Locations
Brookhaven is a sandbox, so the "map" is really a rotating set of reusable sets. These are the ones with names, history, and their own jokes.
Counts are mentions across the 453 transcripts (a floor; captions garble place names too).
| Place | Mentions / videos | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Burger Barn | 187 / 57 | The default fast-food stop; the place Todd grabs food for Baby Todd ([206], [211]). Removed from the game at some point — the show kept using the name. |
| Starbucks / Starbrooks | 126 / 38 (Starbrooks 7 / 5) | Coffee chain. In [152] Todd buys it, renames it Todd Brooks, and changes the menu. |
| Lake Madison | 62 / 37 | The lake, station and beach — the default scenic/travel location ([398], [414]). |
| Rotten Robbie's | 49 / 19 | A gas station with an owner (Robbie), exotic snacks, and the only Cool Ranch Doritos in Brookhaven ([371]). |
| Alpha's Taxis | 39 / 6 | Taxi dealership and the backbone of the $1→$1,000,000 taxi grind ([295]). |
| Los Ponchos | 13 / 11 | Mexican restaurant; the food critic episode ([345]) and a Mayor Kyle acquisition target. |
| Six Guys | 9 / 3 | Burger place, named for the joke, used as a bait location in a Snapchat troll ([351]). |
| Eagleview | 3 / 1 | The rich neighbourhood where VIP Uber fares go ([035]). |
| Toddville | 190 / 2 | Todd's own town — see Toddville. |
| Brook Gate | 5 / 2 | The prison where the Criminal War ends ([210], [201]). |
The ones with lore
Burger Barn
The channel's most-mentioned brand. It is not a set so much as a narrative excuse: whenever a character needs to leave the room, cool off, or buy forgiveness, someone goes to Burger Barn. It has a secret menu ([206]) and it survives floods, wars and the apocalypse, which makes it the closest thing Brookhaven has to a constant.
Starbrooks → Todd Brooks
[152] I Bought STARBROOKS turns the coffee shop into a business-empire episode: Todd buys the chain, renames it Todd Brooks, changes the menu, and immediately has to deal with a loyalist uprising ("I want the old Starbrooks back"). It is the clearest example of the show treating a background building as IP.
Rotten Robbie's → Kyle's Gas
The gas station has its own owner and its own inventory. In [371] Todd buys it and discovers the business model is "exotic snacks." Later, Mayor Kyle buys it and renames it:
"Kyle's Tacos, which was formerly Los Ponchos and Kyle's Gas, formerly known as Rotten Robbies." — [140]
That single line is the show's whole approach to continuity: the map is canon, but ownership is a joke.
Los Ponchos
The restaurant that becomes Kyle's Tacos when the Mayor buys the city. It is also the setting for [345] I Pretend To Be a FOOD CRITIC, where Todd reviews it undercover.
Lake Madison
A station, a beach and a lake. Used for travel scenes (the train stops there in [443] and [398]), for rich-people montages ([414]), and for the occasional drowning gag.
Eagleview
Only three mentions, all in [035] I Became VIP UBER DRIVER: it is where the rich fares live, and therefore where a VIP Uber episode has to end.
Brook Gate
Introduced as the city's prison, then used as the setting for the Criminal War finale: the police have not quit — they are being held inside Brook Gate ([201]).
Places outside Brookhaven
| Place | Where it appears | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Candia | [192] | Cola-mining camp; exit costs 15 colas |
| Cola Cliff | [192] | The lethal shortcut out of Candia |
| Prime Haven | [188], [179], [112] | Hidden city of the superpowered Primes |
| Toddville | [145], [118] | Todd's breakaway town |
| The Backrooms | [452] | The 2026 life-span setting |
| Hell | [098] | Hot, sweaty, and stocked with diet cola |
How locations work
- They are reusable sets, not geography. Nobody travels between Burger Barn and Lake Madison; the episode cuts there.
- Ownership is a running joke. Mayor Kyle buys everything ([140]); Todd rebrands whatever he can afford ([152], [371]).
- Names change when the game updates. Burger Barn's removal, Rotten Robbie's rebrand and the Starbrooks sign are all handled by pretending the change was always a plot point.
Historical context
Locations evolved from simple background settings into significant narrative and thematic elements.
Evolution
- Early development (2023–2024) — locations served as functional backgrounds for Todd's schemes; Burger Barn became a recurring food-and-escape stop.
- Economic expansion (2024–2025) — places took on economic significance: Starbrooks → Todd Brooks ([152]) was the first location turned into a business venture, alongside Alpha's Taxis and the taxi grind.
- Narrative integration (2025–2026) — locations carried arcs: Toddville as Todd's own town, and Brook Gate as the setting where major conflicts concluded.
A sandbox map that was never a real geography became the show's continuity layer: ownership is the running joke, and every episode can add a place or rewrite one.
See also
- Cola — Candia and the cola economy
- Toddville · Money & wealth
- Gina — the Starbrooks barista