#Olive and thyme dinner menu plus#

I also loved the tomatoey, veggie stew-like Lebanese Moussaka ($14, with righteous vermicelli rice plus a nice salad). The burger comes with good partners: fine steak fries and a mayo-based but lively coleslaw. It features a juicily chargrilled patty with zesty seasoning on a toasted sesame seed roll with lettuce, tomato and a ketchup-and-mayo-tasting sauce. Olive’s shawarma and kafta kebab sandwiches ($8 each) will taste deliciously familiar to Lavash patrons, whether bound in pita or a toasted and thinner “wheat wrap.” But the highly recommended House Burger ($12) will taste deliciously distinct. Conjuring a Mediterranean answer to the Japanese bento, it’s Olive’s excellent hummus plus (a la carte prices are provided) a lemony, parsley-forward and refreshing Tabbouleh Salad ($9) first-rate Falafel ($4) and outstanding Fried Cauliflower ($9) whose natural and nutty sweetness was enlivened by lemon. While likewise delicious and far from small, the Olive & Thyme Veggie Platter ($14) - which could be dinner for one hungry customer or a terrific shared appetizer - is less extravagant. The phenomenal spread includes accompaniments that make the feast even more fun to eat: a week’s supply of house bread ($4) and good Saffron Rice ($3.50) killer, salsa-like house hot sauce ($2.50) fluffy garlic sauce ($2.50) concentrated Tahini Sauce ($2.50) and house-pickled turnips ($2.50) with a horseradish-like kick. The $45 deal includes generous portions of (a la carte prices are given): smooth and sumptuous, lemon-brightened Hummus ($4) tangy, gently smoky and uncommonly rich Baba-Ghannouj ($4) juicy chargrilled Chicken Kebabs ($9) with real cookout flavor oversized, sausage-like, crowd-pleasing Chicken Kafta ($9) and Beef + Lamb Kafta Kebabs ($9) boatloads of fragrant Beef Shawarma ($9) and tangy Chicken Shawarma ($9) plus a Fattoush Salad ($9) made with impressive ingredients that, unfortunately in my case, hadn’t been properly drained. In fact, the “Small” Family Platter - an immense and wonderful de facto buffet that could feed twice as many as the two to three diners it’s purportedly designed for - is one of the better values around. Get news and entertainment delivered to your inbox: Sign up for our daily newsletter Consequently, items such as Olive’s house-made, sturdy, pita-style bread and its flavorful shawarmas and kebabs will please longtime Lavash fans (like me) sure to recognize fresh and healthful-leaning food cut from the same tasty cloth.

There’s a reason for this: Olive’s chef-owner Rami Sabra is the former chef at Lavash, and Sabra’s core recipes haven’t changed dramatically. On the newcomer’s website, its food is described as “modern and traditional Lebanese-Mediterranean cuisine.” On a plate, the food evokes this description: If you like the fare prepared at Lavash Cafe (which is a couple miles due south on High Street), you’ll like the food prepared at Olive & Thyme. Serving in Clintonville since November, Olive & Thyme occupies a big and bright space that still resembles the Panera Bread it previously housed. After sampling several of Olive & Thyme’s dishes, I’d gladly accept that challenge. Staring at that long document, I realized it would take months to eat my way through it. Sparkling wine with rich orange flavors and subtle citrus & herbaceous notes.The number of categories on the menu for Olive & Thyme Cafe stretches into double digits. Citrus Botanicals, Rosemary, Cucumber, Lemon, Ginger Beer, Mediterranean Tonic. Journey to this beautiful coastal town known for its markets, with this refreshing and sweet zero ABV spritz. Rosé Wine, Cappelletti Aperitif, Ketel One Grapefruit & Rose, Grapefruit Juice, Honey, Combier Liqueur de Rose, Hibiscus Powder.

This spritz is an earnest celebration of Rosé to bring to life an area known for its crisp and expressive rosés. Limoncello, Moscato di Asti, Lemon Juice, Club Soda. This spritz is inspired by the world-renowned lemons grown in the beautiful town of Menton. Olive Oil Washed Vodka, Yellow Chartreuse, Citrus, Orange, Cardamom, Prosecco. Pays homage to the olive trees, roses and lavender you will find growing throughout this charming village.

Take a tour around the French Riviera with each of our signature spritz cocktails named for the town and area that inspired their essence.

The essence of the spritz is leisure, pleasure and perhaps even a bit of extravagance.

#Olive and thyme dinner menu plus#