Last night we met our good friends Jenny and Al at Bar Avignon for dinner and drinks. Located in the trendy lower Division St. area, it's a cozy place with casual inside and outside seating. The cocktails and wine selection is great, they also have Miller High Life on draft for $2.50.We started out with the meat and cheese board which was outstanding. I would recommend the shropshire blue and the triple cream cheese as well as the lonza - dry-cured pork loin. For entrees we had the chicken liver mousse, tomato-bread soup with basil and a grilled cheese sandwich, a meatball sandwich with side salad, and the mussels. They were all excellent and the home made bread that accompanied it was fantastic. We finished with two amazing deserts, the dagoba dark chocolate cake with bourbon caramel almond cake and the vanilla bean crème brûlée.
Overall I have to say the food and the atmosphere are excellent. The owners are also very nice as well as the attentive wait staff. The only thing is, I am not sure want to say this restaurant is about. Everything is good, but it has no signature dish or theme. Maybe it's just a great neighborhood place and that is enough.
Bar Avignon
www.baravignon.com
2138 SE Division St
Portland, OR
(503) 517-0808
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