Mar 3, 2012

New Shop in Darien Sings Olive Oil’s PraisesBy David GurliacciNewCanaan.Patch.com

Darien, CT – For the price of a few visits to Starbucks ($12.99), you can get a small bottle (200 ml) of olive oil that can impress your wine-snob friends when you serve it with bread, in a salad or in a meal.

Then you can give them a bottle as a gift at Christmas or for the hosts at dinner parties.

But let it impress you first. You may even want a bigger bottle.

At Olivette, a new store at 1084 Post Rd. (diagonally across the street from the Darien Playhouse and the Darien Sport Shop), let owner Alina Lawrence guide you around the small store’s very large collection of gourmet olive oils and balsamic vinegars, giving you free samples along the way.

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