Flour City Diner

Interior 11-07 New Entrance 12-07 From the Childrens Menu 09-08

Location

2500 East Avenue, Rochester NY 14610

Hours (as of October 2009)

Monday: Closed

Tuesday-Friday Dinner: 5:00PM to 10:00PM

Saturday/Sunday Breakfast: 8:00AM to 2:00PM

Phone

585 546 6607

Accessible

Yes

Website

http://www.FlourCityDiner.com

Menu

http://www.FlourCityDiner.com/menu.php

Reviews

City Newspaper user reviews

2008-01-09 City Newspaper review

Flour City Diner moved to East Avenue in fall 2007. The new location can be a bit hard to find, it's on the first level of the Renaissance Apartment Bldg, corner of East Ave and Penfield Road. Free valet parking is available at the front lobby. If you don't use the valet, you have to park at the back of the building, and walk around to the front entrance. In either case, the doorman will tell you how to get to the restaurant. In the nicer weather, a set of steps will be open to allow you to come direct from the parking lot in back to where the restaurant is.

A Rochester City Newspaper review by Adam Wilcox on 12.14.2006 described Flour City Diner as providing "cheap, great food downtown." Adam pointed out that the bratwurst "rocks" (the recipe was bought from the previous owner) and "Jerry’s City Newspaper Critic’s Choice pies are so good you just might cry." One user review gave five stars (out of five) and declared Flour City to be "the BEST diner in town." The user also recommended the variations on eggs benedict and steel cut oatmeal as well as the bourbon raisin French toast.

They no longer serve lunch.

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2008-01-29 16:41:52   Went here for the first time last weekend. Was very impressed with the originality and quality of the food. Corn beef hash was out of this world!! Would be back in a heartbeat had I not decided to make a pitstop at the bathroom and seen the inner workings of the kitchen. As a former waitress I know that restaurant kitchens are far from spotless, but this was a true mess - overflowing trash and egg shells everywhere. Wish I hadn't seen this... —GreenBrenana

2008-02-29 19:34:26   The new location is an improvement, and the breakfast is as tasty as ever. Good corned beef hash and homefries. —EastSideStephen

2008-03-31 10:18:58   I get emails from a local auction house, and got one last week for Flour City Diner. I suppose they are closed? —JohnSolera

2008-03-31 10:28:52   They're not closed. The auction is probably for the stuff at the old location. I'm on their mailing list, and I just got an email on Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:44 AM about their weekend breakfast specials for 3/29-3/30. —BenMargolis

2008-03-31 17:52:04   We were just there last Thursday night. Jerry loves the new location. They are definitely not closed or closing, the auction must be for stuff at the old location downtown. —DottieHoffmann

2008-04-07 10:11:51   oh man is their food good! —MarcusKroll

2008-09-17 08:38:53   I like the new location. Never went to the old location. Very cool staff. Patio looks really good. —EugeneCain

2009-02-11 13:14:30   this could be the best restaurant in rochester. —RaginRon

2009-04-12 13:31:48   Went for the first time to Flour City Diner despite the warnings above about the poor service. My husband and I were quite impressed. The food quality was high, and had more originality than 'standard' diner fare. Our service experience was above par as well — the young waiter spent a number of minutes talking to a very elderly resident of the apartment sitting at the table next to us, which was a heartening thing to see.

Overall, a very positive experience.

—LePetitChien

2009-08-23 18:35:49   Although I have eaten here many times and love the food, my most recent experience was even better. I had my wedding shower here a few weeks ago. Service and atmosphere were outstanding! We were served our pasta dinner in the courtyard while the staff, especially Jerry, did everything to make us feel special. I would highly recommend the flour city diner. —fatcat

2009-10-08 11:08:27   This is truly one of Rochester's better eateries. Everything (even the croutons!) is homemade and tastes out of this world, Jerry (owner & chef) goes out of his way to make your dining experience memorable and he succeeds. The fact that it is difficult to find only adds to its allure, you truly feel like you discovered something special and you too wont be able to wait to tell your friends. i bring friends and family here all the time, and I brought my uncle from Indy here once, he was disappointed that they did not have ranch dressing for his salad, I just explained that Jerry did not make ranch that particular day (told you everything was homemade!) My uncle wants to come back just to eat there again. —SteveRobida