--- title: Friends Central Perk Pop-Up Shop in NYC's SoHo Neighborhood: Details description: Even Gunther will be on hand for the event canonical: https://time.com/3206135/friends-central-perk-pop-up-nyc/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-28T14:58:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:40.041Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Friends Central Perk Pop-Up Shop in NYC's SoHo Neighborhood: Details og:description: Even Gunther will be on hand for the event og:url: https://time.com/3206135/friends-central-perk-pop-up-nyc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7d26bebc32d60b6/6986a11acd804db0b4ccc843/friends-central-perk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Friends og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Friends Central Perk Pop-Up Shop in NYC's SoHo Neighborhood: Details twitter:description: Even Gunther will be on hand for the event twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7d26bebc32d60b6/6986a11acd804db0b4ccc843/friends-central-perk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Friends_ Celebrates 20 Years With A Central Perk Pop Up Shop > Sponsored content. 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Jimmy Kimmel had an all-female reunion of “Friends,” complete with a scarily accurate replica of the kitchen used on the show._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 28, 2014 2:58 PM UTC  Pictured: (l-r) Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller-Bing, David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Geller in Friends. Pictured: (l-r) Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller-Bing, David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Geller in Friends.NBC/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 28, 2014 2:58 PM UTC [No one told us life was going to be this way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vuaqDDr--Q)! One day you’re watching your new favorite TV show about a group of affable twentysomethings who live, love and host some [memorable meals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gCYEweUZi8) in some _seriously_ valuable real estate in Manhattan, and the next thing you know, 20 years have passed. _Friends_ is about to celebrate the 20th anniversary of when Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler or Joey joined the primetime line-up — and to help mark the occasion, a replica of the friends’ favorite hangout, Central Perk, will pop up in Manhattan. From September 17 to October 18, fans can pay homage to _Friends_ while hanging around the Central Perk coffee bar (located at 199 Lafayette Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood), perhaps while sipping on a special Central Perk Roast from Eight O’Clock Coffee, who is sponsoring the shop in collaboration with Warner Bros. To document fans’ trips down memory lane, Central Perk will be chock-full of selfie opportunities, including the actual orange couch from the show and the iconic Central Perk storefront. While there’s little chance that Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler or Joey will be hanging around (or [working](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5kgYb73q44)) at the shop, actor James Michael Taylor, who played grouchy waiter Gunther on the series will be on hand — not to serve, but to sip coffee alongside fans. No trip to Central Perk would be complete without suffering through a set of Phoebe’s songs, so the shop will feature acts who are hopefully better than Phoebe, _but_ will still sing at least one round of her sole hit, “Smelly Cat”: This isn’t the first time there has been a Central Perk pop-up — back in 2009, there the coffee shop popped up in London to celebrate the 15th anniversary of _Friends_— but this is the only one in the States. So fans should either book a ticket to NYC now, or just drink coffee in the living room and watch _Friends_ re-runs. **MORE**: [Zach Galifianakis to Star As a Clown in New FX Comedy _Baskets_](http://time.com/3198233/zach-galifianakis-louis-ck-baskets/) **MORE**: [Netflix Comedy from Friends Creator to Star Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin](http://time.com/30347/netflix-jane-fonda-lily-tomlin/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3206135/friends-central-perk-pop-up-nyc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3206135/friends-central-perk-pop-up-nyc/"},"headline":"Friends Celebrates 20 Years With A Central Perk Pop Up Shop","datePublished":"2014-08-28T14:58:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:49:40.041Z","description":"Even Gunther will be on hand for the event","url":"https://time.com/3206135/friends-central-perk-pop-up-nyc/","keywords":["Television","Friends","jennifer aniston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7d26bebc32d60b6/6986a11acd804db0b4ccc843/friends-central-perk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7d26bebc32d60b6/6986a11acd804db0b4ccc843/friends-central-perk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Friends","caption":"Friends","creditText":"NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3206135/friends-central-perk-pop-up-nyc/","name":"Friends Celebrates 20 Years With A Central Perk Pop Up Shop"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Late-Night Highlight: Epic All-Female ‘Friends’ Reunion On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’","description":"Our dreams have come true! 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