Ava's Kitchen & Bar

Ava's Kitchen & Bar Menu

(908) 946-2827
1 North 21st Street, Kenilworth, NJ 07033

Soup and Salads


Braised Chicken and Bread Soup
$8.00
Turnips, calabrian chili oil and soft scrambled egg.
Autumn Harvest Salad
$12.00
Chicory, radicchio, farro, squash, apples, pecans and cider vinaigrette. Vegetarian.
Pasta e Fagioli
$8.00
Fresh made radiatore and lumache, white bean, 5 cheese and tomato broth.
Fall Harvest Salad
$13.00
Kale, endive, apple, walnuts, and lemon sage vianigrette.
Grilled Romaine Salad
13.00
Bread crumbs, Parmesan, radish and Caesar dressing.

$Share Plates


House Baked Sourdough Bread
$8.00
Pasture raised sweet cream butter and local ricotta.
Rice Balls
$10.00
Arborio rice, 5 cheese and marinara.
Cauliflower
$13.00
Fried shishito and caper aioli.
Fries
$7.00
Parmesan and truffle oil.
Wood Fired Acorn Squash
$13.00
Parsnip puree and white balsamic sumac glaze. Vegetarian.
Fried Arthichokes
$11.00
Spicy aioli and herbs.
Crispy Brussels
$11.00
Smoked bacon aioli and pickled onion.
Mac and Cheese
$12.00
4 cheese blend and herbed bread crumbs.
Chicken Lollipops
$13.00
Calabrian chile honey laquer.
Stuffed Peppers Plate
$12.00
Pecorino, sweet sausage, garlic, caspers parsley and breadcrumb.
Skillet Cornbread Plate
$10.00
Spiced apples, pecans and candied pumpkin seeds.
Kenneth Square Mushrooms Plate
$15.00
Spiced tomato sauce, guanciale, lemon and basil.
Poutine Plate
$12.00
House made fritters, chicken gravy, mozzarella curds and chive.
Celery Root Fettucini Plate
$14.00
Chickpeas, preserved tomato, roasted carrots, fava beans and basil pesto. Vegetarian.
Mussels
$18.00
Spicy tomato and grilled bread.
Handmade Gnocchi Plate
$15.00
Fulper's ricotta, plum tomato sauce, caciocavallo and basil.
Eggplant Plate
$12.00
Plum tomato pomodoro, sweet onions, Parmesan, mozzarella, sharp provolone and basil.
Dayboat Shrimp Toast Plate
$16.00
Cannellini beans, roasted peppers, our pancetta, sherry cream and grilled bread.
Authentic Tacos Carnitas
$15.00
Pork, cilantro, lime, salsa picante and house made corn tortillas.
Vegan Tacos
$5.00
Chef's selection.
Chicken Parm al Forno
18.00
Brick oven baked, sharp Italian cheeses, fresh mozzarella, marinara and basil.

$Ava's Fresh Pasta


Ricotta Gnocchi
$18.00
Pomodoro, stracciatella and fresh basil.
Rigatoni Gigante
$21.00
Wild Boar ragu and mascarpone.
Gnudi Naked Ravioli
$17.00
Wild mushrooms, sherry pan sauce and cipollini onions.
Orechhiette
19.00
Roasted broccoli rabe, ground sausage and chili flakes.

$Sandwiches


Burger
$18.00
Pickles, romaine, Gruyere, fancy sauce and fries.
Hot Chicken Sandwich
$16.00
Coleslaw, pickles and Ava's hot sauce.
Roasted Porchetta Sandwich
$15.00
Grilled broccoli rabe, pickled peppers, roasted lemon aioli and our bread.
Wild Game Sliders
16.00
Elk-bison-venison, leek aioli, pickles and Ava's bread.

$Brick Oven Pizza

12". Authentic, wholesome and natural. Fresh, stoneground flour from New York state organic grain.
Red Pizza
$15.00
Marinara, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil and Grana Padano.
White Pizza
$17.00
Ricotta, pecorino, caciocavallo and garlic.
Pomodoro Pizza
$17.00
Organic peeled tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, Sicilian, olive oil, trapani sea salt, caciocavallo and fresh basil.
Sausage Pizza
$18.00
Long hots, auricchio provolone and fresh parsley.
Onion Pizza
$18.00
Mucho onion, Gorgonzola and fig honey jam.
Sweety Heat Pizza
$19.00
Peppadew peppers, honey vanilla goat cheese and roasted cipollini onions.
Pesto Pizza
$18.00
Basil pesto cream, 5 cheese and Grana Padano.
Pepperoni Pizza
$16.00
Crispy pepperoni, marinara and fresh mozzarella.
Speck Pizza
$19.00
Amatriciana sauce, shallots and caciocavallo.
Funghi Pizza
$18.00
Oyster mushrooms, taleggio, truffle oil and Parmesan.
5 Cheese Pizza
$18.00
Asiago, provolone, caciocavallo, pecorino and fresh mozzarella.
Murphy Pizza
20.00
Salame, smoked mozzarella, ricotta and hot honey.

$12" Brick Oven Vegetarian Pizza

Authentic, wholesome and natural. Fresh, stoneground flour from New York state organic grain.
Mushroom Pizza
$19.00
Assorted Forest mushrooms, Gorgonzola, truffle oil and fresh thyme.
Pumpkin Pizza
18.00
Mascarpone, caramelized onions, spiced pumpkin seeds and fried sage.

$Dessert


Pumpkin Bread Pudding
$9.00
Chocolate ganache, ice cream and whipped cream.
Apple Crisp
$9.00
Dad's hat rye caramel, brown butter crumble and vanilla ice cream.
Caramel Apple Cobbler
9.00

$Espresso


Single Espresso
$3.00
Double Espresso
5.00

$12" Brick Oven Carnivore Pizza

Authentic, wholesome and natural. Fresh, stoneground flour from New York state organic grain.
Meatball Pizza
$20.00
Plum tomato sauce, ricotta salate and fresh basil.
Guanciale Amatriciana Pizza
$20.00
Pork jowl, stewed tomatoes, aged Pecorino and fresh parsley.
John Salame Pizza
$21.00
Gorgonzola, jalapeno and truffle honey.
Soppressata Pizza
20.00
Sharp provolone, giardiniera and house cherry peppers.

$Large Plates


Amish Raised 1/2 Chicken Plate
$18.00
Crushed potatoes, cippolini, long hot chilies and honey balsamic onion glaze.
Pork Tenderloin Plate
$25.00
Honeynut squash, cider jus, fig preserve and mustard.
Beef Brasciole Plate
21.00
Speck and broccoli rabe stuffed, sharp provolone, ceci beans, plum tomato and peppers.

$Vegan


Marinara
$12.00
San Marzano, fresh garlic, oregano and basil.
Everything
18.00
Scallion cream cheese and everything seasoning.

$Main Menu


Our Charcuterie
$19.00
Lonza, duck prosciutto, liver mousse, lamb culatello, smoked beef tongue and house made accouterments.
Our Friends Cheese
$11.00
Seasonal selection from bobolink dairy and bake house. Accompanied by pickled mustard seeds, fruit preserve and our bread.
Our Bread
7.00
Naturally leavened, long fermentation and high hydration. Fulper family farmstead ricotta and our butter.

$Snacks


Panelle
$8.00
Lemon cashew ricotta, sweet onions and garlic scape relish. Vegetarian.
Marinated Olives
$7.00
Oregano, rosemary and balsamic. Vegetarian.
Frittes
$7.00
Fennel dust, Parmesan, calabrian chili flake, parsley and lemon.
Giardiniera
$7.00
Pickled Italian vegetables and bourbon pickled mustard seeds. Vegetarian.

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