theAVENUE eat/drink

the service was slow and we were only checked on like every 20 or 15 minutes, and on that subject I had asked for a sweet iced tea and it never came and when I reordered it guess what came out… unsweetened tea, the food was ok but with the wait time and the service I do not think it is worth it

Great beer selection and some of the best burgers ever. Highly recommend this place for casual food and tons of fun. We bring the kids and they love the Mac and cheese variety. A must visit if you are in DTSP.

Stopped in here for lunch during the week. Split the Rasta Monsta burger, theDiane salad, and Cajun Tots with my hot man. The burger was messy and delicious. The salad was great. The service was fantastic. Overall it is a great place to grab and burger and beer. I am a fan.

Loved the vibe of this place. Loved the mixed drink menu. Loved the mixed crowd of seniors and hipsters! Loved the way this place is decorated. Loved loved loved my burger with brie and blueberry compote. I’m 48 years old and it was definitely up there for top 3 burgers I’ve ever had in my life, and I’m from Chicago! Music is too loud, that’s my only complaint! I wanna be able to converse with my table partner and my waiter! Just a great place with fresh food!

Another bookmark checked off. I had higher hopes. Our server was sweet and friendly but not very attentive with long periods of time between visits and she never removed empty dishes or glasses. This is a little pet peeve of mine especially when I stack them at the edge of the table to make it easier for them to remove. The vibe is great… makes u want to hang out for a while and they utilized the space perfectly. Outside seating in the front, inside seating on the main space, covered seating in the indoor/​bar area and a little enclosed green space in the very back. I ordered the Butcher’s Board. Some of the pickled veggies listed on the menu didn’t make it to mine. Although the substitutions were tasty it wasn’t what I wanted and it was a little over priced. I wish the server would have mentioned this. If she had I probably would have picked something else. The entire menu looked so interesting. My husband ordered the Huckleberry burger. He said it was good but the Blueberry jam overpowered the rest of the ingredients and that was all he could taste. I also had the Local Lemon cocktail. It also wasn’t what I expected. Per the name I thought it would be more tart and lemony but it just tasted watered down. I do want to give this cute spot another try. Eat till ya bust!

Rasta Monsta burger is one of the best burgers I’ve ever had. Amazing flavor & sauce! Tastes even better with the house made hot sauce added to it… And the Cajun fries were perfectly seasoned. Red sangria was delicious, I will Definitely be coming back.

This was first time here but it was great! I came on a Sunday for football, a few beers and had a really good time. Our waitress could not have been more accommodating and was very kind.
The wings were really good (wings are my fav food). I usually order the hottest available anywhere I go but their «omg hot» wings were definitely super hot… even for me which is saying something.
Parking wasn’t the easiest to find but that’s not on the shoulders of them. Overall I really enjoyed the bar, the atmosphere and the staff so I would highly recommend this for a «wings and beer» type visit. It very well may great for other products but wings and beer is what I had and what I can vouch for.

There’s just nothing bad to say about theAvenue.
Great place, great vibe, great service. Dee-​lish!
Awesome burgers, even the veggie burger is fantastic.
Onion Rings are the «beer battered» style, outstanding.
Something that is easy to overlook is the Mac & Cheese. It’s worth coming here just for that. Add bacon and you have something close to heaven.
Street parking can be non-​existent, I recommend going one block south to look for street spots (or just paying the 3 bucks for the attached garage)

The food was awesome the burgers are a 10, the fried Oreos are a must…
I left off one star due to the service being not so great!

My sister took me out for dinner here and the food was amazing! Food choices aren’t much but I promise everything in the menu tastes as mouthwatering as it sounds. I ordered the Mac & cheese burger which was nothing short of delicious. They have Cajun or regular fries, definitely get the Cajun ones!
My sister got the fat bastard and let me try some of it, that too was amazing! My diet didn’t thank me for this but my stomach sure did. It’s a cool little casual place with some good playing music.
No lie the waitresses were the most sweetest people ever, they were attentive and enthusiastic. I would’ve liked to try more of the food but I was full alone from my burger. I can’t wait to come back here when I visit my sister again!

We had a great birthday lunch here. We ordered the Diane Salad for an appetizer. It was so tasty, it didn’t really need any dressing. My turkey burger was really good. The Cajun fries were good, they could go a little easy on the salt though. When I said it was my bfs birthday they automatically brought him dessert. Fried Oreos. We’re not Oreo people and we loved it! Great vibe, service and atmosphere. Good draft beers.

Most of the time when we’re in FL we eat places that are recommended by local friends — this wasn’t one of those places, but we decided to try it anyhow after reading some good Unilocal reviews.
The beer list was pretty mediocre, especially for the area when there’s SO much good beer down there. There’s a front and a back room. Both rooms had a very frat-​party-​ish feel when we were there; TV’s so loud that you had to yell at each other to talk, only 2 bathrooms in the place (both with long lines), and one table brought their own speakers and were playing their own music via bluetooth. Our food was not that good and not that memorable, with the exception of the seared tuna app which was amazing. I got a grilled green tomato salad and the tomatoes came out smothered in some sort of mayo-​ish sauce that was horrible. I’ll skip Avenue next time we’re in Florida, there are too many other good options in the area.

Ive been here maybe 6 – 8 times and am always please with whatever we get. The pickle chips and wings are both phenomenal and certainly their best snacks.
As for the burgers… I’ve had a variety of their fancier burgers and I find that the overly complex variety of flavors, sauces, toppings can completely mask the simple enjoyment of solid burger. Lately Ive been sticking with the simple options (i.e. just cheddar or mushroom&onion) and have been quite pleased.
They also have a great draft beer selection. On the down side, Friday and Saturday evenings this place does turn into a frat-​house so we typically avoid it.

We cane here for burger week and had the Huckleberry Burger cooked medium. It was really good! I thought the blueberry jam was going to overpower the other flavors, but it blended nicely.
Service was friendly, and took good care of us. The place has a fun atmosphere, and a great location, with both indoor and outdoor seating. For the burger meat, they use angus chuck ground in-​house, or for those steering clear of cow; they have tuna, turkey, or bison.
The Avenue offers weekly specials such as $ 5 Burger Wednesdays, Slider Tuesdays, and a «Burger of the Month».
With over 20 brazen specialty burgers on the menu, I have many reasons to return.

Honestly I get why people are attracted to the place considering the location and the overall look, but I didn’t particularly enjoy anything about this place. The food was greasy, an attempt at making bar food fancy but really everything just sat heavy in puddles of grease. There weren’t many vegetarian options, but I am glad that as a vegetarian I didn’t order any meat because our friend that ordered the salmon burger ended up quite ill that night.
The lackluster food was disappointing, but so was the lackluster service. Our server didn’t really check in on us, didn’t really make eye contact and only came to take our orders and our money in a hurry.
Meh.

Big fan of Avenue. I can’t believe I have been here 3 or 4 times and never reviewed, and the one time I remember to review, it was late night and I didn’t get a full size burger. So, anyway, I’m going to have to combine my reviews to the best of my memory.
Lets start with the negative — I can’t think of any. I don’t think I have had a single bad experience here — not with the food, service, music, or anything. Perhaps something may have been too greasy once, but I can’t recall, and if I can’t recall, then it didn’t happen.
I can’t think of a reason this shouldn’t be 5 stars. My girlfriend and I enjoy it every time we come. She’s a vegetarian, and we love going to burger places where you can substitute a veggie patty or a salmon or tuna burger into one of their specialty burgers. Melissa is picky when it comes to her veggie burgers, and she has always liked it here.
As for me, I have tried many of their burgers. They’ve changed their menu and I am not sure I have had one of the burgers on there now. However, I have gotten a burger with pulled pork, and it was awesome, because just like bacon, you add BBQ pulled pork to something and its delicious. The patty is thick and juicy — so Sir Mix a Lot would love it. I wish I could be more specific and offer more recommendations, but check out their burger menu — the latest menu looks incredible and if I could, I would eat there every day until I tried most of them.
This latest visit was late at night, so it was a limited menu. I chose to go with their sliders — the bird, the pig and the cow. Obviously, a burger slider (bacon cheeseburger), a pulled pork with slaw slider, and a buffalo chicken slider. The weird thing is, the pulled pork (in spite of what I said above) was my least favorite. Not that I didn’t like it, it just wasn’t as good as the other two. Also had an order of fries which was gone in minutes. Sliders are not as good of an option here when the full menu is available. I know sometimes they seem great because, like the late night menu, you can try 3 different sandwiches. However, with a burger menu this diverse, you are much better off ordering a full size burger.
Like I said, there is nothing bad to say about Avenue. Their drink menu is really good and they usually have good happy hour specials. They have a great patio outback that is dog friendly. They are host the St. Pete Seminole Fan Club, so its a great place to watch an FSU game during football season. Finally, I’ve been there on 2 occasions when the live music has been going on (otherwise I’ve been too early or too late), and everyone they have is good for 80s rock through current pop covers, and nice background music while chilling out.
This place is fun. Food is great. Drinks are strong. Doggies allowed. Music is enjoyable. FSU football is played on the TVs. If you have those, you have 5 stars.

This is the place I recommend to my friends in Tampa and tourists alike because of the crazy stellar burgers, strong kicking drinks and super fun atmosphere. It’s also one of the precious few restaurants/​bars that offer live music downtown.
Burgers! Need I say more? Of course I do! Every place has a burger on the menu but it’s the same ol’ boring burgers. Not here. This place has a creative edge on burgers. Meat-​eaters and vegetarians can unite in joy and happy eating at The Avenue.
I usually order the Cali-​burger with a vegetarian patty. The chipotle mayo (and I usually hate mayo) gives this burger a great spiciness. My boyfriend Todd B has order a few meat items and had loved everything he’s order. Check out his review for the pulled pork. One late night when I was hungry this was one of the very few spots serving food and I ordered the ahi tuna wondering if I had made a mistake — this is a burger place afterall, but it was crazy good too! I mean high quality tuna. They can do nothing wrong as far as I’ve tasted.
Service can range anywhere from 2 – 4 stars but unless the meal is $$$+ I’m not taking off for average service when the food is 5 star quality.
This is one of my go-​to spots for a drink or to catch a game too. Great chill spot for friends. They serve quality cocktails that are not weak and they have one of the best outdoor bar areas which is in an open-​air cargo container. It’s really cool. You’ll have to check it out to see what I mean.

We went to The Avenue after a concert at the State Theater. It was around 12:45am when we got there and it was decked out in Florida State paraphernalia. The staff were wearing FSU shirts and there was other FSU stuff around the place.
We sat at a booth on the far side of the front part of the restaurant/​bar. There was also quite a few outdoor tables too for seating. Apparently there is a back bar area and we learned after the fact that the back bar area has a retractable roof and is sometimes booked for special events and parties. Pretty cool — wish we had seen that.
Since it was late they were only serving food off the late night menu so we ordered the buffalo mac n cheese, slider combo, and fried pickles. The food was excellent! We enjoyed all of it.
We also ordered a few specialty drinks: Ray’s-Jito, Bacon & Bourbon, and the Local Lemon. All of them were served in little mason jars (except the bacon/​bourbon) which was a nice touch. We are fans of Bar Rescue and felt that Jon Taffer would have applauded the way these drinks were made! Haha.
The service was good, atmosphere nice, and it made us wish we had The Avenue in Orlando! We will definitely go back next time we are in St. Pete.

You know when everyone tells you a place is so great you WANT it to be great? I wanted to love the Avenue. I wanted to be blown away, I wanted to love it, but it just wasn’t doing it for me.
I started with a Moscow Mule, it didn’t taste like there was any alcohol in it and it had an odd after taste. Possibly flat ginger beer, possibly the dirty glass.
We then ordered the poutine, which I usually like. Not so much here, the gravy on it tasted like it came out of a can. I thought the egg was a nice touch, but I just couldn’t get into it. And the fries themselves were average at best.
We also ordered corn dog nuggets… I didn’t expect much so I was ok with the one bite I had.
The music was way too loud (we sat outside) to hear each other, and the hostess seemed confused. The three of us had one drink each and 2 apps… our tab was $ 47 before tip. I can’t say I was happy with anything other than our server. She had a little attitude (in a good way) and was entertaining. But she must have had a lot of tables because we didn’t see her much.

Tried this place out last night. All I can say is WOW. The burger selections are amazing. Definitely had a hard time deciding what to get from the menu. I ended up up getting the gunslinger. Cooked perfectly and was one of the better burgers Ive had in awhile.
They had a live band starting at 9pm that we missed because we went earlier. Love places with live music though! Service was good. Servers and Bartenders were attentive and fast. It is a little pricey. Over 15 dollars for a burger and fries. I guess that can be expected down town though. I would say its worth it.
They did have some mist machines to cool off that I was not a huge fan of. Fans would do just fine. Overall, I will absolutely be back to this place. It would be impossible not to with the amount of burgers I have yet to try of this menu!

— Short Synopsis —
Amazing burgers along with a tasty sounding selection of burgers!
Even though it sounded great on paper, the poutine was lacking flavor, so avoid that; however, the pulled pork mac n cheese was tasty and enjoyable.
— Detailed Review —
One look at the selection of burgers and what goes on each had me in awe as there so many I wanted to try! They all seemed delicious and tasty.
Unfortunately, I did not like the poutine even though it sounded great on paper. The poutine gravy did not have much, if any, flavor. The cheese was also a little dull on flavor, which surprised me. The other aspects of the poutine were good, like the crisp fries, and the gooey sunny side egg; however, I would not order this again. I recommend putting on salt and/​or condiments to add flavor.
Luckily, their burgers were a different story! The Gunslinger was delicious! I really enjoyed the patty! It was juicy and succulent! This alone makes me want to come back just to try their burgers. I enjoyed the cajun fries much more than the poutine.
The bbq mac n cheese with pulled pork was also great! I enjoyed the portions of meat to mac n cheese. There was more meat that I expected, which is not a bad thing. The mac n cheese was good, nothing too amazing. The pulled pork was moist and delicious! I cant wait to try their burgers that include this delectable pork!
I will come back to try more of Avenue’s great selection of burgers.

Guys … You gave me a teaspoon of coleslaw … I’m not even exaggerating .
But besides that the ahi tuna was big, amazing and cooked perfect ! Not a bad price either about $ 13. Just don’t skimp on the coleslaw next time or I’ll dock ya a star. I understand my order was to go but come onnn ;)
The tuna came with 2 sauces, both of which were tasty .
I’d defiantly try more food from this place.

Ok so here’s the thing. I walked into this place after looked my up the menu on Unilocal and immediately started to reconsider my decision to come here due to the smell of this place. It wasn’t awful mind you, but it smelled like a bar. Instead of being a jerk and making my party leave I just sat down and let me tell you how happy I was to make that decision…
These burgers are damned tasty! I mean really well cooked, seasoned and the flavors are crazy good.
Mine was bacon, onion jam and pepper jack cheese and it was glorious. Cooked a perfect medium rare and the fries were fresh and with just enough Cajun seasoning. One of my friends got the Fat Bastard and it was straight up pretty to look at.
The restroom (there’s only one) wasn’t dirty mind you, but again had s funky odor as well. This place is certainly a place I’d come back to in a heartbeat. Oh, and our waitress was hilarious!