Twin Cities Olives without the Garden

February 3, 2011 4:33 PM

Is there a restaurant in the Twin Cities metro that serves up awesome olives?

My sister would like to have her birthday dinner at a restaurant that has an olive bar "like the ones they have at Byerlys, Lunds, Kowalskis". Does such a place exist around here? Failing that, any place that serves a variety of them or even just one really good olive focused dish would probably be a good enough alternative. I checked out both Gardens of Salonica and It's Greek to Me and they each just have a dish of kalamatas.

posted by soelo to Food & Drink (6 answers total)

Biaggios on University ave. has a breaded and fried appetizer, but my taste for olives is limited.
posted by Think_Long at 4:38 PM on February 3, 2011

Best answer: Is Holy Land too downscale? The olive selection is vast. Two locations with one on Central Ave. And the other in the Midtown Global Market.
posted by jadepearl at 6:21 PM on February 3, 2011

Best answer: Midtown Global Market would be fun. go get an appetizer here, olives here, dinner and drinks there, dessert wherever. all contained inside with fun atmostphere and shopping
posted by thilmony at 6:43 PM on February 3, 2011

Broder's Pasta Bar has an olive assortment appetizer.
posted by nanojath at 6:54 PM on February 3, 2011

Barbette has a great warm olive appetizer as well. Seriously though, just go to Midtown and raid the Holy Land olive bar :)
posted by gregglind at 1:57 PM on February 4, 2011

Response by poster: Holy Land it is! Thanks everyone.
posted by soelo at 6:54 AM on February 5, 2011