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bread & olive

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24 W. 45th St., New York, NY 10036
nr. Fifth Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-764-1588 Send to Phone
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  • Reader Rating:

    1.0 out of 10

    1 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Photo by Shanna Ravindra

Official Website

breadnolive.com

Hours

Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm; Sat-Sun, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

B, D, F, V at 42nd St.-Bryant Park; 7 at Fifth Ave./Bryant Park; B, D, F, V at 47th-50th Sts.-Rockefeller Center

Prices

$7-$17

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • BYOB
  • Delivery
  • Lunch
  • Take-Out

Alcohol

  • No Alcohol

Reservations

Not Accepted

Delivery Area

34th St. to 57th St., Lexington Ave. to Eighth Ave.

Profile

Bread & Olive inherited its narrow, brightly-tiled premises and menu from the previous occupant, Bread From Beirut; quality remains high and flavors fresh in meze like lemony hummus, smoky babaghanouj, stuffed grape leaves, and zesty tabouleh. And there is still bread from Beirut baked on premises—most notably, keshik, a puffy flatbread dusted with dried goat cheese, crushed wheat, and sesame seeds, and rolled up, upon request, around yogurt as dense as cream cheese; plus the best chicken shawarma in town.

 

Recommended Dishes

Baba ghannouj, $7; hummus, $7; warrak enab, $7; chicken taouk, $12

1.0 "Not Recommended"
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Write Your Own Review

Should not be a critic's pick

ivl from 10020 | Posted on 2/27/09

Overall Reader Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 1
Service: 5
Décor: 1
Value: 1

I usually trust nymag critics picks but this one was totally off the mark. Meat was totally dry and the tortilla wrap was like biting into paper. I actually wasn't sure if that's what I had mistakenly done or...Read More

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