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[[File:Whenharry3.jpg|thumb|Film still from the famous restaurant scene]]
[[File:Harry und Sally bei Katz' Deli.JPG|thumb|Katz's Deli hangs this sign above the table.]]
In a scene featuring the two title characters having lunch at [[Katz's Delicatessen]], a well-known [[Jewish deli|Jewish Deli]] in Manhattan, the couple isare arguing about a man's ability to recognize when a woman is [[Fake orgasm|faking an orgasm]]. Sally claims that men cannot tell the difference, and to prove her point, she vividly (fully clothed) fakes one as other diners watch. The scene ends with Sally casually returning to her meal as a nearby patron (played by [[Estelle Reiner|Reiner's mother]]) places her order, deadpan: "I'll have what she's having." When Estelle Reiner died at age 94 in 2008, ''[[The New York Times]]'' referred to her as the woman "who delivered one of the most memorably funny lines in movie history".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/movies/30reiner.html "Estelle Reiner, 94, Comedy Matriarch, Is Dead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625151050/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/movies/30reiner.html |date=June 25, 2017 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]''. October 29, 2008.</ref> This scene was shot "over and over again",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/132865755/meg-ryan-talks-about-that-scene-in-when-harry-met-sally|title=Meg Ryan talks about THAT scene in When Harry Met Sally|first=Colleen|last=Hawkes|date=September 3, 2023|website=Stuff}}</ref> and Ryan demonstrated her fake orgasms for hours.<ref name= "featurette"/> Katz's Deli still hangs a sign above the table that says, "Where Harry met Sally... hope you have what she had!"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://guestofaguest.com/new-york/movies/12-nyc-spots-used-in-famous-movie-scenes&slide=1 | title=12 NYC Spots Used In Famous Movie Scenes: Katz's Delicatessen | publisher=[[Guest of a Guest]] | access-date=December 23, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103040/http://guestofaguest.com/new-york/movies/12-nyc-spots-used-in-famous-movie-scenes%26slide%3D1 | archive-date=December 24, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.yahoo.com/katzs-delicatessen-yorks-famous-unique-deli-181400732.html | title=Katz's Delicatessen: New York's Famous, Unique Deli | work=[[Yahoo! News]] | date=April 1, 2013 | access-date=December 23, 2013 | last=Holden | first=Eric | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120049/http://news.yahoo.com/katzs-delicatessen-yorks-famous-unique-deli-181400732.html | archive-date=December 24, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref>
The memorable scene was born when the film started to focus too much on Harry. Crystal remembers saying, {{"'}}We need something for Sally to talk about,' and Nora said, 'Well, faking orgasm is a great one,' and right away we said, 'Well, the subject is good,' and then Meg came on board and we talked with her about the nature of the idea and she said, 'Well, why don't I just fake one, just do one?{{'"}}<ref name= "keyser"/> Ryan suggested that the scene take place in a restaurant,<ref>Ephron (?) speaking on [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ BBC Radio 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713194841/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ |date=July 13, 2013 }} programme ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m6zpr When Harry Met Sally At 20] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715053600/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m6zpr |date=July 15, 2016 }}'' (aired August 27, 2009), about 17 mins in</ref> and it was Crystal who came up with the scene's classic punchline – "I'll have what she's having."<ref name= "keyser"/> In 2005, the quote was listed 33rd on the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes]] list of memorable movie lines. Reiner recalls that at a test screening, all of the women in the audience were laughing while all of the men were silent.<ref name= "dvd1"/>
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