{"id":233715,"date":"2025-09-17T11:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/233715\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:38:40","slug":"friends-coffee-shop-central-perk-to-open-new-york-city-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/233715\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Friends&#8217; Coffee Shop Central Perk to Open New York City Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/friends\/\" id=\"auto-tag_friends\" data-tag=\"friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends<\/a>\u201d fans can now get a cup of joe inspired by their favorite sitcom \u2014 in the city where it takes place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter several pop-ups, Central Perk will open its first permanent location in New York\u2019s Times Square. The coffeehouse is a \u201cmodern-day version\u201d of Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe\u2019s cozy hangout spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLaunching in fall 2025, the caf\u00e9 promises artisanal coffee drinks and \u201cFriends\u201d-inspired food items guided by \u201cTop Chef\u201d judge and James Beard Award winner Tom Colicchio. Central Perk will include a replica of the orange sofa, merchandise and take-home coffee blends available for purchase. (See a rendering of the coffeehouse below.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Times Square location, on the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and 47th Street, marks the second permanent outpost for Central Perk, which opened in Boston in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-rendering-of-Central-Perk-Coffeehouse-NYC-courtesy-of-The-Central-Perk-Coffee-Company.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"585\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cCentral Perk is one of the most iconic landmarks in television history. After the incredible response in Boston, bringing Central Perk to Times Square isn\u2019t just the next step \u2014 it\u2019s a homecoming,\u201d said Peter van Roden, EVP of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences, in a statement to Variety. \u201cThis is about delivering an experience in the heart of Manhattan, where the story began, and letting fans from around the world step into a space that\u2019s both nostalgic yet freshly reimagined. There\u2019s no better place than New York City to celebrate the legacy of\u00a0\u2018Friends\u2019\u00a0and to continue building on the connection fans feel with Central Perk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPaul Landino, company executive at CenPer Holdings, added: \u201cBoston showed us the appetite for Central Perk is real, and New York lets us build on that excitement at an even bigger scale. The way fans engaged with the coffeehouse \u2014 what they loved, what they wanted more of \u2014 directly informed how we\u2019re bringing the experience to Times Square. What makes Central Perk so special is that our customers naturally create their own personal \u2018Friends\u2019\u00a0experience within the caf\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFriends\u201d fans can now get a cup of joe inspired by their favorite sitcom \u2014 in the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":233716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,72413,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-233715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-friends","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115219444983457193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233715","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=233715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}