Bistro Ole closes after a decade on Main Street
Restaurant was one of the earliest to open in downtown revitalization
Bistro Ole, one of the first restaurants to open in downtown Asbury at the start of the business district’s economic revitalization, closed its doors on February 14.
“Bistro Ole would like to thank our devoted staff and our customers for ten and a half years of celebrations and memories,” said Bistro Ole partner Rico Rivera. “It’s with bittersweet sentiment I announce that Bistro Ole is officially closed.”
“From my staff and I, we say gracias, this is not goodbye and until we meet again,” Rivera said.
Opened in 2003 and located at the corner of Main Street and Mattison Avenue, Bistro Ole [above] featured “Spanish Portuguese Latin-Infused Cuisine”, according to its website. Rivera was also a partner in an earlier restaurant in Asbury Park, Vivas Bistro, located on Fifth Avenue between Main Street and Memorial Drive.
The building housing Bistro Ole is owned by John McGillion, who also owns Johnny Mac House of Spirits on the same block and the parking lot between the bulidings. McGillion additionally owns Kim Marie’s on Kingsley Street and Cameo bar on Main Street.
McGillion has approved plans from the city to expand his operations from Johnny Mac across the parking lot and into the Bistro Ole building on the upper floors. McGillion had previously told the Sun he expected Bisto Ole to continue as his first floor tenant in the building.
McGillion was unable to immediately be reached for comment on his plans for the Bistro Ole space.
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