Tom's Restaurant (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / Edgewater / New York City, New York / West 112th Street, 545
 restaurant, movie / film / TV location
Founded in the 1940's by the Zoulis family, Tom's Restaurant has been a mainstay of Morningside Heights. Its exterior was featured as the recurring Monk's Diner in the series "Seinfeld" (although interior shots were filmed at a sound stage in Los Angeles, which looked nothing like the interior at Tom's). It was also the subject of the Suzanne Vega song "Tom's Diner" as it is a block from the cathedral mentioned in the song.

(212) 864-6137
www.tomsrestaurant.net/
www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/springsummer-2021/ar...
The place is located in Armstrong Hall
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom's_Restaurant
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Coordinates:   40°48'20"N   73°57'54"W

Comments

  • The Seinfeld characters should have been in excellent physical shape during the show's run, as they supposedly all lived somewhere in the West 70's, and were always meeting at Tom's!
  • Ate lunch at "the coffee shop" - didn't have the Big Salad, though, just a grilled cheese...
  • "Monk's" on Seinfeld. Northeast corner of Broadway and 112th. Kenny Kramer's Seinfeld reality tour stops here.
  • With the demise of the College Inn (thanks Columbia Trustees for not renewing their lease), Tom's is now the last greasy spoon in the area. Not a fan myslef, but they have decent fries. Another known fact: Suzanne Vega's song "Tom's Diner" was based on Tom's Restaurant (Ms. Vega was a student at Barnard).
  • Love Seinfeld. One of the greatest shows on tv.
  • Seinfeld Rocks
  • Monks Cafe aka the coffee shop on Seinfeld the best show on television. Only the exterior was used on the show, the inside was shot in L.A. I want to eat here one day.
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