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Tom's Restaurant

New York · United States  ·  Monk's Café

Seinfeld filmed at Tom's Restaurant, New York. The Morningside Heights diner whose sign is the exterior of Monk's in every episode. On screen it's Monk's Café.

Tom's Restaurant, New York
Christophe Gevrey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where to go

40.805451, -73.965416

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Seinfeld (1989)
On screen
Monk's Café
In real life
Tom's Restaurant, New York
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
45 minutes
Confidence
Probable

Tom's Restaurant today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Seinfeld film at Tom's Restaurant?
At 40.805451, -73.965416 in New York. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Tom's Restaurant?
Open to the public, ticketed. Allow about 45 minutes.
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