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       A Seinfeld themed restaurant is coming to Toronto!
       By: SimpsonsFan2000 Date: February 3, 2016, 11:08 am
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       Inside Monk's Diner, from the show Seinfeld. (Seinfeld Pop-up
       Bar/supplied)
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       Nearly 20 years after the show, Seinfeld endures in popular
       culture.
       But aside from Junior Mints or Snapple Ice Tea, the popular 90s
       show is not necessarily known for its culinary influence.
       However, a Toronto man planning to open a Seinfeld-themed pop-up
       bar and restaurant this summer, wants to change that.
       Mackenzie Keast said he is recreating Monk's Diner, a fictional
       restaurant where many of the scenes in the show took place.
       He was inspired by a George Costanza-themed bar in Australia.
       Inspired, but underwhelmed. He read about the bar having themed
       drinks with references to the show. He evidently thought he
       could do better.
       "I thought Seinfeld has a great physical locale you can
       recreate," he said, referring to Monk's Diner.
       Locally, Keast said he was inspired by  the recreation of Ferris
       Beuller's bedroom
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       />for the art show Come Up To My Room.
       Keast said he will not be recreating the restaurant to the
       finest detail, but instead will aim to recreate the experience.
       "You'll feel like you're in Monk's," he said.
       In the planning stages, Keast said he's looking at two
       locations, both in the Dufferin Street and Dundas Street West
       area.
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       A full-scale replica of Monk's Cafe, the diner featured in
       Seinfeld, is coming to Toronto this summer. Pictured above is
       the exterior of the real-life Monk's, Tom's Restaurant, in New
       York City. (Facebook)
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       A restaurant about nothing
       On the menu will be foods mentioned in Seinfeld: the big salad,
       Kenny Rogers' chicken, muffin tops, marble rye, chocolate
       babkas, pretzels that make you thirsty and of course a small
       gift shop. The bar offerings are also refer to episodes, and
       will include Hennigans, Schnapps, beer and a 'cigarette,' Pepsi,
       $100 wine and more.
       The Monk's recreation will be open nightly and feature weekly
       events like Seinfeld karaoke, trivia and costume contests.
       Keast called the show a cultural phenomenon, and said, even 20
       years after the show aired, it still reflects life in the big
       city.
       "We want to guests to have a bit of fun with their bar and
       restaurant experience," he said. "Toronto can take itself really
       seriously in this area and we want to give people an opportunity
       to just have fun."
       It is scheduled to open July 15.
       From  CBC News
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