Avenue kitchen + bar

"Avenue chef and owner Kenny Schweizer, an alum of Ward 8, Bodega Canal, and Nahita, opened the restaurant in June 2019 and has certainly seen an increase in takeout business over the course of the pandemic." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal

"A new spot up in Somerville, Avenue Kitchen & Bar serves a ton of interesting dishes, but of particular note is the Detroit-style square pizza, a rare find in New England. The crispy, almost caramelized crust comes loaded with a thick layer of cheese and tomato sauce spooned over top. It’s warm and bready and perfect for pairing with one of the restaurant’s local craft beers. —DH" - Rachel Leah Blumenthal, Terrence Doyle, Dana Hatic

"Since opening in June 2019, Avenue kitchen + bar has become the place in the Boston area to satisfy an urge for increasingly popular Detroit-style pizza—deep-dish pies cooked in rectangular pans, with warm sauce ladled on top of the cheese after the whole thing comes out of the oven. Funnily enough, owner Kenny Schweizer isn’t from Detroit, or even Michigan, but growing up in Upstate New York, he always liked pizzas with burnt cheese on the side, another hallmark of the Detroit style. So when he found a space in Somerville’s Ball Square for his new neighborhood-y, casual venture (after cooking at the city’s Ward 8, Bodega Canal, and Nahita), and it turned out to already have a pizza oven, he knew what he wanted to do. A new stop on the Boston pizza tour was born." - Elizabeth Wellington, Andrew Sessa

"Avenue is a restaurant located in Somerville’s Ball Square, opening on June 5 in the former Pescatore Restaurant space. It features a renovated interior and serves American gastropub dishes and Detroit-style pizzas. The menu includes five varieties of Detroit-style pizzas, snacks, appetizers, salad and grain bowls, noodle dishes, and burgers. The bar menu includes wine, beer, and cocktails. Operating hours are Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., and Sunday from 4 to 11 p.m." - Dana Hatic

"On that front, there’s Volo Craft Pizza up in Swampscott and the forthcoming Avenue Kitchen and Bar in Somerville’s Ball Square." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal