Detroit eatery to transform into 'Gilmore Girls' restaurant of choice, Luke's Diner

DETROIT, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Popular Detroit bakery Avalon International Breads will transform into Lorelei and Rory Gilmore's favorite restaurant, Luke's Diner, ahead of the new episodes.

On Oct. 5, Avalon will open its doors as Luke's, the Stars Hollow town diner made famous on Gilmore Girls for its never ending stream of coffee and its grumpy proprietor.

The Midtown bakery will serve free coffee from 7 a.m. to noon and will offer pie by-the-slice as part of a national promotion by Netflix weeks before it releases episodes for the Gilmore Girls revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

Avalon's manager said the eatery will join roughly 200 other cafe's nationwide for the event, which will take place on the anniversary of the show's original pilot.