Tom's Restaurant

The last stop of my Seinfeld Day had to be at the corner of 112th and Broadway, where, in the show, Monk's Cafe is located.

And here it is, I tried to duplicate the shot so it would mirror the way it appears on Seinfeld.

In reality, the name of the diner is, Tom's Restaurant. In addtiion to Seinfeld, it's also famous for this Suzanne Vega song. Let's go in, I'm starving!

And here's our booth, no Jerry or George here, but we do have Gumby!

I wanted to get something that would be Seinfeldesque, at first I was going to get a big salad in honor of Elaine, but then I saw it...

A gyro! Perfect! And it was delicious!

On the way out, I saw a painting of Kramer in the window. A fitting last photo for a Seinfeld day. Giddy up!

H & H Bagel

On the everpopular "Festivus" episode it was revealed that Kramer worked at H & H Bagels and had been on strike for years. H & H Bagels was a real place and a legendary bagel spot on the Upper West Side. Sadly, after 39 years at the corner of 80th and Broadway, H & H declared bankruptcy and closed last year. The neighborhood was heartbroken. I used to be a regular at H & H when I lived in the neighborhood and I'm curious to see what moved in there. If it's a Starbucks, I'll be tempted to firebomb it. Let's go take a look.

Nothing's moved in here. Kind of appropriate for the Seinfeld day. Well, I guess it's better than a Starbuck's or a Subway Sandwich vomitorium. There's paper on the walls and boards above the door, but the door is open a crack. Let's go take a look.

Wow, it's all torn up.

That's where the bagel counter used to be. A sad sight. Below is a video on the closing of H & H. I promise the next post won't be as depressing!

Newman!