We love stopping here as a travel break on trips to Chicago and beyond. The food and service is always worth the stop.
With that said, our stop last Thursday was meet with a very unfriendly hostess (Janet). OK, we're all seniors (some more than others) but not senile or unfriendly. We walked in and her attitude was "why are you here to bother me"? By the time we were seated we were ready to walk out. Since it was a few minutes before 4 PM she asked if we wanted lunch or dinner menus and we said both. When one of our party ordered off the lunch menu she informed our waitress that was not possible. OK, then why did you ask us which menu and then give us both? Luckily, our waitress (Rita), the great food and cocktails (for those not driving) made up for the unfriendly hostess and the Avenue Bar will continue to be one of our travel stops.