In Friends, Monica manages the restaurant Javu after leaving Alessandro’s.
Monica Geller’s career is centered on professional cooking. She first works in several kitchens, including the restaurant where she becomes head chef and later Alessandro’s, whose management creates tension because the restaurant’s name is associated with a difficult workplace experience. She eventually accepts a position managing Javu.
Javu is part of Monica’s later professional storyline, when she is already an experienced chef and is seeking a more senior role. Her ambition, competitiveness, and strict standards are recurring features of the character, and workplace plots often contrast those qualities with her personal relationships.
The restaurant should not be confused with Central Perk, the coffeehouse where the friends spend much of their free time. Monica’s career also includes a later position at a restaurant owned by Chandler’s former colleague, making her employment history easy to mix up across seasons.