Robert Oliver's Seafood Restaurant?

[FoiGras]

Have any of you Chowhounds dined there? I perused the website menu. It doesn't appear to be anything unusual. Nothing to motivate me to drive downtown and spend a fortune to park, just to dine out.

And, once again, another CHAIN retaurant. I have nothing against chain restaurants per se, but it would have been inspiring to see a local restauranteur fill the space with a personal twist on the Baltimore cuisine scene. FoiGras

[Hal Laurent]

Why do you say it's a chain restaurant? I haven't been able to find any evidence of any other restaurants with that name elsewhere.

[chowsearch]

And it's not well-run enough to be part of a viable chain.

[lawhound]

LOL, that is a fact -- service was spotty at best.

[FoiGras]

I stand corrected. The person who informed me of the restaurant said that it was part of a chain. That Oliver had a restaurant in Vegas. I just took that person's word for it.

But, I also could find no evidence of another Robert Oliver Seafood Restaurant. FoiGras

[Turkeybone]

If you searched the chowhound for Robert Oliver... there is not anything good to be said at all. Personally, I know a few months ago they were closed down by the health department for a bit.. and the only other activity I see there is late night parties in the style of Red Maple or Brass Elephant.. meaning with a metal detector. FoiGras

[pleiades]

That is a cursed location and every local restaurateur knows it. Ergo, the space will either be empty, a chain, or not a restaurant.