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Not a big fan of Olives?

By adamg on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 11:49am

Charlestown Patch reports somebody threw a brick at the front of Todd English's City Square restaurant early Saturday and then, apparently not satisfied with the damage he'd done, picked the brick up and threw it again.

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By Brian Riccio on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 11:59am.

there's nothing like a lady scorned.....

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By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:22pm.

I don't get it...

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By MC Slim JB on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:08pm.

Erica Wang was one of the many partners English has left in the lurch, in this case a former fiancé whom he dumped in the most dickish way possible, on the day of their lavish, long-planned wedding: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/item_dCYVs3irQA...

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By Boston_res on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:38am.

He's a complete jerk.

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By Dan Farnkoff on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 6:56am.

throw a brick at one of his restaurants.
How disgusting is it that the Boston Licensing Board has spent the last five years bending over backwards to kiss this pretentious dirtbag's ass?

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By Michael Kerpan on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 9:52am.

... and suspect (especially after reading that story) that I never will.

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By Boston_res on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 8:36pm.

The food is as good as his personality.

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By MC Slim JB on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:34pm.

Many stories flying around about dozens of purveyors that English allegedly stiffed in the death-spiral of Kingfish Hall. One prominent chef waggishly suggested that the reason The Todd has started his own oyster farm is that local seafood vendors won't deal with him anymore except on a cash basis. He does have a long track record of leaving partners in the lurch.

I'm curious: has anyone been to the revamped Olives, and if so, is it any good? I gave up on the old one a long time ago.

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By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:40pm.

The remodeled bar was great, it's in the center of the place, lots of seats, but the food was typically Todd English. Average at best. I was very unimpressed w/the Moules frites...which turned out to be maybe 5 mussels on the shell, a few mixed into a strange curry mixture, and chucks of potatoes.

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By Sally on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 10:33am.

a while back about him trying to pay contractors he owed about $50k to in restaurant gift certificates.

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By MC Slim JB on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:07pm.

...works out to 4,166 plates of meatballs. I'm guessing the contractor passed on that offer.

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By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:05pm.

Thank goodnessness the brick didn't start another fire.

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