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| - The Avenue Bar was a nice, pleasant place. I went on a Wednesday evening and seated myself at the bar for a quiet, casual meal. Service was prompt, pleasant and attentive despite most every table being occupied. As far as drinks, I only had a beer and so have no comments on the cocktail service.
My meal started with a small house salad with peppercorn-parmesan dressing on the side. It was your simple everyday iceberg base with cabbage shreds and carrots; maybe there were some red onions. It was fresh and crispy and the dressing was above average.
For a main course I had the schnitzel, which came with a large serving of macaroni and cheese - - actually was more like cavatappi and cheese, but I'm just being pedantic. The cheese sauce was rich and well-browned on top from time in the oven. The schnitzel was crisp and the doneness of the pork was just right. Portions of both were large and while both of these parts of the meal were good, I can't help but feel like the combination was too rich overall....things were a little overwhelming, and that's not even factoring in the side of horseradish cream sauce (very mild, btw).
Avenue is not bad but it's nothing spectacular either. I'd give a 3.5 if I could, but this is Yelp and half-stars still aren't possible. Perhaps my issue with rounding down to 3 instead of up because of their website. When I looked at there for a menu the homepage background was a staged photo of 30 somethings enjoying themselves. When I was there, I was the only person under the age of 50 who wasn't with their parents. All in all: they're o.k., but bring your dad.
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