--- title: The Office: Jenna Fischer Tweets Pam at Chili's Tribute description: It's been over a decade since Pam was banned from Chili's in the season 2 premiere of The Office, but Jenna Fischer hasn't forgotten. canonical: https://time.com/4662659/office-jenna-fischer-pam-chilis/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-07T18:04:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:53.151Z og:title: The Office Star Jenna Fischer Just Tweeted the Best Pam Tribute og:description: "I feel God in this Chili’s tonight" og:url: https://time.com/4662659/office-jenna-fischer-pam-chilis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Office Star Jenna Fischer Just Tweeted the Best Pam Tribute twitter:description: "I feel God in this Chili’s tonight" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _The Office_ Star Jenna Fischer Just Tweeted the Best Pam Tribute Ever > Sponsored content. 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The 42-year-old actor tweeted a photo of herself standing outside the restaurant chain with an ashamed look on her face Monday. “Should I try to go in?,” she captioned the picture. > [](https://twitter.com/jennafischer/status/828733140537577476) Chili’s couldn’t help but respond to the joke, tweeting, “we hope you felt God tonight,” as a callback to one of the episode’s best lines. > [](https://twitter.com/Chilis/status/828780515478163456) > [](https://twitter.com/ChasingGeekdom/status/828797600295841793) Of course, not everything that happened that night was bad. Not only did Pam win the Dundie for “Whitest Sneakers” instead of “World’s Longest Engagement,” but she also kissed Jim for the very first time. 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