Bert and Ernie are still just roommates. In a statement, Sesame Workshop was prompted to address the famous puppets' relationship after a former writer for "Sesame Street" said his own ...

Ernie’s Coffee Shop was established in South Lake Tahoe in 1968. Before settling into its current location, it was previously located in the space that is now occupied by Bert’s Café.

There’s no indication that Jim Henson and the Children’s Television Workshop intended Bert and Ernie to be anything edgier than a cloth-covered Odd Couple.