This is the place where the four friends hung out for meals. Is it boring in person, or just as active?
2007-03-12 17:07:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dining Out ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Yes, I have eaten there many times - I live about a mile away from there (I'm on 138th and Amsterdam - it's on 113 and Broadway) and I often stop by there for a burger when I'm in the Columbia University area.
Here's a little known fact - Seinfeld used the outside of Toms Restaurant on the show, but the inside scenes were filmed in a studio. The real Toms Restaurant is a LOT smaller inside - like most New York diners they have a lot of tables in a small space!
The food is regular New York Greek diner food - the main dish they serve is "Cheesburger deluxe" (a cheesburger with french fries, a small cup of cole slaw and a small lettuce and tomato garnish) but they serve other stuff there as well.
It looks like a thousand other Greek diners in New York City - but if you're a big Seinfeld fan you should go there to get your picture taken in front of it - and stop inside and have a burger too!!!
2007-03-12 17:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The food is very mediocre, but they make a delicious egg cream. The set of Monk's Cafe - booths, cash register, door - was on exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image (I don't know if it's still on display). On TV, you couldn't read the menu, but at the museum the entire menu was legible.
2007-03-13 23:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by gormenghast10014 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a simple coffee shop located up at Columbia University. There is nothing special about the place.
2007-03-13 16:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by lochmessy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋