The Original Soup Kitchen (Soup Nazi)

Food & drinkMidtown

Directions

Al Yeganeh’s Soup Kitchen International, the stand behind the Soup Nazi. It has closed and reopened more than once and trades now as The Original Soup Kitchen.

Time there
15 minutes
Best time
Late morning, before the lunch queue
Cost
$10–20
Good to know
Know your order before you reach the window. It is a nod to the show, and it helps the queue.

Filmed here

  • Seinfeld (1989–1998) · S7E6 “The Soup Nazi”

    Writer Spike Feresten based the soup line and its rules on this shop: George loses his bread, Elaine gets banned for a year.

"No Soup For You!" | The Soup Nazi | SeinfeldThe soup line rules in action, from the episode inspired by the shop on West 55th Street. · Seinfeld on YouTube
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