Restaurants in Pleasure Ridge Park

Lenny's is a known in lands near and imaginary for premium deli meats that are sliced to order, chicken and tuna salad made from scratch, signature hot pepper relish, and hearty portions. A regular-sized Lenny's club, which costs about $6 (prices vary by location), is 7.5 inches long and has about half a pound of meat and cheese. The large, $10 versions are 15 inches long and pack about a pound of protein and veggie vitamins. Lenny's service is always fast and friendly. Check out the menu for a full list of options including the famed Italian sub with provolone, ham, prosciutto, capicola, and genoa salami.

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Emily Peters, of Emma Lou's Cafe, transformed a historic 100-year-old home into a café and vintage boutique. Inside the first floor's dining room, servers deliver a rotating menu of café fare which has included mixed-greens salads tossed with mandarin oranges, fresh strawberries, and pecans and warm ham-and-brie sandwiches nestled between slices of ciabatta bread. Patrons may peruse vintage finds including jewelry, furniture, and postcards in the boutique area or meander out to the back courtyard on sunny days.

An inventive menu of small plates, sandwiches, and dinner plates takes shape in Avalon's modern bistro, offering something sophisticated to satisfy even the pickiest of palates. Stop by with friends for lunch or dinner to sample a variety of petite platters, such as pow-pow shrimp with mango habanero glaze and cucumber cream ($10.50), crispy calamari served with a trio of dipping sauces ($8.50), and truffled lobster mac ‘n' cheese ($13.90; served as a small plate during dinner only). For a more hands-on feast, choose a mitt-fitting sandwich such as the salmon burger with panko breadcrumbs and dill cream cheese ($10 at lunch; $10.90 at dinner). A large plate of 12-hour braised beef short ribs with Weisenburger grits and green onion jam ($22.90; dinner only) has the ability to quell even the most raging belly-fires before they erupt out one's mouth and singe a date's hair. Top your ascent to dizzying culinary heights with a dessert of fried apple pie with sea-salt caramel and vanilla-bean ice cream ($6) or something potable from Avalon's menu of more than 40 fine wines.

Boasting the largest patio on Fourth Street Live and a fully stocked bar, Sully’s puts its party out in plain view on the thoroughfare, where it lures in passersby like a gaggle of entrancing sirens rebounding from a bad break-up. The menu offers myriad pub grub pairings with a frosty draft brew or three. Start with an appetizer such as crab cakes with spicy remoulade and tomato relish ($11) or prime beef fillet sliders with seasoned fried onions ($8). Premium, handcrafted burgers and sandwiches, meanwhile, look great in your non-beer hand but feel better in your stomach, though not quite as good as in your eardrums. Try the Newcastle-battered Atlantic cod sandwich with dill tartar ($10) or an 8-oz. Black Angus burger ($7) with toppings ($0.75 each) such as sautéed onions and blue cheese. Or dine with gusto thanks to a butterflied grilled pork chop glazed with sweet chili sauce and paired with mashed potatoes and vegetables ($19).

Patticakes' menu features sweet and savory flavors and more than 30 different panini sandwiches. The egg-, ham-, onion-, and pepper-stuffed Western Scrambler panini ($4.95) and the sweeter apple-pie panini ($4.50) satisfy bready cravings, and fast-breaking specialties, such as the vanilla-infused cinnamon-bread Sunnyside french toast ($4.49) with a side order of Patticakes' fresh-baked cinnamon rolls ($1.99), make traditional meal lovers smile. Herbivores and herbivoyeurs can dive fork-first into various salads, such as the corn and avocado salad, which is rich with spinach, turkey, bacon, and veggies and is drizzled with a honey-gorgonzola vinaigrette ($5.99, whole). If a full meal isn't on your to-do list, the cozy café—with its candy-colored pastel walls and dog-friendly atmosphere—is a welcoming place to pop in for an impromptu slice of Patticakes’ homemade pie, whose selection rotates daily.