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Appreciation Thread for Olive Garden (Original Post)
Raven
Jul 2014
OP
Their crushing of worker's wages and attacks on Obamacare are a culinary delight! nt
onehandle
Jul 2014
#6
Yep, suburban shopping centers, they roll them out like a street paving machine. All
RKP5637
Jul 2014
#11
And the smoking pit bulls that breastfeed their babies there while listening to Rush.
progressoid
Jul 2014
#22
Tetris_Iguana
(501 posts)1. Yeah ok
I'll buy into it.
ReverendDeuce
(1,643 posts)2. TELL IT TO THE JURY!
Autumn
(44,748 posts)3. Great salad and the soup was wonderful.
Last edited Sat Jul 12, 2014, 11:44 AM - Edit history (1)
The perfect lunch.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)4. I thought Olive's surname was Oyl ?
House of Roberts
(5,119 posts)5. Not happening here.
The one time I went to Olive Garden they didn't have Thousand Island dressing for my salad.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)15. The last.... very last... time I went there, I was served moldy bread.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)6. Their crushing of worker's wages and attacks on Obamacare are a culinary delight! nt
lunasun
(21,646 posts)26. Terrible from way back -Fuck their tasty bread
Uben
(7,719 posts)7. Ate there once, never again....
...aren't they owned by the Darden Group? I have been boycotting them since their Limbaugh ad days. Don't know if they are still buying ads on his show (don't care). Food wasn't anything special
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)9. I've been there 3 times. Seems like enough.
Sometimes you're in a strange town with the national vendors and you give in. Ever noticed how similar suburban shopping centers are?
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)11. Yep, suburban shopping centers, they roll them out like a street paving machine. All
pretty much the same, many a blight.
genwah
(574 posts)10. I can't figure out how they stay open here in SF.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)12. Have you tried the cheesey biscuits at Red Lobster? n/t
peacefreak
(2,939 posts)13. Tell it
to the Chinese wood carver!! (feeling a wee bit of the devil, are we
treestar
(82,383 posts)14. Especially the one near Times Square
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)16. Awful breadsticks.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)17. Appropriate response below
salin
(48,954 posts)18. i just wish they served fried chicken from the oven.
Unmenacing Dennis
(50 posts)19. Garlic Rosemary Chicken
Heavenly!
steve2470
(37,456 posts)20. Better get there quick, parent chain Darden's not doing so well
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)21. The all you can eat soup, salad and breadsticks for $4.99
helped me survive college. It was the cheapest eat-out meal you could get without a drive through.
progressoid
(49,824 posts)22. And the smoking pit bulls that breastfeed their babies there while listening to Rush.
progressoid
(49,824 posts)25. a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)27. Nothing wrong with listening to Rush!
eridani
(51,907 posts)24. Wonderful venue for breastfeeding a pit bull n/t