Where is Bob's Burgers based? Setting of the Fox sitcom, explored as Season 16 drops 

Bob's Burgers has established itself as one of the most popular animated sitcoms on TV, delivering a one-of-a-kind mix of humour, heart, and family dynamics viewers can relate to.

The show chronicles the day-to-day misadventures of the Belcher family since its 2011 debut, balancing oddball comedy with grounded storytelling.

Throughout the years, Bob’s Burgers has achieved unprecedented highs, garnering new fans as it gets closer to its 300th episode milestone. With season 16 dropping recently, the show's avid fanbase is eager to follow the Belchers' latest bad decisions.

Where is Bob's Burgers based?

The fictional town of Seymour’s Bay serves as the setting for Bob's Burgers.

This was also confirmed by writers Nora Smith and Loren Bouchard during a 2015 panel. The writers had also revealed that Seymour's Bay was named after Bob's Burgers editor Mark Seymour and is a play on Seymour's editing bay.

Although Seymour's Bay town seems more East Coast-inspired, there are definitely influences from San Francisco. Discussing the show's setting in 2012, Bob's Burgers showrunner Loren Bouchard told Entertainment Weekly:

“It can't be San Francisco, which is what many people think. It has all that Victorian architecture from San Francisco because I was living there when we developed the show, but we set it firmly in the Northeast because of the way Linda sounds, and Teddy. There's just so much East Coast in those voices, we just couldn't take it out. It would've been too weird to have her doing that voice - you'd have to constantly be explaining that she's a transplant or whatever.”

Hence, Seymour’s Bay is a convergent mix of New Jersey, Coney Island, San Francisco, and New England.

In recent news, Season 16’s premiere, “Grand Pre-Pre-Pre-Opening,” marks the 300th episode and sees the Belchers navigating familiar challenges with fresh humour. During an interview with Variety, showrunner Loren Bouchard shared his excitement, saying:

“I mean, a boy can dream, right? We didn’t dare ‘think’ it would last this long, but had hope for sure. I know the network and the studio did too. That was the gig, right? See if you can make a show to come on after ‘The Simpsons.’”

What makes the sitcom so special is its depiction of the mundane with the extraordinary, so much so that it remains a comfort TV show for fans all these years later.

More about Bob’s Burgers, as the show completes 300 episodes

Bob's Burgers follows the Belchers - Bob and Linda and their three kids, Tina, Gene, and Louise, who run a struggling burger shop by the ocean. Although the location is fictional, the lunch counter is modeled after the Just For You Cafe in San Francisco, which inspired the show's iconic kitchen-to-counter window.

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The show is a masterwork of anchored laughs and oddball characters following the everyday highs and lows of a blue-collar household. It is the show’s relatable content, creative humour, and unique animation that have sustained fans for more than ten years. Season 16 has been released along with a host of new elements like aprons, recipes, and a companion art book. Bob's Burgers is evolving its world while remaining true to itself, demonstrating that the Belchers’ allure never fades.

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