At conception The Pitted Olive was cheifly a market and deli establishment offering quality food-to-go with 6 seats for waiting customers. Owners Melissa and Michael Holmes listened to their customer requests and have evolved the restaurant into a full service sit down 50 seat restaurant.

Chef Michael Holmes has 25 years of experience in the St. Louis restaurant industry, including stints at Spiros, Bristol's, Fedora Cafe, Balabans, Seven Gables Inn, Patty Long Ninth Street Abbey, Lynch Street Bistro, Harry's Restaurant and Bar, J.P. Fields, Greenbrier Hills Country Club, and Truffles in Ladue.

The Pitted Olive lunchtime sandwich menu is also available as a to-go menu through out the day and evening.

From the deli case our popular side items are always available for carry out, including Blue Cheese Potato Casserole, Potato Pancakes, Portabella Stacks, and Eggplant Cannelloni.

Dinner is served from 4:30pm - featuring a bistro style menu with nightly Fish, Pork, Chicken and Rib specials. Small plates, flatbread pizzas, a few of the sandwiches and housemade desserts are available nightly. Due to the limited number of nightly specials the dinner menu is for dining in only. The Pitted Olive offers a full wine list, bottled beers and a limited bar with, Vodka, Gin, Bourbon Scotch and After Dinner Drinks.

The Pitted Olive features a European style patio, with lush flowers herbs and vegetable garderns. The patio backs up to the large playing fields of Bishop DuBourg High School, the patio is enclosed and heated during the winter months.

Reservations are recommended, at this time we can accommodate groups of two up to eight people.

Corporate boxed lunches, "pick up" catering, and catering in private residences are also available. For corporate boxed lunch orders only a courier delivery service is available in the metro St. Louis area.