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Flowers Cafe

355 Grand St., New York, NY 10002
at Essex St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-777-8785 Send to Phone

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    2.5 out of 10

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    2 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Juice/Smoothie, Soup & Sandwich
Photo by Samantha Casolari

Hours

Mon-Fri, 6:30am-7pm; Sat, 8am-6pm; Sun, 8am-5pm

Nearby Subway Stops

F at Delancey St.; J, M, Z at Essex St.

Prices

$6-$9.95

Payment Methods

Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Breakfast
  • Delivery
  • Kid-Friendly
  • Kids' Menu
  • Lunch
  • Take-Out

Alcohol

  • No Alcohol

Reservations

Not Accepted

Delivery Area

Canal St. to 5th St., FDR Dr. to Broadway

Profile

This self-styled hippie café comes across as more Gidget than Grateful Dead, with a squeaky-clean vibe and an American-suburbs menu. The look is seventies by way of the Nickelodeon channel: bright-green walls covered with daisy stencils, a purple counter, Tang-orange tabletops, and plastic chairs. Chipper hits from the sixties and seventies like “Wooly Booly,” “Help Me, Rhonda,” and “I Got You Babe” complete the mood. Breakfast offerings are somewhat limited—egg sandwiches, oatmeal, yogurt muffins, and H&H bagels. There’s more to choose from in the sandwich, soup, and salad lists, with build-it-yourself and combo options. Though the names read “flower power,” the food eschews sprouts and tofu, instead sticking to familiar diner territory. The Woodstock sandwich is a classic roast beef and cheese with horseradish sauce. The Psychedelic salad isn’t made of mushrooms but rather is an antipasto-like plate of pepperoni, salami, cheese, and olives. PB&J, tuna melts, and grilled cheeses satisfy picky kids’ appetites, and coffee refills are free.

Recommended Dishes

Revolution salad, $6.95

2.5 "Not Recommended"
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Food: 4.0
Service: 1.0
Décor: 6.0
Value: 4.0

very strange behavior!

jchjchjchjch from 10002 | Posted on 10/3/09

Overall Rating: 4 (Not Recommended)
Food: 4
Service: 1
Décor: 6
Value: 4

The new Flowers Cafe is a sad cypher of the original. The first time I ordered a simple PB&J here in their new location, it was spread so thin it almost completely soaked into the (extremely dried out) bread. The only other time I tried to order here, the same girl was at the counter (Nicole?), and she sneered at me for "taking so long" (tell me you're busy first?) and then told me to call back... and as I was telling her the order was finished, she hung up on me. (?) I won't order here again... but I will say the owner is a heck of a nice guy based on the two times I've run into him at the original location... shame he couldn't keep control of this store.

Consistently bad

shagerty from 10002 | Posted on 9/29/09

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
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I live a block away from the Flower Cafe, and whenever circumstance forces me to go there, I'm always disappointed. Slow and grumpy service not withstanding,their coffee and smoothies just aren't that good. Just got a "Strawberry Banana smoothie" which consists of frozen fruit and an abundance of apple juice. Bleh.

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