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| - Visiting from Washington State. I heard this place was good, so I took my mom to Olive and Ivy for lunch.
I ordered the turkey grinder and she ordered a salad. The salad looked good, but I immediately distrusted the grinder they made for me. The taste was all wrong. It was very sour, like someone had dumped a ton of vinaigrette all over it.
The bread was way too hard, almost comically so, making it impossible for anyone to eat the damned thing without exerting a reasonable amount of effort.
After a few bites, I became astutely aware that my mouth was bleeding from the razor-like bread slicing into my gums.
I refused to eat anymore and sent my lunch back. The manager graciously offered to pay for our lunch, due to the fact that their food had actually made me bleed.
Receiving a free lunch was nice, even though I left the establishment hungry and bleeding. Although, I'm certain my mother enjoyed her experience, I certainly didn't.
I will not be returning to Olive and Ivy, due to the obvious lack of common sense exhibited by the people making the food, the people checking the food for abnormalities (like dangerously hard breads), and the management for their lack of oversight and ability to properly analyze their product.
Serving the right bread should be easy. Unfortunately, Olive and Ivy made it look very difficult.
Any restaurant that fails so heavily on such mediocre and simple issues should be shunned and avoided.
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