Eating at The Red Flame Diner: Famed Lunch Spot, Filled With Nostalgia

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Monday, March 16th, 2026 | 433 views

Grilled cheese with bacon and onion rings, plus cole slaw and pickle from Red Flame Diner in Midtown Manhattan

When I worked in midtown, I would eat at the Red Flame a few times a month. Then the pandemic shuttered offices across the city. I returned with my wife and kid on a cold winter Saturday.











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