What Happened to Olives, W Hotel After Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Olives, W Hotel has closed — confirmed via Time Out, September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: Time Out New York and Gayot.com listings mark Olives at the W Union Square hotel as permanently closed, and a Google Places search for the original name returned an unrelated business. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 10
- Address 201 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10003
- Website whiteolivesnyc.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
An episode titled "Filled With Envy" featured Olives, chef Todd English's Mediterranean restaurant inside the W Union Square hotel at 201 Park Avenue South in New York, NY, serving Mediterranean-inspired small plates. Time Out New York and Gayot.com listings, both checked 2026-09-08, mark the restaurant as permanently closed; neither gives a specific closure date. A discussion thread on the dining forum DonRockwell.com referenced a closure attributed to renovations, though the page could not be retrieved to confirm details. A Google Places search for the original business name returned an unrelated Mediterranean restaurant, White Olive, operating at a different Manhattan address; that listing was not used for this record.
The episode
Also in Season 1
Season 1: 57 of 88 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 10Bouchon
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Ep 10Chinois on Main
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Ep 10Crustacean
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Ep 10Frontera Grill
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Ep 10I Trulli
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Sources we checked
- timeout.com https://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/olives-new-york-closed
- gayot.com https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/olives-new-york-ny-10003_1ny011314-01.html
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Record btiea-0083 · checked by Cal Marchetti.