Is Central Perk based on a real cafe in NYC?
One more thing to know about central perk in real life is that there was at one point a pop-up café based on the fictional coffeehouse at 199 lafayette st. Manhattan. While very popular, that attraction closed long ago. It was always intended to be temporary, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the show. Actually the interior and exterior of central perk coffee shop was filmed in a studio in los angeles. But friends apartment exterior located in greenwich village. The address is 90 bedford st. Washington square park and new york university.