"At Midtown’s White Olive, executive chef Hasan Karci serves up a menu of traditional Mediterranean dishes. Snack on a couple of mezze — like hummus, tzatziki, or melitzanosalata — while sipping on a glass of chardonnay and deciding your mains. Don’t miss out on the Girit Ezme dip, either: a mixture of feta and valbrasso cheese, pistachio, walnuts, parsley, basil, and crushed red pepper and garlic. Entrees range from a surf ‘n turf with filet mignon and jumbo shrimp to grilled octopus with eggplant puree, but whatever you order, be sure to get a side of their roasted lemon potatoes." - Julia Gómez Kramer