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2417 Westheimer Houston, TX 77098

713-527-8900

http://www.avalondiner.com

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Houston Press
Recommended
Best Milk Shake
Award Winner 2011

2417 Westheimer Houston TX 77098

Cuisine(s): American, Diner

Hours: Sun, Sat 7am-4pm, Mon-Wed 6:30am-5pm, Thu-Fri 6:30am-6pm

Price: $ $
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Takeout

Serving: Breakfast, Lunch
Alcohol: None

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

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Avalon Diner is still serving up some of the best greasy-spoon food in the city. The place is usually filled with regulars, and the waitstaff has been there for ages. There's something for every diner craving - from Blue Plate Special comfort food to arterially challenging breakfast staples. The lure of breakfast food all day long is reason enough to stop by and check out this Houston classic.

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2011 | Best Milk Shake

There's nothing quite as satisfying as an old-fashioned milk shake made with real ice cream and served in a soda fountain glass with a metal mixing can on the side. At Avalon Diner, they've been doing it for years. Open since 1938, Avalon Diner is part of that dying breed of places that still boast a traditional soda fountain. Regular flavors like chocolate, vanilla and strawberry are always good, but you can also get banana, pineapple, butterscotch, Oreo cookie, mocha and Peppermint Patty.... More »
2009 | Best Diner

Even though it's difficult to shake the newness of the new location (which is not so very new anymore), Avalon Diner is still serving up some of the best greasy-spoon food in the city. The place is usually filled with regulars, and the waitstaff has been there for ages. There's something for every diner craving -- from Blue Plate Special comfort food to arterially challenging breakfast staples. The chocolate malt is so divine that, according to one customer, it "hits you in the back of... More »
2004 | Best Comfort Food

Avalon Diner "Justly famous since 1938" isn't just a marketing phrase for this classic River Oaks joint, which has spawned two offspring. The food here is just like Mom's, and it will fill your tummy. Old-style drugstore hot dogs and hamburgers (the drippy kind) crowd the menu, along with thick club sandwiches, salads that are a meal on their own and Texas treats like Frito pies. Avalon also serves farm-fresh breakfasts -- heaping plates of eggs, toast and potatoes, or homemade biscuits... More »
2000 | Best Diner

Given that the historic Avalon Drug Co. and Diner is more authentic -- even if it, too, is in a newer spot -- many Houstonians consider it blasphemous to name the also-ran as the best diner. After all, what says "diner" more than screaming fry cooks and surly, seasoned waitresses? Well, let's review. Avalon II has all the right decorative touches: swivel stools, vinyl booths, checkered floors and vintage soda-fountain art, mixed with cheerful new snapshots of the local clientele (apparently... More »

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Main Menu

Soups & Salads
Add Soup To Any Salad: Cup $1.95 Bowl $3.25 Dressings: Honey-mustard, Ranch, Bleu Cheese, Creamy French, Light Italian Or Rasberry Vinaigrette

Cup $2.65
Bowl $4.25

Soup Of The Day

$0.45

Diner Salad
fresh mixed greens, diced tomato, shredded carrots & croutons

$7.95

Chef Salad
strips of ham & turkey w/shredded cheese, fresh mixed greens, diced tomato, bacon bits, sliced boiled egg & croutons

$6.45
Add Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast $2.95

Wedge Salad
iceberg wedge, chopped bacon bits, diced tomato, green onion, bleu cheese crumbles & bleu cheese dressing.

$5.95

Albacore Tuna Or White Meat Chicken
salad on a bed of lettuce w/red grapes, pecans, boiled egg & tomato

$7.95

Hawaiian Grilled Chicken Salad
sliced marinated chicken breast, tortilla strips, pineapple chunks, diced tomato & fresh mixed greens w/raspberry vinaigrette dressing

$5.75
Add Grilled Chicken $7.95
Add Chicken Tenders $7.95
Add Buffalo Tenders $7.95

Big Salad
bacon bits, shredded cheese, diced tomato, sliced boiled egg, fresh mixed greens & croutons.

$7.95

Big Salad & Bowl Of Soup Of The Day

Sandwich Board-clubs
Served W/choice Of Fruit Cup, Fries Or Chips & Pickle Spear

$8.25

Avalon Club
ham, turkey, bacon, american & swiss cheese on toasted white or wheat bread, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

$8.45

Grilled Chicken Club
chicken breast, ham, american & swiss cheeses on toasted white or wheat bread, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

Sandwich Board-grilled Chicken
Served W/choice Of Fruit Cup, Fries Or Chips & Pickle Spear

$8.25

Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast
marinated chicken breast on grilled sour dough wheat bun, honey mustard, lettuce, tomato & onion

$8.95

West Coaster Chicken
marinated chicken breast, swiss cheese, avocado on grilled sour dough wheat bun, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

Sandwich Board-melts
Served W/choice Of Fruit Cup, Fries Or Chips & Pickle Spear

$6.95

Patty Melt
hamburger patty on grilled rye w/swiss cheese & grilled onion

$7.45

Chicken Patty Melt
chicken breast on grilled rye w/swiss cheese & grilled onion

$6.95

Tuna Melt
open faced with a double scoop of albacore tuna on toasted sour dough muffin w/melted american cheese.

$5.25
Add Tomato Slices $0.45
Add Ham Or Bacon $1.65

Grilled Cheese Melt
american cheese on choice of white, wheat or rye

Sandwich Board-deli
Served W/choice Of Fruit Cup, Fries Or Chips & Pickle Spear

$6.95

Turkey
oven roasted turkey breast on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato

$6.95

Ham
virginia style ham on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

$5.95

Blt
sliced hickory smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye & mayonnaise

Sandwich Board-cold
Served W/choice Of Fruit Cup, Fries Or Chips & Pickle Spear

$6.45

Chicken Salad
white meat chicken salad on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

$6.45

Albacore Tuna
tuna salad on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

$5.45
Add Bacon Slices $1.65

Egg Salad
heaping scoop of homemade egg salad on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

$5.45

Pimento Cheese
generous scoop of pimento cheese spread on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

Sandwich Board-hot
Served W/choice Of Fruit Cup, Fries Or Chips & Pickle Spear

$5.25
Add Cheese $0.50
Add Ham Or Bacon Slices $1.65

Fried Egg
2 fried eggs on choice of toasted white, wheat or rye, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

$7.95

Chicken Fried Steak
top round cutlet hand dipped, fried golden on toasted bun, mayonnaise, lettuce & tomato

$7.95

Buffalo Chicken
chicken fried chicken breast shaken in buffalo sauce on toasted bun, bleu cheese dressing, lettuce & tomato

$6.25

Fish On A Bun
cod filet fried golden on toasted sour dough wheat bun, tartar sauce, lettuce & tomato.

Drug Store Burgers
Dressed With Lettuce, Tomato, Pickles, Onion, Mustard & Mayonnaise Double Meat – Add 2.45 Add Fries – 1.65 Add Cheese Fries – 2.25 Add Chili Cheese Fries 3.25 Add Onion Rings 2.45

$5.75

Hamburger

$6.95

Bacon Cheeseburger

$6.45

Hickory Cheeseburger

$6.25

American Cheeseburger

$6.45

Mushroom Swiss Cheeseburger

$6.45

Jalepeno Swiss Cheeseburger

$6.95

Bleu Cheese Bacon Burger
crumbled bleu cheese, hickory smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato & pickle

$6.95

The “ooze Burger”
american cheese, hickory smoked bacon, medium fried egg, tomato, pickle & mayonnaise

$6.95

Chili Cheeseburger – Our Open-faced Specialty
knife & fork version served plain & topped w/homemade chili, cheese & onion

3 For $5.75
6 For $8.95

Sliders (made In 3’s)
our thick mini burgers w/american cheese, pickle slice & onion on grilled mini buns. served w/shoestring fries

Hot Dogs
Served W/choice Of Fries Or Chips

$5.95

Traditional Hot Dog
yellow mustard & onion

$6.45

Relish Hot Dog
yellow mustard & sweet pickle relish

$6.75

Cheese Hot Dog
yellow mustard & shredded cheese

$6.95

Chili Cheese Hot Dog
homemade chili, shredded cheese & onion

Best Sellers

$8.75

Chicken Fried Steak
top round cutlet hand dipped, fried golden & topped w/cream gravy. served w/crinkle cut fries or a fresh vegetable when available

$8.45

Chopped Sirloin Steak
12 oz. chop steak topped w/sautéed mushrooms & grilled onion, brown gravy on the side. served w/crinkle cut fries or a fresh vegetable when available

$8.95
Add Swiss Cheese $1.00
Add Sautéed Mushrooms $0.75

Grilled Chicken Breast
2 marinated grilled breast topped with pineapple chunks. served w/crinkle cut fries or a fresh vegetable when available

$7.95

Chicken Tender Basket
hand battered chicken tenders fried golden. served w/crinkle cut fries & a side of honey mustard dressing

$8.25

Buffalo Chicken Tender Basket
golden fried tenders shaken in buffalo sauce. served w/crinkle cut fries & a side of bleu cheese dressing..

$3.95

Fried Pickle Chips
crinkle cut pickle chips fried golden & served w/side of ranch dressing

$3.45

Onion Ring Basket
thin sliced, fresh battered, fried golden & piled high!

$4.45

Chili Cheese Fries
a meal itself! crinkle cut fries topped w/homemade chili & cheese

$4.45

Bacon Cheese Fries
crinkle cut fries topped w/bacon bits & melted cheese. side of ranch

Cup $2.95
Bowl $4.75

Homemade Chili Or Frito Pie
made from a terlingua world cook-off championship recipe. topped w/shredded cheese & onion

Soda Fountain

$4.25

Famous Avalon Milkshakes & Malts
a houston tradition for over 70 years. thick shake or malt served in the mixing can to you. chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, banana, pineapple, butterscotch, oreo cookie, mocha, peppermint patty

$2.95

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Or Limeade
fresh juice, homemade simple syrup, a little this, a little that blended w/shaved ice & served to you in the mixing can

$3.95

Ice Cream Soda
carbonated water, blended w/vanilla ice cream, your choice of syrup & topped w/whipped cream. syrups – chocolate, vanilla, strawberry or cherry

$3.95

Coca Cola Or Root Beer Ice Cream Float
coca cola or root beer ice cream float

$2.25

Egg Cream
despite its name, the egg cream contains neither eggs nor cream. a delicious blend of chocolate syrup, milk & carbonated water

$3.95

Ice Cream Sundae
combination of vanilla ice cream, flavored topping, whipped cream, nuts & a cherry. toppings – hot fudge, caramel, chocolate, strawberry, butterscotch or pineapple.

$1.65

Ice Cream By The Scoop
proudly scooping blue bell vanilla, chocolate or strawberry

$4.95

Banana Split
three scoops, one vanilla, one chocolate, one strawberry on a split banana w/chocolate, strawberry & pineapple toppings, whipped cream & a cherry

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Avalon Diner

2417 Westheimer Houston, TX 77098

713-527-8900

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2011 | Best Milk Shake

2009 | Best Diner

2004 | Best Comfort Food

2000 | Best Diner

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