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| - Olive or Twist is the historic site of my VERY FIRST MARTINI when I turned 21, many years ago.
It's been a long, happy union.
While Olive or Twist is NOT a five star restaurant, it gets 5 stars from me because I love it. Its one of the few places I know of that has been CONSISTANTLY good. for years! The interior is warm and a little bit industrial. The downstairs is the same as it has always been and it's still very nice.
The drinks are great although the first martini I ever had (a girl doesn't forget! [well,this one didn't]) was a Pineapple Upside Down martini and I don't think they offer that anymore but they do have a very expansive martini menu. I tried the chipotle martini and it was so excellent that when I took my first sip I sighed in a way my bf turned to me and sarcastically said, "Oh, you're going to be Yelping about that, aren't you?" Then, I refused to let him even try it bc it was that good. It was MINE.
I also had a cake batter martini which tasted great and came out looking so pretty I instagrammed a picture of it and immediately all my friends clicked like on it, and my one aunt commented I should drink less. Whatever. She needs a martini.
The service was great. Our waitress, Lauren, was really cool and very good at recommending the drinks--the chipotle martini was her recommendation, I would never had ordered that on my own.
We had the buffalo chicken dip which was served in a martini glass and it was really good.
My favorite thing on the menu there is the tomato basil bisque soup and it has been rocking my lunch hour for the past ten years. It's delicious. Its so good that Lauren and I actually high fived when she brought it out. (true story.)
My bf had the chicken caprese wrap and said it was excellent, it was gone within minutes so that is a good sign.
I highly recommend this place for lunch, after dinner cocktails, or a date. This is one of my favorite downtown lunch spots!
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