A-Ville Inn

The A-ville is amazing!! Good beer, good food and GREAT prices. Not a single thing  that I have had, in probably 20 trips, has been less than delicious. You will be blown away.

We had heard some good things about the new management and decided to try this out.  The food was decidedly greasier than we would have liked to have had.  Although the service was very good.  The pit meat sounded good, but I think it would have been better to get it earlier in the evening.

The A-ville Inn has always been a local legend.  The food has always been good but the knock against the place was the clientele and the bar could sometimes be a little rough.  It has quickly lost this reputation with the new ownership.  

The bar/restaurant changed hands and re-opened as the New A-Ville Inn on August 28, 2006.  I went for the first time today and I was impressed.  The decor has been updated and painted.  The wall is adorned with photographs from a local artist.  There is a group of locals that still hangs out at the bar but that adds to the charm.  The menu consists mostly of sandwiches but there are dinner entrees as well.  The special today was an 8 oz New York Strip w/sides for $8.25!  That's pretty cheap.

I had heard good things about the Pit Beef and Pit Ham so I decided to try a Pit Beef platter.  I saw them carrying the brisket from the back into the kitchen and it was HUGE!  The platter consisted of a generous portion of pit beef on a sesame seeded bun, a side of cole slaw, and a nice portion of battered fries.  All of this for $7.25.  The Pit Beef was  absolutely O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G!!  It was a nice medium rare temperature, thinly sliced, piled high, and accented with just a small splash of BBQ sauce.  It had a great smoky flavor and was as tender as velvet.  I loved it.

I brought my parents with me just because, well, they're my parents.  My dad had the soup/cheeseburger special and he said it was great.  My mom had a cup of cream of crab soup and a chicken quesadilla.  Judging by the mess on her arms and around her plate, she loved it.  When I asked her if it was good, she answered me with her mouth stuffed so I'm not sure if she liked it.  I believe she loved it since that's all she talked about on the way home.

Here's the kicker!  Please read this slowly!  THEY HAD CHIMAY TRIPLE ON TAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  CHIMAY TRIPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ON TAP!!!!!!!!!!!  You never expect that to happen in the boonies.

I asked the waitress to put one of the local's beers on our tab since I knew him.  She obliged.

So the tab consisted of a Pit Beef sandwich, cole slaw, 2 orders fries, 1 pint of Yingling Lager, 1 8oz glass of Chimay Triple, 1 cheeseburger, 1 bowl of cream of crab, 1 cup of cream of crab, a bottle of Miller Lite, and a chicken quesadilla.  The total w/o tip was $30.25!!!  You have got to be kidding me.  I will definitely be going back and this time I might have the Pit Ham.  They say it is braised in their own fruit sauce.  Wow.

On another note, I've had offerings from here at events (they offer catering services too).  Everything I've had thus far has been great.

One negative, they do not accept plastic but have an ATM on premise if you are short on cash.