Friends Broadwick Street, Soho, London. The coffee house sold real coffee to customers and featured a display of "Friends" memorabilia and props, such as the Geller Cup from the season three episode "The One with the Football." In Beijing, business owner Du Xin opened a coffee shop named Central Perk in March 2010. In India, there are six "Friends" themed cafes, located in Chandigarh (named Central Perk), Kolkata; West Bengal (named F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Cafe) which features many icons from the original T.V. series for example, Chandler and Joey's ugly dog statue, the orange sofa, the purple door of Monica and Rachel's apartment
The Vault (Coffee Shop) model and the community but the blamed the need for it on minimum-wage hikes and labor loss do to the North Dakota oil boom. Early public reaction on Hot Air (news site) and Reddit has been mostly positive in regards to the business model and what the business model says about small town USA. Negative public reaction focused on the loss of jobs resulting from such a business model if it were widely used, especially with added automation. The Vault (Coffee Shop) The Vault is an unmanned self-serve coffee shop, bakery, book store and center for the arts located in