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Olives MORE INFORMATION Olives Location: 10 City Square, Charlestown. Phone: 617-242-1999. Bar hours: Mon-Wed., 5:30-10 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., 5:30-11 p.m.; Sat., 5-11 p.m. Most romantic spot: one of the three banquettes by the window as you walk into the bar. Appetizer prices: $9-$19.50. Chef's appetizer speciality: tuna carpaccio. Smoking at the bar: no Noise level: moderate to loud Special Valentine's menu: None. But the restaurant, normally closed on Sunday, will be open on Feb. 14. Get directions From the flowers spilling out of the large vases on a shelf beside the bar to a huge bucket on the bar holding a half-dozen bottles of champagne to the brocaded banquettes that flank the window at the front of the bar, everything about the decor at Olives is lavish and generous. The same holds true for the food. Bear in mind when ordering that the portions are quite large. You'll be amazed by the flavor combinations in one appetizer, a piece of big-eye tuna wrapped around a mound of sesame-roasted butternut squash with ginger-glazed shrimp mixed in and topped with delicate crispy fried leeks. Also delightful is the tuna carpaccio, a piece of fresh, glistening tuna on flatbread with mesclun, capers, and lemon. If dessert is on your mind, the two of you can easily share one of pastry chef Paige Retus's confections, such as a chocolate- praline mousse wrapped in a chocolate- hazelnut cake and topped with chocolate ice cream or a cappuccino creme brulee.

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