![]() ![]() “People would go to places and think they were getting H&H bagels, and they were not getting the original bagels.”Īlexiou’s company countersued and yadda yadda yadda, the judge found Toro had the sole right to use the original H&H Bagels name, logos and slogans – including “Like No Other Bagel in the World.” The judge also ruled Alexiou could no longer call his store “H&H Bagels East” and had to go by the name in the bankruptcy papers: “H&H Midtown Bagels East.” “They were trying to trick the public,” he said in an interview with The NY Times. Business is booming.Īlexiou launches a global marketing campaign for ‘H&H Bagels East’ and in comes a lawsuit from Toro, claiming ‘H&H Bagels East’ was riding his coattails. Then on December 18, 1997, “Seinfeld” airs “The Strike,” which uses a stage-set version of Toro’s West Side H&H, and things go gang busters for him. Toro’s H&H was selling more than 100,000 bagels a day, banking $11 million in sales in 1997 and dwarfing Alexiou’s $2 million at the East Side shop. The two bagel shops tolerated one another for a while. Come 1979, H&H went bankrupt for the first-time, which resulted in another company headed by Perry Alexiou taking over control of the East Side store. Toro soon took full control of the business and opened a second location, H&H Midtown Bagels East, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The original H&H Bagels launched in 1972 when Helmer Toro and his brother-in-law, Hector Hernandez (hence, “H&H”) bought Midtown Bagels at 80th and Broadway. This new location is actually called H&H Bagels Midtown East, a puzzler since it’s on the Upper West Side (and their other location is on the Upper East Side). Kramer would probably call the new H&H Bagels a scab since the original H&H closed in 2011. ![]() New location: 526 Columbus Avenue, between 85th and 86th Streets ![]() What Jerry ordered in that covert mission is currently unknown but he got the soup. Later that day, Jerry came back with his girlfriend and sent her in to get the soup for him. A year after ‘The Soup Nazi’ aired in 1995, Jerry visited The Original Soup Man and was kicked out and banned by Yeganeh with a string of expletives and an epic, “No soup for you!” He would say, “Pick the soup you want!” “Have your money ready!” “Move to the extreme left after ordering!” And if you didn’t order correctly, “No soup for you!”ĭespite this episode being great for business, Yegenah detests the “Soup Nazi” character and does not like to talk about the show. Yeganeh was known for enforcing a strict regimentation when it came to ordering. The Soup Nazi character was inspired by Ali “Al” Yeganeh, the original owner of The Original Soup Man. A slam so spicy it’s found its way into everyday lexicon, applied when someone doesn’t get something they’re going after. Speaking of soup, I’d be remiss to leave The Original Soup Man off this list as “No soup for you” is among the most famous catch phrases from the show. Just to say I did, and I’d save the rubber band.Īl’s Soup Kitchen, AKA “The Original Soup Man”Ģ59-A West 55th Street, between Broadway and 8th Ave If I could order one thing from Monk’s Cafe (as Tom’s Restaurant was known on the show), it would be any of the soups, as long as Paco’s the line cook. Jerry will have an egg white omelet and for George, tuna on toast, unless he does the complete opposite which is chicken salad, on rye, untoasted … and a cup of tea! Kramer will have whatever’s leftover or free.
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