Olive restaurant and bar open near 173
June 25th, 2009 at 05:54pm Melissa Westphal
There’s a new dining spot near Illinois 173, and the owner’s name is sure to be familiar.
Olive Kitchen and Cocktails, 1001 W. Lane Road, in Machesney Park had a soft opening last week and a busy first weekend, said Mike Muzzarelli, one of the restaurant’s managers. Muzzarelli is also the food and beverage director at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center.
High-profile businessman Sunil Puri, president of First Rockford Group, owns Olive, which is his first dining venture outside of the Radisson, which houses the Forest City Pub.
Olive’s restaurant features mostly American fare, like sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, pasta dishes and steaks. Muzzarelli said a special breaded olive appetizer, club sandwich and Friday night prime rib special have been the most popular dishes so far.
The restaurant does have a banquet room that can hold about 90 people, so Muzzarelli said Olive will be available for small parties and do catering.
Check out more about Olive at oliveat173.com or call 815-316-3333.
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1. Kristy | July 20th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I would’nt waster your money, OR YOUR TIME with this place. I took my mom here on her birthday, and from the very start service was bad..then to down right the worst service i’ve ever experienced. I understand with a new resturant, that there will be kinks to iron out, we understood this when our appitizer arrived uncooked, as in a big hunk of cheese as dip, with soggy chips. We waited 10-15 min just to be waited on with drinks. We were there 11/2 hours and still did’nt recieve our SALADS with no meat, just SALAD. 6 people had come and gone, and we still ahd not eaten, but our uncooked appitizer. My son was at home with my dad, who started running a fever, my father tried to call us, and we didnt hear the phones, so he called the resturant, and the resturant said they were to busy to tell us that my father was trying to call in regards to my sick child. We got up without eating out salads. They only discounted out appitizer, that was uncooked. Needless to say, we will never go back, and neither should you.
2. Tina | August 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Will you ever be open on Sunday’s?
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