Saturday night we visited the famed restaurant, Olives, by local boy Todd English. English is now a famous celebrity chef and it all started with Olives. My only previous knowledge of Olives was that there was a fire a couple years ago and English had a hell of a time getting it opened again. That finally happened last year and when Brig and I saw a Groupon a couple months ago we decided to give it a shot.
As we walked down a Charlestown street to the restaurant, we were greeted by... nothing. There was no sign outside, nothing whatsoever that would lead you to believe this was anything, nevermind a renowned restaurant. Lucky for us, the huge glass windows showed a bar and an open kitchen and so we headed in.
Our waiter was very nice and explained everything in detail. Brig and I got beers and shared a veal meatball appetizer. It was served in a little skillet filled with three different types of melted cheese. Absolutely delicious. For entrees, Brig ordered meatloaf and I had the lamb sandwich. Sandwich is a relative term though as it was really more like a fajita. Each ingredient was presented separately on a large piece of flatbread. There were multiple cuts of lamb, tomatoes, red peppers, hummus, olive tapenade and a cucumber dip. It was a great choice.
For dessert, we shared a pumpkin cheesecake that had just the right flavor level of everything. It really was a good time. There were plenty of other people there but it wasn't packed or exceptionally loud. And the lighting was just the right dimness. We will definitely come back here again to get our fine dining fill.
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