The only good thing about this restaurant was leaving. We ate dinner there only because it was a block from our hotel and we were all starving. When we walked in I wasn't even sure it was open. The interior looked like it was slap dash put together out of the remains of previous tenants. I should have turned around at that point and tried somewhere, anywhere else. But we were hungry and how badly can you screw up basic food like burgers and sandwiches? My brother even said he was getting the Gordon Ramsay, Kitchen Nightmare gut feeling. Oh, how we should have followed that gut and avoided Center City Cafe. My hope was raised as were were greeted by a friendly host and seated at a table. Yeah, that hope was dashed as it took quite some time to get a waitress to even take our drink order. She was friendly enough so maybe things weren't as bad as I feared. Half an hour later we were greeted by a soggy, flavorless chicken fried steak; watery, cold, not quite done instant mashed potatoes; a Reuben sandwich without any thousand island dressing; and a chicken Cesar wrap with a tough tortilla and bland chicken. After a half hearted attempt to eat, we figured we weren't really THAT hungry. Our waitress was, oh, who knows where she was. We just wanted to leave so I went to the cash register only to have the cashier walk away as i stopped with credit card in hand. After another few minutes of waiting, someone finally came to ring me up. When posed with the question of how was your meal, I decided to be honest and bemoan the greatly disappointing meal. (My brother works in a prison and said the food he has eaten there was gourmet compared to our meal here). The response? I should have told my server. Big problem. She never came back after dropping off our so called food. Well, they were sorry but I should have told my server. And how much did I pay for the privilege of spending over 45 minutes sitting in a wobbly chair, ten minutes of trying to eat cardboard masquerading as a meal for three, and being subbed by the cashier? $45 whopping dollars. I just have to say, after spending two hours driving to Rochester, a day full of taking my mom to various doctor's appointments all over the Mayo Clinic, and a horrendous meal, thanks Center Street Cafe for just putting the cherry on the top of a crappy day. Here's hoping to avoid food poisoning! read more