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Old Ebbitt Grill was featured in the movie In the Line of Fire. An exterior scene was shown and then Clint Eastwood and John Mahoney were shown sitting at Grant's Bar inside. A plaque referencing this movie is on the wall in Grant's Bar.
Alex Kapranos, lead singer for the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand, included an entry on Old Ebbitt Grill in his 2006 book, Sound Bites: Eating on Tour With Franz Ferdinand.
Old Ebbitt Grill is mentioned in the novels Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor, The Outlaws by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV, The Pravda Messenger by Robert Cornuke, The Athena Factor by W. Michael Gear, House Justice by Mike Lawson, and The Green Trap by Ben Bova.
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