I've eaten at Olive Garden a number of times with no ill effect. It was one of the few restaurants near the hospital where my parents both spent a lot of time, and I found their chicken parm to be pretty good comfort food, if not good Italian food. I don't think much of their salad, but that's not why I was there anyway.
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Calli - May 22, 2009 4:49:37 am PDT #10561 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Cashmere - May 22, 2009 4:53:28 am PDT #10562 of 30000
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My kids eat like bottomless pits at Olive Garden. That's reason enough for me to go.
I think I just ruined a new pair of Christopher's expensive work pants by not realizing they were dry clean. Feh.
billytea - May 22, 2009 4:56:44 am PDT #10563 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I recall Olive Garden having excellent garlic bread, and little else to distinguish it.
sj - May 22, 2009 4:57:20 am PDT #10564 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Olive Garden isn't an Italian restaurant, it's a parody of an Italian restaurant. The only thing missing was the organ grinder and monkey.
Heck yeah! It may be decent chain restaurant food, but it's not Italian food.
Polter-Cow - May 22, 2009 5:08:55 am PDT #10565 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My family loves Olive Garden. I've been there a lot. I like it.
Calli - May 22, 2009 5:10:16 am PDT #10566 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Now I want real Italian food. Or a trip to Italy.
Or maybe just lunch.
Hmmmm.
tommyrot - May 22, 2009 5:11:03 am PDT #10567 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
For me, Olive Garden's virtues are that it's a chain (so you know what it'll be even if you've never been to that particular one before) and they're easy to find if you're driving through some suburb or you've gotten off the highway to get gas.
Barb - May 22, 2009 5:11:09 am PDT #10568 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
If I'm going to go to a chain Italian-type restaurant I'd rather go to Carrabba's. Definitely much better and their Cesar salad is wonderful. Lots of garlic.
tommyrot - May 22, 2009 5:11:55 am PDT #10569 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't think I've ever seen a Carrabba's. Are they regional?
sj - May 22, 2009 5:12:14 am PDT #10570 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
If I'm going to go to a chain Italian-type restaurant I'd rather go to Carrabba's. Definitely much better and their Cesar salad is wonderful. Lots of garlic.
Carrabba's is definitely the best chain Italian I have ever been too.