The Dispatch wrote New place has rough edges to smooth down
Thursday, September 25, 2008
BY BY JON CHRISTENSEN
Black Olive, the latest venture by the owner of Shoku and Tyfoon, boasts a striking decor but, in some ways, still seems to be an unfinished operation.
Some of the glass tabletops, for instance, are literally unfinished: The dangerously sharp corners produced by the 90-degree cuts hadn’t been smoothed weeks after the restaurant opened in the Short North. Some of the tables aren’t level.
And a women’s restroom was out of order for an evening, forcing both sexes to line up outside the men’s room — with no one mentioning that a second set of restrooms was available in the other dining area. Not that you’d want to be over there: The kitchen door never closes, so clanging and shouting can be heard. A busing station nearby provides even more noise.
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