New foodie trend: olive oil stores

You’ve been to ice cream shops that give you a taste sample to help you make up your mind. Now folks living in and around Decatur can enjoy a preview when they buy olive oil. Two olive oil tasting bars have opened – Splash of Olive in the Artisan building in downtown Decatur and Strippaggio in the Emory Point mixed-use development. They’re part of a growing foodie trend. Five hundred to 1,000 olive oil bars operate nationwide, according to different industry websites, with one listing 16 of these businesses in Georgia.