My family loves Olive Garden. I've been there a lot. I like it.
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
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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!
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.
Barb - May 22, 2009 5:18:52 am PDT #10571 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
They started out regional (in Texas, I believe, because that's where the Carrabba/Mandola families are from) but they're in almost every state now since being bought by the Outback chain. However, I do think there's probably more of them in the SE than almost anywhere else.
brenda m - May 22, 2009 5:24:44 am PDT #10572 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Never heard of them either - maybe Illinois is left out of the "almost".
Shir - May 22, 2009 5:25:30 am PDT #10573 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Kalliope is such a beautiful name.
What fun-of-a-day I had.
We were supposed to celebrate (early) my sister's birthday (coming up on 4 days, but she won't be home then). So we got up early (or, just I - for a Friday), drove an hour to meet her half-way-through and go have lunch at a restaurant we all like.
Only the fiend decided to pick up a hell of a mood to be released on us, and just want to go home.
Not like she could've told it an hour before, when she was already in a bad mood and we were about to leave the house.
Yay. Oh, and next chance to celebrate her birthday? In about a month and a half.
Barb - May 22, 2009 5:25:45 am PDT #10574 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Aurora and Woodridge for Illinois.
Looking at the locator, it seems that the upper Midwest and Far West are out of the equation along with, Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, and Vermont.