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Ava

Cuisine: European, Italian

Price Range: $$

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Ava is a casual Italian eatery located in Tampa's trendy SoHo neighborhood. The spacious restaurant features industrial decor and a sizable patio, perfect for a fun night out with friends. A handmade Acunto wood-fired pizza oven dominates the space turning out perfectly prepared Neapolitan-style pizza complete with puffy crust. The small but well-rounded menu also features many other simple, authentic Italian favorites including braised octopus, a delicious Oxtail pasta dish, and lamb shank with brussel sprouts, among others. Diners can satisfy their sweet tooth with a selection of traditional and creative desert choices. This is a busy restaurant and reservations are recommended.

Address:

718 S. Howard Ave.
Tampa, FL 33606
(813) 512-3030

Hours:

Mon-Thu: 11:30am-2pm,; 5pm-10pm
Fri: 11:30am-2pm,; 5pm-11pm
Sat: 5pm-11pm
Sun: 5pm-9pm

Website:

avatampa.com

Dinner Menu
- Appetizers
  
  Seared Black Bean Cakes
  
  with green tomato salsa and cumin sour cream ($6.00)
  
  Corn And Oyster Fritters
  
  served with spicy tartar sauce ($8.00)
  
  Sweet Potato Chips
  
  with a spicy blue cheese dipping sauce ($6.00)
  
  Fried Green Tomatoes
  
  served with a roasted red pepper puree and finished with goat cheese rolled in pecans ($8.00)
  
  Low Country Egg Rolls
  
  stuffed with tasso ham, chicken, and fresh collard greens, and served with mango chutney dressing ($9.00)
  
  Fried Grit Cakes
  
  served with roasted red pepper puree ($6.00)
  
  Jumbo Lump Crab & Crawfish Cakes
  
  served with remoulade sauce and citrus relish ($10.00)
  
  Florida Rock Lobster Ravioli
  
  poached in a tequila lime butter ($10.00)
  
  Kentucky Bourbon Pan Steamed Mussels Price
  
  with oven dried tomatoes, wilted spinach, roasted garlic, andouille sausage and grilled baguette ($12.00)
- Sandwiches
  Eastern Carolina Pulled Pork
  
  piled high on a kaiser roll charleston style topped with our house made cole slaw ($8.00)
  
  Fresh Vegetable Wrap
  
  grilled zucchini, avocado, tomatoes, shredded carrots, lettuce, onions and herbed goat cheese in a flour tortilla ($8.00)
  
  Chicken Salad Melt
  
  with bacon and swiss cheese served open faced on an english muffin ($9.00)
  
  Tuna Salad Melt
  
  with tomato, avocado and swiss cheese served open faced on an english muffin ($9.00)
  
  Pulled Pork Quesadilla
  
  carolina pulled prok grilled in a flour tortilla with monterey jack cheese, cumin sour cream and green tomato salsa ($8.00)
  
  Pulled Pork Or Jerk Chicken Burrito
  
  in a flour tortilla with black eyed peas, creole rice and cheddar cheese with a corn and roasted pepper salsa ($8.00)
  
  Black Bean & Portobello Burger
  
  grilled black beans and marinated portobello mushroom cap topped with green tomato salsa & cumin sour cream served on a kaiser roll ($8.00)
  
  Blfgt
  
  applewood bacon, lettuce & fried green tomatoes topped with cracked pepper mayonaise served on a baguette ($7.00)
  
  Grandma Jeans Meatloaf
  
  beef and pork meatloaf topped with a sweet and sour sauce and served on a kaiser roll ($7.00)
  
  Low Country Po Boys
  fried chicken with pepper gravy fried catfish with tartar sauce fried shrimp with remoulade sauce fried oysyers with remoulade sauce all served on a grilled baguette, dressed or undressed
  
  $10.00
  
  $9.00
  
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  $7.00
  Sliders
  
  your choice of chicken salad, tuna salad, fried green tomatoes, or beef served on 2 soft slider buns ($7.00)
  
  House Burger
  
  6oz of ground beef grilled and served on a kaiser roll ($7.00)
- Entrees
  
  Pulled Pork Napoleon
  
  carolina pulled pork and a brandy wild mushroom ragout layered in puff pastry topped with caramelized onions; accompanied by black-eyed peas and collard greens ($15.00)
  
  Grilled Pork Tenderloin
  
  marinated in savannahs spice, stuffed with collard greens, mushrooms, and shallots, topped with mango chutney; ham & cheese grit cakes and caramelized root vegetables ($18.00)
  
  Roast Chicory Coffee Rubbed Beef Ribeye
  
  12 oz ribeye, marinated in coffee topped with applewood smoked bacon-shallot compote and finished with a choc-a-bloc demi glace. served with roasted fingerling sweet potatoes and grilled asparagus ($20.00)
  
  Braised Rubbed Beef Short Ribs
  
  served with garlic mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus bbq jus and topped with a chili slaw ($18.00)
  
  Grilled Filet Mignon (8 Oz)
  
  served with blue cheese grit cakes and collard greens a top a pickapeppa butter sauce ($24.00)
  
  Grilled Filet Mignon (6 Oz)
  
  served with blue cheese grit cakes and collard greens a top a pickapeppa butter sauce ($21.00)
  
  Jerk Chicken
  
  marinated boneless thighs with jerk sauce, creole rice, fried plantains and gingered carrots ($17.00)
  
  Buttermilk Fried Chicken
  
  boneless breast of chicken in panko bread crumbs, stuffed with fresh herb goat cheese, cracked pepper gravy, garlic mashed potatoes and collard greens ($16.00)
  
  Sweet Cornmeal Dusted Jumbo Diver Sea Scallops
  
  served with stewed okra and tomatoes over andouille risotto with a lemon chive aioli ($21.00)
  
  Grilled Shrimp And Scallop Skewers
  
  served over tasso sweet potato hash and maque choux then drizzled with lemon honey beurre blanc ($20.00)
  
  Mississippi Fried Catfish
  
  dredged in mustard and encrusted in cornmeal. served with garlic mashed potatoes and fresh collard greens with a side of remoulade ($17.00)
  
  Peach And Mustard Barbecue Glazed Grilled Salmon
  
  served over savannahs cheese grits ($18.00)
  
  Seafood Jambalaya
  
  sauteed shrimp, scallops, mussels, and andouille sausage served over creole rice ($17.00)
  
  Vegetable Casserole
  
  grilled zucchini, squash and tomato baked in layers of parmesan cheese with your choice of two sides ($15.00)
  
  Shrimp And Scallops Over Grits
  
  large shrimp & sea scallops sauteed in a tasso ham, tomato, and basil cream sauce and served over cheese grits ($20.00)
  
  Shrimp And Grits
  
  large shrimp sauteed in a tasso ham, tomato, and basil cream sauce and served over cheese grits ($17.00)

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