Tom's Restaurant is a family-owned diner, currently in its third generation, with locations in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and Coney Island opened in 1936.

[3] In 2022, Eaters named Tom's one of the "16 NYC Brunch Spots Worth Planning the Weekend Around.

"[4] Tom's opened in 1936 as an ice cream parlor[2] called Lewnes Ice Cream.

In 2015, the block they were on was co-named Gus Vlahavas Place, after the second-generation owner who had recently died.

[5] Jeffrey Eugenides wrote Middlesex with Tom's as his inspiration.