Olea Restaurant

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Ashley Gartland

Joined 5 years ago

Former warehouse space makes a fitting setting for this polished Pearl District dining room and bar.. In Short
A curved ramp rises from street level into an airy bar and high-ceilinged dining room that leaves plenty of room to roam. Post-work imbibers and well-heeled locales line up at the sleek bar for happy hour before settling into the dining room's leather banquettes for rustic, Mediterranean-inspired meals. Platters of Mediterranean street foods such as falafel and dolmata make apt appetizers for sharing, as do small plates of salty-sweet prosciutto wrapped dates and pommes frites fried in duck fat. A meal might progress with more robust fare such as a braised oxtail pappardelle or vegetarian "cannelloni" made with Swiss chard, mascarpone cheese, mushrooms, and tomatoes.