ROCHESTER, N.Y. — After more than five decades, the Golden Fox Restaurant on Culver Road is closing its doors. The owner, Corinna Kasandrinos, has decided to retire after 51 years of serving the Rochester community.

Thousands of people have walked through those doors at the Golden Fox. Many of them have sat in these same booths, ordered off this exact menu, and have ordered their favorite time and time again.

Longtime customers like Margie Coppola and Herman Perry say it’s not only the food that has kept them coming back, but the relationships the staff and owner have developed within the community.

“They have the whole package. They have wonderful service; they have delicious food and it makes you feel at home,” Coppola said.

“When you start talking about a community restaurant, I think this epitomizes what it is. The staff, even during covid they were open, you can see a lot of friends, people from all different walks of life come in and meet and greet here. I’ve had meetings here, this has just been one of the true pillars of the community,” Perry said.

Kasandrinos says the decision to close took months and wasn’t easy. “Very bittersweet. As much as we don’t want to leave the community, it has been a long time and we’re ready to start a new adventure,” she said.

“It’s been a, it’s just been unbelievable the community we have here, they came back after covid and they have supported us all these years and we have met all kinds of people from all over the country, they come back they move away. We’ve seen babies be born, we’ve been invited to weddings, so it’s been a wonderful, wonderful experience,” Kasandrinos said.

Though it’s been a long time coming, Kasandrinos feels good knowing that the relationships built will last forever. “I literally feel like people are coming to my house when they come here and I feel like okay, you know so and so Mr. Rogers is here and we know what he wants and it would be like you throwing a dinner party, that’s how you would feel when your guests arrive; that’s exactly how I feel,” she said.

Golden Fox will close its doors for the last time on June 30. Kasandrinos invites the community to come in and grab their favorite meal one last time.

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