Welcome To Jerry Seinfeld’s Favorite Hangout!
Fans of the classic TV comedy “Seinfeld” are very familiar with this: it’s the exterior of Tom’s Restaurant, where Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer spent many a meal!
While the interior shown here was actually built on a soundstage in Hollywood, the show did use the exterior of the restaurant every time the foursome convened for a bite to eat! Recently, I posted my favorite NYC burgers for “National Cheeseburger Day” on Sept. 18th and in that story I teased an iconic NY restaurant where I was going to celebrate – and it was Tom’s!
See, I have proof! Tom’s is on New York’s Upper West Side, where Jerry Seinfeld lives, so it was a nice touch to use the exterior on the show…take a look:
Tom’s is at 112th street and Broadway, and so on “National Cheeseburger Day” I walked the 50 blocks from my apartment to celebrate with Tom!
Of course I had to start, as Jerry always did in the show, with a hot cup of coffee – served in a classic diner mug. Then, it was National Cheeseburger Day so I had to try one of theirs – here is the menu:
As you can see, there were 9 different burgers to consider and tons of extras to add as well….but I ordered the classic preparation: the deluxe cheeseburger, served with lettuce, tomato, a pickle spear and French fries…and American cheese, which is a very very mild cheddar-type cheese.
Here’s what came out:
This is, to me, a classic New York diner burger: nicely cooked patty with melted cheese, tomato slice and crisp lettuce…let’s take a walk around this:
It all came together well: I particularly liked the crisp lettuce and large slice of tomato – a and perfectly melted cheese as well…
OK, enough staring at it, let’s dig in:
Exactly what you want in a cheeseburger: the burger was juicy and flavorful, perfect blend of flavors, and some nice fries on the side…a winner for National Cheeseburger day!
And Tom’s got me back soon after:
Because it’s a diner it has a massive menu, so I went back to have some breakfast: fried eggs over easy, hash browns and toast….
Again, perfectly cooked, flavorful and exactly what you want when you go to a diner for an “all American” breakfast….bravo Tom!
I also shared another iconic “Seinfeld”” location with you:
Yes, this is the real location where the infamous “Soup Nazi” sold soup – and it is still open!
Here’s my taste test!
I ate this burger at Tom’s on “National Cheeseburger Day” – the same day I shared this post – with three great burgers along with the world’s worst…click here to see where they sell that one:
Since we are talking iconic New York eateries, it’s go to the place where Harry and Sally had a bite to eat:
They filmed this scene in the iconic Katz’s Deli on New York’s lower east side – so I ate there too and here is that meal:
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That looks like quite a classic burger John! I’d go for the veggie burger with a bunch of stuff on top, but the fries look really inviting!
Yes, you have a lot of options on how to enjoy it – I loved that it was “home” to Seinfeld’s gang…thanks for the comment!
This looks like a great burger 😀
It was a classic “diner” burger here…simple but tasty! No wasted space!
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How cool that you got to eat at Tom’s restaurant!
It was! Lots of artifacts on the walls inside as well!
how fun to eat there and it looks like you. made a classic choice –
I would have liked to. The burger looks good!
A classic New York diner burger and it was great!