TJ’s On The Avenue

Pretty decent lunch menu. I went with the lunch portion of the Seafood Alfredo, if it was a «lunch» portion, I hate to see the dinner portion. It was really good home made Alfredo sauce and the chunks of seafood were pretty tasty. No complaints. But like I said, lunch portion was huge and probably to heavy for my poor tummy for lunch. The staff is wonderful and very attentive. The place had a good business lunch crowd, but the 80’s music just killed me…

Wow !!! Unbelievable!!! Am posting this while still at the restaurant. Hubby and I Started out with the stuffed mushrooms and the sausage and pepper appetizers. EXCELLANT choices !!! Onto the salads and their little garlic breads (oh my god heaven in a roll). Dinner was chicken Madison for me and the TJ trio for hubby. The chicken and the lasagna in the trio were sooooo good we shared everything… And kudos to our waitress who never lost her patience with the table next to us …
2 women who should never have gone out to eat because they can make the food so much better at home themselves. Next time please do make it at home and let the other patrons enjoy themselves …

Got the eggplant Parmesan sandwich. It was good. Not soggy and tasty. Came with fries, salad, or soup for less than 8 bucks. Other dinners got chicken Parmesan cutlet with spaghetti and broccoli. Both liked their lunches. Service was great during the busy lunch hour. Very friendly staff. Smelled great as soon as you walk in of pizza cooking.

I always eat at least once a week at Tjs and dine in. Today I picked up food to go because the weather looked like it was going to get bad. I want to give thumbs up to Tjs because the portion was the same as if I would have eaten at the restaurant and the food tasted just as amazing as it always does. The pasta was cooked perfectly and the garlic bread is one of my favorites! I will order take out again for sure!!!

Great food be sure to ensure that you do the call ahead seating before you go seafood is also good in addition to the Italian food. Service was awesome!

We stopped in to TJ’s for lunch while visiting the area. Very friendly and fast service. Delicious food, from the garlic bread through the entrees and even dessert! Wish we lived closer so we could enjoy more often!

My husband suggested TJ’s because he loves their Italian wedding soup and before his retirement this was a regular with the people at his work. The parking lot was really crowded which is always a good sign. We walked in and seated ourselves. We were quickly greeted by the server (I think he was also the owner) and our drinks appeared very quickly. Took me forever to decide what I wanted but opted for the Italian wedding soup and it was as good as my husband had said. Wonderful home made rolls and they were so nice and warm. The butter melted on them. I ordered seafood alfredo but wanted to swap out the pasta since I really enjoy the thin pasta. No problem at all. My husband had a veal parmiagian (I can’t spell it) and he loved it. Service was excellent, the food delicious and there was enough to take home for lunch for me the next day. I love this place and we’ll be coming back often.

On Tuesday on this week my wife and I visited T J. We haven t been to T J for awhile but we missed them. With the meal we had we probably should have forgot them. I ordered my meal and could not wait for the mouth watering goodness. It WAS awful. Micro waved dinner. I could have done it better myself. I am sorry to say TJ struck out with us. It will be a long time before we return. They also were vacuming the floor right near us while we were eating. They don’t seem to know this is a no! no! That is all you need is have vacuum dust flying in the air while your eating.

Just wonderful! Family friendly, reasonably priced, great service and terrific food!!! Pasta is handmade and wonderful.

After a «whatever you want — I don’t care» debate with my better half, we decide of TJ’s and so glad we did! Walked in through a packed parking lot and thought-that’s a good sign! Seated right away, we ordered drinks and the TJ’s Sampler. It comes with 4 chicken tenders, 5 broccoli and cheddar poppers, 5 stuffed raviolis and maybe 4 provolone cheese sticks. Perfect for sharing with the table. We also were brought a basket of garlic bread — sooo good. I’m a sauce girl so ask for marinara if you don’t get the sampler. For dinner, my better half ordered the Taste of TJ’s — Chicken Parm, Lasagna and Fettuccine Alfredo. I always offer to share and am briskly turned away. After the apps, I wanted something lighter and ordered the Chicken Pecan Salad. Such a huge portion and a great salad all around. Everything was great! Service was attentive and we never had an empty drinking glass. Minus the crazy 3yr old on his ipad behind us (huge pet peve), we had a great experience and will be back!

One of my all time favorite restaurants! Better than Olive Garden! The breadsticks are fantastic and the Chicken Madison is absolutely delicious! I’ve always had great service and will continue to go here again and again. I’ve noticed some comments on the appearance of the restaurant. The restaurant has always appeared very clean and presentable. I’m personally not concerned for the décor, as I go here for food and not the decorations. If you haven’t been here, it’s worth trying!

Great experience at this moderately priced Italian eatery. We had a big group there and the food was superb. Chicken Madison and veal parmigiana were as good as it gets. Fresh, home-​made warm bread was terrific. The service was great, and the manager kept checking to see that all was well. We will be back!

This is the best pasta I’ve found in Northeast Ohio! It’s all homemade! Friendly staff — we feel very welcomed at TJ’s!

TJ’s is everything you can ask in a local Italian restaurant. Good service and food, including all the classics. My favorite is one of their few original items, Chicken Madison. It’s a pounded thin chicken breast, breaded and fried, then covered with scallions, mushrooms, cheese and a white wine-​based sauce.

We had TJ’s cater our grad party and it was wonderful!!! Our guests were so happy and satisfied! We had chicken cutlets, green beans (outrageously good), rigatoni, meatballs, salad and garlic bread. I would recommend their cater services anytime.

I needed something quick after work and one of my co-​workers suggested this place.
I was happy to find out that they offered carry-​out. I called up there and the girl on the phone was very pleasant. She suggested the lasagna (it was her favorite).
It was also a nice surprise to find out that all dinners came with a salad and breadsticks!
She said it would be 15 minutes; and it was 15 minutes. I showed up and my food was getting bagged up and it was ready to go.
The lasagna was good. A really big portion. The breadsticks were soft and fresh baked. The only downside was the salad. A little disappointing. But for $ 12.99, I can’t complain.
I would definitely try it again, maybe next time for dine-​in.

I’m new to the area and noticed that the parking lot was packed on a Friday night for TJ’s so I decided to go in and find out for myself how good the Italian eatery was. I love good Italian food so I was really looking forward to my meal. I ordered a glass of Cabernet Sauv. w/​veal parmigiana. The wine was served in a thick very warm glass that must have just come out of the diswasher. The wine was from Woodbridge, now I know not to buy that brand because it was not very good and I couldn’t finish my small glass.
The rolls were warm and served in the basket upside down. The salad was ok but I found it very tacky for $ 15.00 meal to have a salad where the dressing was in a packet that I had to tear open and pour on the salad.
The veal parmigiana was edible. The pasta wasn’t that great because the noodles were so thick and the sauce tasted like it came out of a can… not even a jar, LOL. The cheese on the veal was pretty good.
Overall I think the place is your average hometown, low budget, eatery, a nice gathering place but if you are looking for a decent meal scoot on down to the Olive Garden.

Yuck. I decided to give Tj’s a try since it’s close to home. Definitely was underwhelmed and left knowing I would never be back. The bread was ok, salads cheap and disgusting (there’s a reason why they’re unlimited), and my Eggplant Parmesan absolutely inedible. It was the worst Eggplant Parm that I’ve ever eaten, ever. Unless you enjoy tasteless and greasy discs that barely resemble eggplant, I would stay away. The homemade pasta that came with the meal was ok;the sauce wasn’t very good and the noodles were too thick. I love freshly made pasta (Ohio City-​yum!) but it wasn’t what I expected. At least I was able to eat some of it after pushing away my eggplant.
Service was ok. Our server seemed overwhelmed. Our table must have been out of her section, as we felt like an afterthought throughout the meal. I had to ask her about my iced tea while ordering dinner, and we had to ask the busser at a nearby table for cheese.
Décor was tacky and old-​fashioned. This restaurant could definitely use a facelift.
Overall, stay away. I love independently owned restaurants, but I would definitely go to Olive Garden before coming back. That’s saying a lot.

Some friends of mine really like this place so they took us one night. Pulling in i was a little apprehensive from the outside, but when we got inside and looked at the menu I was relieved. The menu selections and prices are typical of what you would expect. Another reviewer explained the food perfectly, Better-​than-​average Italian food.
The place is clean and the service was prompt and attentive. I had my kids with me and they loved the food. I try to stick to family owned places that are kid accommodating and this is a great choice. I really have nothing negative to say about the place. When i got the check, i was pleased with the cost for quality ratio and would definitely go on this ride again.
The smell in here was great! Makes me hungry just thinking about it.

The service was very pleasant, attentive, eager to suggest menu items and did a great job. That’s why I gave the place a 2, everything else was trash.
Place feels like the run down lovechild of an applebees and Olive garden. Goofy paint job, vendor product promotional posters on the walls, and the outside looks like it hasn’t been touched in awhile. The place needs a renovation like no one’s business.
That doesn’t matter though, it is the food that counts and for a place that calls itself an «Italian eatery» it fails to even accomplish microwave dinner quality.
I got a wedding soup which tasted like it was out of the can, the eggplant pram appetizer and a meatball sub. The eggplant tasted like deep fried plastic– it may have even been Tyson frozen patties. The meatball sub was off the shelf hoagie bread, small tasteless meatballs and the same bland sauce that was on the eggplant. The whole thing was then form fitted with four circular slices of provolone that ended up looking like a raincoat.
I wasn’t able to get more then halfway through anything i ordered and brought the rest home for my dogs. So, friendly service aside this place is a strait up one.