"Tom's Diner" is an a cappella pop song written in 1981 by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was originally recorded by Vega as the first track on her album Solitude Standing in 1987. The vocal was used as the basis for a popular remix by the British group The DNA Disciples, which made the song a hit in 1990. The 1991 release Tom's Album includes the DNA version as well as cover versions by such artists as After One, (Chicago-based band) Canasta, and "Bingo Hand Job" (a/k/a R.E.M. and Billy Bragg).
The "Tom's Diner" of the song is Tom's Restaurant in New York City, which was later fictionalized as Monk's Cafe in Seinfeld.
Many argue that the Vega was referring to TOM's Restaurant in Prospect Heights Brooklyn. On the wall they have a signed copy of the lyrics that say "I came, I saw, I wrote."
