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I was at the Carefree Art and Wine Festival this weekend and stumbled, (literally stumbled, because wine tasting), into Venues Café.
VENUES CAFÉ
Venues Café opened in October, 2010 and has received multiple awards for their food. It is adjacent to the Sundial and directly across from the picturesque town center park in Carefree, Arizona. Venues serves an American Bistro menu with an upscale, yet casual, dining atmosphere.
Venues is in a beautiful building which offers an ambiance of multiple textures of brick, copper, wood and stone and invites you to want to settle in and relax. The fireplace is situated next to the well-stocked wine cellar. Venues' bar is a great place to dine, watch your favorite team play on the multiple TVs over the bar and faces their 30 foot natural rock wall. (see pics)
The Chef is Andrew Lucyshyn, an executive chef with 40 years of food and wine experience: Most recently with Sun Devil Dining since 2007 and employed at the Barrett Dining Center since 2009. He recently received the ProChef II Certification from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the world's premier culinary college. Chef Drew has worked in kitchens across the United States and Europe and has cooked for many celebrities and politicians. He also has been a food and wine educator for over 25 years.
SERVICE EXPERIENCE
It was almost impossible to get the bartender's attention without speaking up and creating a scene, although once acknowledged, everyone was extremely polite, just not very attentive. I even got a chance to meet the owner, Catherine Marr, who was very friendly. In their defense, the place was packed due to the festival. Luckily I had wine tasted enough to not care.
I tried the muscles, the rhubarb berry pie à la mode with a French 75, which is cognac and champagne with a twist. (see pics)
Everything was extremely delicious.
CONCLUSION
This is a place I would hangout regularly if it was closer to my house and I will definitely be back!
4/5 RECOMMEND
OF NOTE
*There is plenty of free parking.
*Hours:
Open Daily For Lunch, Dinner, Weekend Brunch
Sunday - Thursday until 9pm
Friday and Saturday until 10pm
*Happy Hour: Daily 3pm-6pm
*For more information:
http://www.venuescafe.com/
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