WHITBY—When the phone rang at Whitby’s Food and Art Cafe on Friday morning, a voice on the other end reported that Jerry Seinfeld was on his way over.

The owners weren’t sure what to think.

“My daughter said, ‘I got this weird phone call and I’m not sure if it’s real or not,’” recalls Alison Galvan, who owns the cafe with her husband Noel Galvan.

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“Sure enough, about 10 minutes later he walks through the door.”

Seinfeld was in town for a show at the Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa on May 31, and the hotel he was staying at recommended the Whitby cafe — also known as the FART Cafe — as a popular breakfast spot.

It’s the first time FART Cafe has hosted a celebrity.

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Seinfeld ordered the pea soup and a veggie omelette.

“I understand that he quite enjoyed it,” Galvan says.

The comedian’s visit to the cafe was low-key — a few customers talked to him and members of an all moms running club asked for a photo.

The runners are doing the Ragnar Relay Race from Cobourg to Niagara Falls and Seinfeld reportedly liked the name of their team “Moms Do It All Night Long.”

Galvan thanked Seinfeld for choosing to eat at a small, family-owned restaurant and says they are “so blessed” to have loyal customers who support FART Cafe with word-of-mouth recommendations.

Seinfeld also ate lunch at Signature Indian Cuisine in Whitby on Friday.

Both restaurants took to social media to share their excitement.

“We really appreciate his love for small family run establishments,” Signature said in a Facebook post.

The news resulted in a lot of incredulous “What!!” comments from restaurant regulars who missed out on Seinfeld spotting.