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“Thyme Square” is a pun on New York City’s “Times Square.” The Thyme Square Bakery & Cafe in Quincy (IL) opened in 2010. There is also a Thyme Square Cafe in Hornsby, Australia.

A riddle about herbs was posted on Twitter by wendy 🛠 on May 6, 2014:

Q: Where’s the best place to buy herbs in New York?
A: Thyme Square.

A Sesame Street riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on November 30, 2020:

Q: Why is it called Sesame Street?
A: They couldn’t call it Thyme Square.

“Sesame Street did not adequately prepare me for what the streets of New York were really like” is a related saying.

Wikipedia: Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. Brightly lit by numerous billboards and advertisements, it stretches from West 42nd to West 47th Streets, and is sometimes referred to as “the Crossroads of the World”, “the Center of the Universe”, “the heart of the Great White Way”, and “the heart of the world”. One of the world’s busiest pedestrian areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater District and a major center of the world’s entertainment industry.

Wikipedia: Thyme
Thyme (/taɪm/) is the herb (dried aerial parts) of some members of the genus Thymus of aromatic perennial evergreen herbs in the mint family Lamiaceae. Thymes are relatives of the oregano genus Origanum. They have culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses, and the species most commonly cultivated and used for culinary purposes is Thymus vulgaris.

Thyme Square Bakery & Cafe (Quincy, IL)
2010- Thyme Square Café opens at 500 Hampshire St.
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In October, 2016, Thyme Square Cafe relocated and expanded to become Thyme Square Bakery & Cafe in the historic Schott Building, a block away from their original location.

Twitter
Teagan Rae
@teaganrae
“Ahh, jess! Niew Yoerk!” “Yes, New York.” “Thyme Square!” “Sure, yes, time square” “Biiiiig e-sky e-scraapers!” “Yes. Tall buildings.”
8:06 PM · Aug 9, 2013·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
wendy 🛠
@loocsimulac
where’s the best place to buy herbs in New York?
thyme square
7:43 AM · May 6, 2014·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Kendall Hineman
@coachhineman
Thyme Square with Bae! #oldtownspring Lil different than New York https://instagram.com/p/2wiSn8gduK/
5:45 PM · May 16, 2015·Instagram

Twitter
Fuzimir
@Fuzimir
If New York City has a section solely for restaurants would you call it Thyme Square?
7:04 PM · Dec 20, 2015·TweetDeck

Twitter
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@gary_doherty14
Replying to @Simoncitizen @RealMenSow and @thegreatcubbio
There’s a place in New York similar to that,never seen any cats there. Think it’s called Thyme Square Smiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes
4:41 PM · Apr 21, 2017·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Rocky Coyote
@RockyTheCoyote
Replying to @LinhMato
I’ll take Thyme Square over Time Square any day of the week. Excellent work on this!
10:02 AM · Jul 7, 2020·Twitter Web App

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/commentator184 November 30, 2020
Why is it called Sesame Street?
They couldn’t call it Thyme Square.

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“Why is it called Sesame Street”/“They couldn’t call it Thyme Square.”