Celebrity Chef Todd English Visited Wild Olives Cafe in CityPace
Lirim Jacobi and Todd English outside Jacobi's restaurant, Taverna Opa, at CityPlace.
Celebrity chef Todd English stopped to visit friend and business associate, restaurateur Lirim Jacobi, at Jacobi’s newest restaurant — Wild Olives Cafe by Todd English — at CityPlace in West Palm Beach on Monday evening, February 8, 2010. English arrived at about 7:30 p.m. and had dinner with Jacobi and some friends at Wild Olives Cafe. They dined on a feast of English’s signature dishes, including my favorite fig and prosciutto flat bread, Greek salad, pasta with hand-crafted meatballs, braised mussels (another favorite of mine) and white chocolate bread pudding with vanilla ice cream. English also visited diners throughout the evening, including several Boston natives who were visiting the area and spent time in the kitchen with the chefs. Jacobi notes, “It was a wonderful evening and a memorable dining experience. We look forward to Todd’s next visit for our grand opening party.”
Wild Olives Cafe by Todd English opened on February 28, 2010, in the former Italian Oven Cafe space. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily. Wild Olives Cafe by Todd English is located at 477 S. Rosemary Avenue at CityPlace in West Palm Beach, Florida. Phone 561.832.7771 for additional information.
Katherine Lynch
As the editor of Dine South Florida and the publisher of Dine Magazine, Kate is usually extremely busy. She'll taste anything once and loves taking adventures in food whenever possible.
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Join the conversation!February 25, 2010
Visited Wild Olives last night (2/24/10)and found the menu very disappointing. Ordered the ugly tomato salad, and left half of it on the plate uneaten. I ordered the chicken parmesan pasta, and my partner the “old school” bolognese. We had to switch entrees as he found the bolognese’s flavor overpowered with nutmeg. The chicken, however was almost raw in the middle. Not undercooked, but raw. What was disturbing is that he wondered how much of the undercooked portion he might have eaten without knowing as the lighting at our table was very dim.
A very unfortunate experience.
February 26, 2010
That’s unfortunate. We just hosted an event there, brought in 60 people, and everyone was raving about the food.