Park Avenue Autumn/Winter/Spring/Summer
“Charming red and yellow watermelon cubes embedded in grass arrive shortly after you sit down.”
“For entrees, 3 of us ordered the Everything Crusted Branzino (Mediterranean Sea Bass) and it was wonderful!”
“It was tender & flavourful & cooked to perfection.The Halibut was also really yummy…”
Park Avenue Autumn/Winter/Spring/Summer
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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Park Ave is an incredibly fun and unique dining experience. With the menu and decor changing season by season, this place is always in style!
The service is pleasant and happy to make accommodations. The food is yummy and artistically plated. As a millennial, I can vouch for how the drinks were top notch, unique, and totally instagrammable.
Check this place out!
The best time to visit Park Ave is for sure brunch time, as you could sample a bit of this and that. Summer menu features lots of refreshing ingredients – strawberry, corn…definitely impressed me!
Prex-fixe menu includes pastry, appetizer and the main course. The three of us shared the pastry (soaked with syrup and paired with raisin/nuts) and I opted for creamy yogurt and everything branzino. Everything here stands for "crispy crust topped with nuts". I'm not really a huge fan of bread, but Park Ave definitely nailed it – a bit crunchy with the slight touch of sweetness.
Would love to come back in other seasons and test out their seasonal specialties. Great ambience, tasty food!
I'm pretty sure something historic happened here at Park Avenue.
It was here that I had the best pasta of my life. The strange thing is that I didn't see it coming because it's not an Italian place. It was the one pasta dish on the menu that looked good, so my daughter ordered it. I'm still regretting the fact that it wasn't ME who ordered it. Luckily my daughter filled up early and let me finish her dish, and let me tell you, the pleasure was all mine.
The decor inside will win you over instantly. They have this tree in the middle of the dining room, there are lots of windows with light pouring in. Perfect place for lunch in the middle of NYC.
STEAK & FRITES (4/5) This was an enjoyable dish, but unfortunately the steak was over-cooked. The fries were good, shoe-string w/parmesan and they might have even been "truffled", I forget.
RICOTTA CAVATELLI (5/5) Best pasta I've e!ver had. I can't believe I'm writing that. OK, well, my Italian Auntie Connie's Fetticine w/Stuffed Lobster is unbeatable, but beside that, the best pasta. The ricotta was fresh, and was strategically placed it little clumps throughout the dish. There were sweet, fresh cherry tomatoes that tasted like they were picked fresh from the sunny garden. The pasta tasted house-made, and there was some kind of spice kick to the dish. I forgot to ask the server what it was that made the dish spicy, but whatever it was, it was the perfect kind, and level of spice. Here's the bad news though. They are a seasonal restaurant as reflected in the name of their restaurant Park Avenue Autumn/Winter/Spring/Summer. So their menu completely changes with each season which means I won't be able to get that dish again. Unless they do it again next summer which is probably not going to happen. Which means, I'm going to have to create this at home, and I'm inspired enough to do it.
KING SALMON W/DILL (5/5) My wife's dish. I tasted and was very happy. Perfectly cooked, flavorful salmon with the fresh dill. Light and refreshing – great summer menu item.
CRAB AVOCADO W/TOAST (5/5) Another standout. Slight char on the toast, with that fresh avocado and then luscious crab meat on top. Then, if that weren't enough, they serve it with a spicy raspberry hot sauce which came as a nice surprise. They actually had a bottle of it on the table which they make! Looked just like a bottle of tabasco, but it was their little creation and I have to say, it was a great addition to the Avocado Toast. Kudos to the chef.
CORN CREME BRULEE (5/5) This is a *savory" creme brulee. If you like corn, and you're a creme brulee fan, you have to get this. You may not recover though, it's like crack, and you may have to go to rehab when you suffer withdrawals. This dish takes corn to its highest level. It's like on those cooking shows where they give the contestants an ingredient, and say make it the star of the dish. This is the ultimate corn dish. LOVED it.
It's not often that you walk away from a restaurant where everything on the table was 5/5. But Park Ave was one of those places. When I taste food like this, it makes me want to meet the chef, or better yet, I'd love to spend a day in his/her kitchen to watch the magic happen.
When we come back to NYC, I can guarantee you that we will have a reservation for this place set up well before we even arrive to the city. I don't care what season it will be when we come. I'm confident, based on what we experienced here, that those dishes will be equally great.
I really adore this place.
When I first moved to New York in 2007, this place was near Midtown East, and my experiences there were magical. The seasonality of the menu, plus the environment was incredible because I had never seen a restaurant like that. The menu was always classic yet quirky (guess that's what "New American" is), but always beautifully executed and the staff were always exceptional.
Fast forward to this past weekend in 2016, and, Melody C. and another friend joined me for brunch there — now at it's newer location near Flatiron (but of course, on Park Avenue). The prix fixe, which includes a DIY Monkey Bread dish, appetizer, and entree for $32 is a perfect deal. You really can't put a price on the ambiance, which is both whimsical and romantic at the same time. Mel got the gaspacho, which was incredibly refreshing and light (if you've ever had gaspacho that was too seasoned and honestly, too "tomatoey, you know what I mean), while my other friend go the Hamachi crudo (super refreshing). I got the smoked salmon bucatini, which was perfection. It came garnished with wasabi caviar, and the texture against the cream was awesome.
Entrees were Steak and Eggs, and the Everything-Crusted Branzino. I know one of the other reviewers said that their Branzino has too hard of a crust, but it looks like they either improved on it or that chef left. This was perfectly seasoned and the crust was crispy without having too much resistance.
Service was also awesome. We all loved our waiter, who was lighthearted and friendly.
Also, if you get the white basil tea, note that the basil is very subtle — the white tea flavor is most dominant.
Excellent! The decor was chic and modern with the perfect atmosphere, and it's awesome how they change their interior design based on each season. It's quite elegant.
The food and service here was great as well! The waiter was really friendly and attentive.
Overall, this is somewhere you should definitely try.
Pricey but delicious place! We had reservations and were seated promptly for Park Avenue Summer (changes with the seasons along with the menu).
They brought out this pesto bread and a side of butter. They also brought out these cheese balls. The pesto bread was DELICIOUS esp with the side butter. The cheese balls were yummy as well. These is their version of bread and butter.
We ordered the Wagyu Brisket Carpaccio for the table. I really liked this, reminded of charcuterie meats.
For my entree I got the scallops (big juicy buttery)..there were about 4 large ones and some side veggies. I wasn't full but I was satisfied. I also got a lemonade- really fresh!
My friends ordered the desserts and the ice cream tart is delicious as well. Overall it was about $72 a person which I had expected coming here. Food quality is excellent but then again prices were high so keep that in mind. Fancy place!
Beautiful restaurant. I am here for lunch quite often since it is near my office. Prices are a bit high but it is worth it for the exquisite interior and escape from the bustle of the city. I always feel relaxed here.
This restaurant is well-known for not only its great season-inspired food, but its changing decor to reflect each season. We visited during the summer, so the restaurant is called Park Avenue Summer (It changes to Park Avenue Autumn, Fall, and Spring). The theme is yellow and even the staff were wearing light yellow-colored shirts.
We were seated easily when we arrived on time for our reservation. The service was great – friendly, patient, and non-intrusive. The food was very satisfying, delicious, light, seasonally strong, and the decor was very country elegant.