''': Came in [[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]].
+Tumblr ngpj277qcL1qa3ptgo2 1280.jpg|'''[[Blaine Anderson|Blaine]]''': Came in [[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]] and [[Old Dog, New Tricks]].
-Spot_3.jpg|'''[[Sam Evans|Sam]]''': Came in [[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]].
+Tumblr ngpjq6AW041r2fzqbo1 500.png|'''[[Sam Evans|Sam]]''': Came in [[Movin' Out (Episode)|Movin' Out]], [[Tested]], and [[Old Dog, New Tricks]].
-Spot_4.png|'''Unnamed Girl''': Came in [[Frenemies]].
+Spot_4.png|'''Unnamed Woman''': Came in [[Frenemies]].
+Tumblr m9u3olTSXM1qlityfou1 1280.jpg|'''[[Mercedes Jones|Mercedes]]''': Came in [[Tested]] and [[Old Dog, New Tricks]].
+Tumblr ngpj98mxqK1rojy6eo1 1280.jpg|'''[[Artie Abrams|Artie]]''': Came in [[Tested]] and [[Old Dog, New Tricks]].
+Julie_Tested.jpg|'''[[Julie]]''': Came in [[Tested]].
+Maggie1.png|'''[[Maggie Banks|Maggie]]''': Came in [[Old Dog, New Tricks]].
+Glee2-1399328870.jpg|'''[[Mary Halloran|Mary]]''': Came in [[The Untitled Rachel Berry Project]].
 </gallery>
+</tabber>
 ==Trivia==
-*The name of the manager is [[Gunther]], which is most likely a reference to the famous tv show '''Friends'.''
+*The name of the manager is [[Gunther]], which is most likely a reference to the famous television show '''Friends'.''
-**''Also'', Rachel Green (who is the reason of Rachel's first name) worked in the diner "Central Perk" in the same TV show.
+**''''Rachel Green (who was the inspiration for Rachel's first name) worked in the diner "Central Perk" in the same TV show.
+**In [[New Directions (Episode)|New Directions]], Tina has a dream sequence that is a parody of ''Friends'', part of which unfolds here.
-*They have to say "intermission," when taking a break or else they would get fined. ([[A Katy or A Gaga]])
+*The staff have to say "intermission," when taking a break or else they get fined. ([[A Katy or A Gaga]])
 *The Spotlight Diner is modeled after Ellen's Stardust Diner in NYC. [http://www.ellensstardustdiner.com/whats-happenin/ Source]
 *A recorded cheering sound can be heard everytime the customers applaud.
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