Tag: Bar Avize

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“I think it’s very strange that the expectation is, if you are at a wine bar, you are going to get some flatbread—some, like, uninspired food,” says Madeira Park partner Tim Willard, a well-traveled sommelier who opened the Poncey-Highland spot with Miller Union’s Steven Satterfield and Neal McCarthy. “But you are there for wine, and the snacks are just to kind of keep you full or get your palate salted so the wine tastes better. We had no interest in that.”

Chef Karl Gorline opened Avize Modern Alpine Kitchen in October, an ambitious restaurant targeting a Michelin star. Now, he’s working on a more approachable concept next door—a relaxed cocktail bar with “silly” food, he says. Called Bar Avize, it is slated to launch in early February.

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The sophisticated dinner spot will interpret dishes inspired by the region—which includes French, Italian, Swiss, German, and Austrian cultures—using items grown on its 800-acre Bremen Farms. Next door, in the area once home to wine bar Tin Tin, Karl Gorline is creating a brunch/lunch cafe and late-night cocktail area called Bar Avize, set to launch in the fall.