The Flatiron

As soon as we walked in we were welcomed and greeted with kindness! The food and drinks were prefect! We all really enjoyed every bite! Loved this place!

Great place. The Barista was a wealth of knowledge about the history of Jerome. The coffee was roasted in Flagstaff and excellent. It’s the kind of local, eclectic coffee shop that many people search for these days.

This is a quaint, little spot right in the middle of town. They serve exceptional coffee (double shot is standard) & have a good variety of food choices. The staff are friendly and the prices are fair.
I would strongly recommend this to anyone visiting the area.

We stayed at the apartment above the café for one night. Super fun experience and the place was adorable. Had breakfast and coffee the next morning downstairs. Our coffees were probably the best we’ve ever had (and we try a lot of different coffee places!). The tofu breakfast tacos were delicious. Only thing was I got a slightly unwelcoming vibe downstairs. No one was rude but it wasn’t quite friendly. Felt this way all over the small town. Regardless, their food and drinks were great so I do recommend stopping in.

Coffee was so good & unique we had to buy some to take home. Beautiful scenery as well.

Cozy little coffee shop with a lot of character in the coolest part of town. I really enjoyed my café mocha and hanging out waiting for it to be made while checking out the cool surroundings. Some patrons were eating too although I can’t vouch for the food.

Great place! We came for the vegan breakfast tacos and they were amazing, especially with their selection of hot sauce/​salsas. We will come back again for sure! Staff is friendly and does a great job!

Cute little restaurant, Korin and Dylan were great. I will be back! Great menu, including vegetarian selections. Small and intimate with an outdoor patio across the street.

The employees were rude as hell and not accommodating at all.
I’ve been to coffee shops around the world and ask for my hot teas iced. Everybody says yes. These employees, however, refused. Um, okay, generic iced Nestea it is I guess.
London Fog was solid, but this was only after one of the baristas argued with my mom about how many pumps of sweetener she should get (he scoffed «we aren’t Starbucks», but no kidding — Starbucks has more than decent service)
I’ll take my service where I feel welcomed. In a tourist-​packed area like Jerome, you’d think they’d be a little friendlier.

What an amazing place! Small? Yup. Food cooked to order? Yup. But worth it.
Best part is the secret menu. If you slip a $ 5 bill in the barista Dylan’s front pocket and wink twice he will sing the daily specials in an auspicious baritone voice.
Get the coffee. It’s awesome. Don’t like the pace? This isn’t Phoenix or LA. But isn’t that why you came here? It’s not slow, it’s done right.

I love this place. The ladies are sooooo friendly! It’s the tiniest little building with yummy coffee. And they have Gluten free brownies!!! What!!! Love!!!

There’s not too many choices for food in Jerome, so we went to this extremely tiny diner– at least I guess it was a diner-​a diner with like 6 seats. Very basic, limited menu. I got a bagel with smoked salmon– not the greatest quality but whatever, it was edible.

Rude rude rude. Thought this was the place to go but avoid at all cost. Mean rude shaved head women owner! Go to Mile High Grill up the street. They are excellent. Food and service.

I stopped in for an iced tea to go. Walking in a waitress was coming out with food and yelled at my friends and I to get out of her way. Then I stood at the counter right in front of the cook/​barista and he didn’t acknowledge me for a good 5 min. Not very good service at all so I left.

In this sleepy, slow town, this place is a gem among many. We stopped in yesterday on our way out of town. I had a coffee and breakfast burrito and my sister had a coffee and oatmeal. The local hot sauce that they bring from the veggie supplier is beyond amazing. It’s the one with the homemade label on the shelf. The burrito was great and my sister loved her oatmeal. My meal came with two slices of the juiciest yellow watermelon I’d ever had.
Quick, delicious, local. What more could you ask for?!

Based on reviews here and on Trip Advisor, I had bigger expectations for this place for lunch, but I believe that there’s a bit of hype here. First thing you need to know is that it’s TINY. There is one tight 6-​stop near the window and about two 2-​tops on the side, and that’s it, unless you want to eat on the patio… across the street.
Not sure if she was the owner or what but for some reason, the woman that helped me seemed a little irked by the presence of me or my family of four with young kids. Food was fresh, good, high quality and probably healthy. I get that it’s all made to order, but it took a bit long to come out, the portion was smallish and a bit pricey. Few options for kids. Mine tried to split the salmon quesadilla, but they couldn’t deal with the dill cream cheese.
Electronic checkout had three tip options beginning with 18%. Considering the fact that I had to order at the counter and get my own water and refills, I was looking for 15%. Not seeing it, I opted for zero… sorry.

My four friends and I stopped here this past Friday for a late breakfast.
I was waiting for another, so waited to order. Two of my friends ordered from the guy (the cook), and sat back down at our table. After a few minutes of discussion, my other friend and I decided to go ahead and order.
We went to the counter to order and the woman with short hair was there. After my friend and I placed our orders, I asked her if we are supposed to pay now or after we eat. She didn’t answer but just started to add up our bill. I asked her if our other friends had already paid, and she snapped at me that she had been making coffee and didn’t know. She said the bill was $ 28.
I walked the six or so feet back to our table to ask the other guys if they’d paid already. Next thing I knew, the woman had her hands on the counter-​top in a very aggressive stance and YELLED at me across the café «DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM HERE?»
My friend commented that he thought the next thing she was going to do was invite me to ‘step outside’.
It was so weird and startling.
I was so upset I left the café for a few minutes to cool off.
Eventually our food was served. Well, most of it.
She never did get me my latte!
We each got breakfast burritos. They were okay. Nothing really special.
After we ate and paid… as we were walking out the door she apologized for not bringing me my latte. I replied, «and your attitude?» She came out from around the counter and started to argue with me. I told her I didn’t want to hear it and kept walking.
Needless to say, I will never go back there. The food wasn’t good enough to bother with the place. Plenty of other places to eat in Jerome that won’t treat customers like crap.
EDIT:
Your comment is comical and extreme.
There were five people in our party. All of the guys are over 50 years old. We were quiet and took our table. It was around 11:30am. Two of our party went up to order from the man behind the counter. They all ordered the same thing.
You even joked around with one of our guys when he ordered dessert!
Later, I was told by both my friends and your partner (the woman I met outside) that the man behind the counter told my friends they could pay after eating. The woman I met outside (co-​owner) told me that you all had been confused because it had been so busy and you weren’t sure what the guy had told us.
I did not «yell at you on the street». You and I were never on the street. You followed me to the door as my friends and I were leaving and I refused to talk with you and I walked out and left.
Apparently, I am not the only customer you have been rude to. I have been contacted by two other people who were treated poorly by you.
Good luck.

Very cute place, yummy coffee! Didn’t get here in time for the food (food ends at 3pm) but a must stop before leaving town :)
Definitely recommend and will come back next time we make it to Jerome!
A little pricey, paid $ 12 for two drinks but I think it was worth it.

The only reason I went into The Flatiron is that the building is indeed a simpler and much, much, much smaller version of New York City’s grandiose original on 23^rd Street. It reminded me of home a long time ago.
Unfortunately, I had just enough time to order a latte to go so I could walk about town a bit more. I may have made the wrong decision because the customers all seemed quite excited to be here. The latte was good and I’m left with the memory to return.

Driving up the steep road from Cottonwood to Jerome one of the first buildings encountered at the bottom of town (Yes. Top and Bottom best describe this vertical village) is the Flatiron Building housing the aptly named Flatiron Café. Reminiscent of the original Flatiron Building in Manhattan, it sits on a peninsula of one way streets going up and down town. Within is housed one of the more magical cafes in the Western Hemisphere. Who’d a thunk?
Particularly on a frigid morning, it is great to step inside, grab a table by the windows, and order breakfast and coffee from the menu on the wall. As the other reviews have said so well, the cuisine is surprisingly good, all fresh ingredients and freshly baked breads, muffins, scones, and cakes. The Breakfast Burrito is a personal favorite, but you really can’t go wrong with anything there. No one will look twice if you have the Bread Pudding for breakfast. It is that good!
I have visited Jerome several times on my way to/​from Flagstaff and farther north to the Grand Canyon and the Navajo Reservation, and loved my time there. The Flatiron Café is always one of my first and last stops, as it begins to feel like home after a while. It is a way station symbolizing a place where energy and spirit can be gathered before or after a long journey.
Thank you other Unilocalers for turning me on to the Flat upstairs. I have not stayed there yet, but I intend to the next time I am in town. It will be great to go down for breakfast in my PJ’s and slippers and really treat the Flatiron as my living room, as I imagine the copper miners visiting the bordellos that thrived around the corner.