Avanti Ristorante

For the urban connoisseur dine al fresco, sip, mingle and eat outdoors amongst your friends on the trendy McKinney Avenue strip. Avanti Ristorante offers an intimate dining room with a sleek, Uptown bistro atmosphere, where you can hear live music nightly. Our menu features northern and southern Italian dishes made with seafood, steaks, veal and homemade pasta. Avanti has become a Dallas...

Restaurant will open for dinner and on weekends by appointment only for large parties.

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The Downtown Dallas iteration of this "reasonable" white-tablecloth duo delivers "consistent" Italian-Med eats in a "sophisticated" atmosphere on weekdays only; meanwhile, the Uptown locale, which focuses on "creative, delicious" Italian cuisine, also offers seven-day dinner service and a late-night menu until 3 AM on Fridays and Saturdays, plus nightly live music and a "frisky" bar scene that...

In Short
It certainly looks Mediterranean: cream-colored tablecloths flank black chairs; terracotta tiles lead to the patio; and flowerboxes hug the restaurant's curves. Avanti's seats...

For the urban connoisseur dine al fresco, sip, mingle and eat outdoors amongst your friends on the trendy McKinney Avenue strip. Avanti Ristorante offers an intimate dining room with a sleek, Uptown bistro atmosphere, where you can hear live music nightly. Our menu features northern and southern Italian dishes made with seafood, steaks, veal and homemade pasta. Avanti has become a Dallas...

Avanti Ristorante is a small neighborhood café in the Uptown area that caters to a cosmopolitan clientèle. Owner Jack Ekhtiar presents jazz nightly for your enjoyment. Contemporary, slightly Bohemian decor complements the penchant for jazz. The flagship menu item is a roasted spring chicken half with saffron rice, grilled vegetables and brandy demi-glaze. For a somewhat lighter, less meaty...