{"id":233311,"date":"2025-09-17T07:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/233311\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:47:10","slug":"friends-central-perk-coffee-co-nyc-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/233311\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018FRIENDS\u2019 Central Perk Coffee Co. NYC Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Central Perk Coffeehouse, inspired by FRIENDS, is set to open in New York City\u2019s Times Square in late Fall 2025<\/li>\n<li>The location will feature an \u201cOrange Sofa room\u201d and a menu guided by chef Tom Colicchio<\/li>\n<li>The shop will also offer exclusive merchandise and original coffee blends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/tags\/central-perk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Central Perk<\/a> Coffee Co. is set to open its doors in New York City\u2019s Times Square, bringing a modern-day version of the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/tags\/friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FRIENDS<\/a> coffee shop to life.<\/p>\n<p>The new location is slated to open in late Fall 2025, offering fans and visitors an immersive experience complete with an \u201cOrange Sofa room\u201d inspired by the series\u2019 iconic couch. Top Chef and James Beard Award winner Tom Colicchio, who was part of the original team for the inaugural Boston location, guided the menu. Visitors can also purchase exclusive merchandise and Central Perk Coffee Co.\u2019s six original coffee blends, which are available in various formats and adhere to sustainable sourcing practices.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFRIENDS is one of those rare shows that continues to bring people together, generation after generation,\u201d said Peter van Roden, EVP, Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences. \u201cAt the heart of that story was always Central Perk, the iconic coffeehouse and the group\u2019s home base, set in Manhattan. It was a place where laughter, connection, and unforgettable moments were shared\u2026and it remains that today. After a warm welcome in Boston, we\u2019re excited to bring Central Perk Coffeehouse to Times Square, a location that perfectly captures the energy, spirit, and global love for FRIENDS, right in the city where it all began.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we launched the first Central Perk Coffeehouse in Boston, our goal was always to expand to New York City, a place where fans and friends alike could create their own stories in the city where the series was set,\u201d added Paul Landino of CenPer Holdings, LLC. \u201cOpening in Times Square, known as the crossroads of the world, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring that vision to life, offering creative coffee drinks and delicious food in a space that is both familiar and refreshingly modern.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Perk Coffeehouse NYC<\/strong><br \/>20 Times Square<br \/>New York City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary A Central Perk Coffeehouse, inspired by FRIENDS, is set to open in New York City\u2019s Times Square&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":233312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-233311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115218536575569956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}