From the diner with the dumpster to Club Silencio ... It turns out that the scene wasn’t shot on Mulholland Drive at all. In Room to Dream, special effects coordinator Gary D’Amico mentions ...

For seven years in the late 1970s and early 80s, he would visit the restaurant at 2:30 p.m ... works including “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive” and “Eraserhead.” ...