The Central Perk Pop-Up Is Officially Open In New York City

Eight O'Clock coffee's heavily anticipated pop-up replica of the infamous Friends Central Perk coffee shop is finally open.

The Daily Meal had the chance to preview the iconic '90s haunt before it opened to the public.

The month-long pop-up celebrates the 20^th anniversary of the premiere of the show that gave us all wildly unrealistic expectations about the kind of real estate you could acquire as a twenty-something in the city — in Greenwich Village, no less — but we loved it anyway.

Thanks to Eight O'Clock Coffee, the space is a functioning (free!) coffee shop with a specially created Central Perk blend just for the occasion, and also functions as a miniature Friends museum.

I'm drinking coffee at Central Perk, in New York City! Is this real life?! #Friends20 pic.twitter.com/A6KmM9skur

— Joanna (@WeWereOnABreak) September 17, 2014

There are tons of memorabilia on display, from the tape when Ursula (masquerading as Phoebe) was a "vampire lay-er" to Ross' comic book, Science Boy.

The Rembrandts, responsible for the show's theme song that you definitely still know the words to, performed a set, and Gunther (actor James Michael Tyler) was there with hair as bleached as ever.

Spotted: Gunther at the Central Perk party tonight http://t.co/ucDAqyGIXr #Friends20 pic.twitter.com/xVdzCSI6zj

— Page Six (@PageSix) September 17, 2014

Gunther regresa al #CentralPerck por el aniversario #Friends20th #Friends20. (EN) http://t.co/TtHhxJItXK vía @EW pic.twitter.com/2jJRRjAJag

— Núria Moreras (@abril_cerral) September 15, 2014

As expected, the line to get in (and sit on that iconic couch) is massive, but you could always use the time to bone up on Friends trivia.

Line for #CentralPerkNYC! (which actually curves around the block, so it's only part of the line) #Friends20 pic.twitter.com/U4lgzhxFjE

— Susan Kesser (@skesser) September 17, 2014