\""restaurant of distinction\"": right off the bat, the expectations are high.  when you're arrogant enough to put something like that in your title, you're awesome in my book.  it's like calling myself \""todd 'the man' o.\"" maybe i will change my name to that to put myself in a comparable position to that of avanti.\n\nonto lunch...started off with some of their house garlic bread.  if i didn't have a flight to catch right after, i probably would have eaten more, but decided to be nice and spare my fellow row mates.\n\nwent on to my main dish: linguine with white clam sauce ($16).  quite possibly one of the most amazing pasta dishes i've had in a long time.  the sauce had a bunch of clams, which i can always appreciate.  if it wasn't a \""restaurant of distinction,\"" i may have started to lick the plate after my linguine was gone.\n\nconcluded the meal by sharing the homemade tiramisu ($6) with my 2 colleagues.  for the price, i've had better.