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| - I write this after the fact. Having calmed down from this experience. I've never really been fond of Food Fight establishments. They seem to have the same menu, same cooking styles. When I heard that they were taking over The Avenue Bar, I was sad, but I gave it a shot. I was even more sad when I saw the menu. It's meh. Nothing grand, just regular run of the mill fare, which is why I had a hard time choosing something. Everything seems to come with some sort of aioli. Aioli this, aioli that. There are different condiments and sauces that would work, even better. But I feel like they were trying to be sophisticated with "aioli." Not so much. They are really fond of the brioche bun. A brioche bun for a burger is pretty overkill. I didn't want a ruben, having tried a ruben at Monty's and it arrived swimming in grease. That's all I could taste. Salad? Out of a Sysco box? nahh. My wife tried the mac & cheese. Thank God I didn't order that. It was bland, and I have done better using a blue Kraft box. So I thought, I'll try the fish fry. That's hard to screw up. Sad that it only came with fries and there is an upcharge for the Yukon gold potatoes. This was a fail. First the batter tasted like flour, was greasy, tasteless mess. Inside the batter goo was barely enough fish to call an appetizer. For $14.95, with an upcharge for the Yukon potatoes, I expect something a little more substantial. I'm not kidding when I tell you that the size of the fish portion was appetizer size. Most of the size of the meal was the batter all puffed up. Greasy. Ick. And the potatoes. They were supposed to be herb roasted. Roasted. It seemed pretty clear they were par baked, then fried in the fryer because it was supposed to have herbs. No herbs. Just a mass of greasy bland potatoes, The service was good though. That's about it. I got a few drink cards as an apology, but I cannot bring myself to try this place again.
The Avenue Bar used to have character, and okay food. Good service, It was supper clubish, and it had great kitsch. I love the fish boil. Given that this was always sort of a supper clubish type of atmosphere, Food Fight should have kept it a little like the old place. But it's clear they wanted to do away with the old. So it goes. I won't be back. I gave away the drink cards. Can't do it. If I could give a minus review, I would do that, but I gave one star because the front of house at least tried.
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