<P> The show centers on the Belcher family -- Bob , Linda , and their children Tina , Gene , and Louise ; who run a burger restaurant on Ocean Avenue in an unnamed seaside community ( informally known as `` Seymour 's Bay '' among the show 's writing staff ) . While series creator Loren Bouchard has said that the show 's location was an indeterminate Northeastern United States shore town ( calling the setting a `` semi-Springfield ) '' , some critics , particularly after the episode `` It Snakes a Village '' , have deduced that the unidentified setting appears to actually be southern New Jersey . A bus driver in the episode `` Eat , Spray , Linda '' references a stop at Wildwood Wharf , which may refer to Wildwood , New Jersey , a city on the southeastern coast of the state . </P>
<P> The show centers on the Belcher family -- Bob , Linda , and their children Tina , Gene , and Louise ; who run a burger restaurant on Ocean Avenue in an unnamed seaside community ( informally known as `` Seymour 's Bay '' among the show 's writing staff ) . While series creator Loren Bouchard has said that the show 's location was an indeterminate Northeastern United States shore town ( calling the setting a `` semi-Springfield ) '' , some critics , particularly after the episode `` It Snakes a Village '' , have deduced that the unidentified setting appears to actually be southern New Jersey . A bus driver in the episode `` Eat , Spray , Linda '' references a stop at Wildwood Wharf , which may refer to Wildwood , New Jersey , a city on the southeastern coast of the state . </P>
where do the belchers live in bob 's burgers
where do the belchers live in bob 's burgers
an unnamed seaside community
an unnamed seaside community