Avenue Pizza & Lounge

This place is as old as most of the clientele it attracts.
Frankly this place just has mediocre service for a bar but the pizza is pretty decent. I had trouble deciding between a 3 and 4 but went with a 3 because I should never find myself thirsty in a bar. I would recommend this place to someone looking for some good cheap pizza earlier in the night before any type of university crowd shows up, otherwise I’d just go somewhere else.
Decent pizza if you can get some service from the wait-​staff.

This is a cozy little place off campus that looks like it’s out of the 50’s or 60’s. The pizza is really gold and the staff are nice. When I went it definitely wasn’t busy at all but that’s not to say it couldn’t be. A great option for something other than dinner in HUB.

A classic place to hang out near the U of A campus — it is a very basic lounge atmosphere with an extensive menu of pizza and pub grub. I had a bottle of Pilsner and a personal-​sized barbecue chicken pizza, one of the specialty pizzas. The pizza was piping hot, loaded with cheese and chicken, and had a thick, chewy crust. Basic, greasy, and good. Prices are not bad either. It’s not the classiest place in the world, but there are worse places to hang out.

Blue collar atmosphere. Unpretentious staff. Rowdy and supportive karaōke crowd on Thursdays. Tasty greasy pizza. University students. Large pitchers of beer. Lots of sports on the televisions. That kind of says it all.

Avenue Pizza… it is what it is. Nothing fancy for sure. Friendly service, sometimes fast, sometimes not so fast. Their drink prices are pretty reasonable, and once they gave me and my friends free ice cream cake when we closed the place down on a Monday.
If you like your pizza greasy and cheesy, then you’ll probably like the pizza here. If you’re more of an authentic Italian pizza type, you probably won’t. Their other food is kind of hit or miss, but always pretty greasy. Also, don’t get the spaghetti and meatballs.
I’ve been here with groups ranging from four people to thirty, and the staff are always accommodating.

Avenue Pizza can be pretty hit or miss. A great place for after-​work pizza and drinks, watching the game, or late-​night partying. The pizza here is hot, if a bit slow to arrive to the table, but always on-​taste.
It is also a good place for the pizza aficionado, but not if you’re expecting traditional Italian flatbread and home grown tomatoes. The pizza at «Ave» is greasy and cheesy, which is sure how I like it when I’m out with friends for a weeknight hockey game-​watching rendevouz.
If you are here for the «big game,» get a spot early. (Bonus — the staff totally allow you to push tables together for big groups.) If you’re here for lunch, don’t worry about it. You’ll probably be one of two or three tables in the whole place.
Perfect if you are looking for a fun, loud, and messy atmosphere for an evening out.

I went here for lunch and it was pretty empty. It’s located right beside the University so my guess is that it gets its biggest crowd Friday evenings.
I think I would classify it as more of a sports bar than a lounge. It is pretty old school looking inside (not even flat screen TVs. outrageous!), a decent menu and lots of beer. They obviously cater to the student crowd. I have heard they have decent pizza, hence the name, but I rebelled and went with the hot wings. They weren’t very good, kinda cold and not very saucy. The service is alright and they were pretty slow attending to us even though the place was dead.
I don’t think I will be coming back.

I really like the pizza here. Especially with black olives, makes it salty and good. The crowd can be a bit rowdy, and the wait staff a bit slow when its busy, but this is a pretty fun place to eat and drink on a Friday night. Occasionally they also have karaōke, if you’re into that kind of thing. Just a fun, casual place.