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Welcome to Florida Avenue Grill

DC's Oldest Soul Food Restaurant Since 1944

Hours

Breakfast: Tues – Sun

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Lunch: Wed – Sunday

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Closed Mondays

Find Us

1100 Florida Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20009

Corner of 11th Street NW

Nearest Metro:

U Street / Cardozo

Order

Call ahead and pick up at the front window.

(202) 265-1586

Please allow ~ 30 mins.

Our Menu

Always made from scratch, since 1944.

Specials (Breakfast)

Ms. Bertha's Special

Two hot cakes or French toast. Two large eggs any style, choice of sausage, bacon, or scrapple, and a choice of fried cinnamon apples, home fries, or grits (plain or cheesy)

Hot Cakes Breakfast

Two world-famous hot cakes with your choice of toppings and two eggs any style

Two Eggs Breakfast

Includes a biscuit, toast, or corn bread and a side of home fries, fried cinnamon apples or grits (plain or cheesy)

Three Eggs Omelet Special

Includes a biscuit, toast, or corn bread and a side of home fries, fried cinnamon apples or grits (plain or cheesy). Pick 3: (1 cheese option must be picked)

Fish & Grits (Breakfast)

Fried Catfish (Breakfast)

Whole Fried Croaker (Breakfast)

Fried Whiting (Breakfast)

Fresh Salmon Cakes (Breakfast)

Grilled Salmon (6oz) (Breakfast)

Appetizers

Spicy Beef Patty

Jerk Chicken Patty

Curry Chicken Patty

Sides/A La Cart (Breakfast)

Eggs Your Way - Sides

Buttermilk Biscuits - Sides

Corned Beef Hash - Sides

French Toast (2) - Sides

Fried Cinnamon Apples (6 slices) - Sides

Half Smoke - Sides

Home Fries - Sides

Hominy Corn Porridge -Sides

Hot Cakes - Sides

Scrapple - Sides

Toast (2) - Sides

Turkey Bacon - Sides

Virginia Baked Ham - Sides

Cornbread (V) - Sides

Sausage - Sides

Grits (Plain) - Sides

Grits (Cheesy) - Sides

Two Egg Whites - Sides

Soul Food Classics

Crispy Fried Chicken

Crispy Fried Chicken (WINGS)

Meat only. Choose plain, old bay, lemon pepper, BBQ, sweet habanero heat sauce, or mambo sauce

Fried Pork Chops

Whole Fried Croaker

Fresh Salmon Cakes

Since 1944

Florida Avenue Grill opened in 1944 and has been serving Washington ever since, through every version of this city and to everyone who walked through the door

Island Vibes

Alongside the soul food classics, the Grill serves a full Caribbean menu. Jerk chicken, oxtail stewed with butter beans and spinners, curry chicken, honey jerk salmon, and jerk pasta in a smoked cheddar cream.

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Group posing outside Florida Avenue Grill restaurant in Washington, DC

Catering & Private Events

The Grill caters breakfast, lunch and dinner, and hosts private gatherings in the dining room. Call to talk through dates, headcount and menu.