About Avalon Bistro

Avalon Bistro is a neighborhood restaurant and bar serving modern bistro fare & craft cocktails on Lancaster Ave in downtown Bryn Mawr. Our atmosphere is lively, comfortable and casual. Avalon's fun bistro menu features handmade pastas, fresh fish & braised meats and a bar that steps back in time with prohibition-era handcrafted specialty cocktails, bourbons, extensive wine list and draft beers. 

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John Brandt-Lee, chef/owner, creates simple bold flavors from exceptional seasonal ingredients that are harvested locally, whenever possible. Chef John earned a "very good" rating from the Philadelphia Inquirer's Craig LaBan, was named "Best Of" in MainLine Today Magazine's " several years in their Best Of" issue and recognized as serving one of the top 101 Pasta dishes by New York Magazine.