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| - I visited Avenue B for the 3rd time last night for Pittsburgh Restaurant week. Avenue B has been a favorite of mine, but I just can't get to it as often as I'd like. While my most recent experience was sub-par, I will be back.
Their restaurant week menu was fantastic! My choice for appetizer was the amazing cauliflower soup. SO good, so stinking good. Honestly, I could have just eaten that. Entree - I got the hanger steak. It was good - not as good as the cauliflower soup though. Honestly, I think it could have used a little more seasoning. However, I am not complaining! It was still great!
There were 2 frustrating parts to our meal, both out of our control.
1. One of the folks that was seated beside us had apparently previously worked at Avenue B, or was friends with our waitress. She loudly told them that they would accommodate whatever they wanted to the restaurant week menu/price if they'd like. While I did not see the bill, so I don't know if that was truly the case - you don't say that kind of stuff loudly for other patrons to hear! It was frustrating how much time staff (other waiters, our waitress, and other staff) lingered at their table.
2. Dessert. There was only 1 option for dessert - which is FINE! That's not my frustration. When our entree plates were taken - everything was - bread, silverware, etc. Again - fine. Our spoons were brought for the ice cream. 20 minutes later - let me just say that again - 20 minutes later, we still hadn't received our dessert. However, the buddies of the staff had their plates taken away and dessert (trio dessert) brought out within 5 minutes. SO we waited. When the dessert finally arrived (about 30 minutes later) the ice cream was a puddle on our bowl and melted and warm. Ice Cream. Melted because it'd probably been sitting out.
While I am sure I will be back to Avenue B, I wont be rushing back. I won't be getting dessert and probably won't go back for restaurant week. They still got 4 stars as I have had other good experiences.
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