07-05-2016
Il Tom's Restaurant è una vera icona di New York. Non solo dà il titolo a una canzone del 1987 di Suzanne Vega (che cambiò leggermente il nome in Tom's Diner). Ma è stato anche per diversi anni uno dei luoghi in cui si svolgeva la popolarissima sit-com Seinfeld, tra le più seguite nella storia della tv americana
“I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner, I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee” crooned Suzanne Vega a few years ago, underlining a custom that in the US is repeated, unchanged, every day. A long counter, a little greasy perhaps, surrounded by leather stools, ketchup bottles, customers lost in their thoughts; neon signage, long street facing windows, formica tables and cups of coffee served with stacked up blueberry pancakes. Iconic scenes, now part of collective imagination thanks to movies, books and works of art (who can’t remember the immense Nighthawks by Hopper?), diners are an essential part of American culture. Once upon a time, they represented modernity and the birth of the fast, take away, food. Slowly, they turned into a piece of memorabilia, embedded in the social and economic texture of cities and suburbia. For Americans, they represent familiarity. Like the café on the corner for Italians, diners are a place where one goes for a quick, comforting meal.
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