Olive Garden appreciation thread

[CreekDog]

Bread "sticks" :rofl:

[Fox Mulder]

1. I like the Olive Garden.

Yeah, I said it.

[mvd]

2. Same here

:yoiks:

It's not the best of Italy, but I like the food.

[Fox Mulder]

3. Exactly.

Who cares if it's not authentic Italian food. The food is still good. That's all that matters. :shrug:

[littlebit]

15. I like it too.

But we don't eat there anymore. It makes girlfriend sick.

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. It ain't Little Italy in NYC...but I love it. n/t

[SPKrazy]

5. Olive Garden Rocks

their salad and soups are awesome

their meat dishes are good

their pasta dishes are so so

but their desserts ROCK!!!!

they are fun too!

:hi:

[JTG of the PRB]

6. I really like going to the Olive Garden, actually...

I usually get the unlimited soup, salad, and bread sticks. I prefer the Zuppa Toscana... I could eat that stuff every. Single. Day. :9

[CreekDog]

7. I am very disappointed in all of you

:spank:

[TZ]

8. D'oh!

Your evil plot has been foiled, bwahahaha!!
BTW, I've only eaten once at Olive Garden but it wasn't too bad...

[mzteris]

9. my 9 yr old likes it

he LOVES the salad. So I'm not going to complain!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. Me likey breadsticks! Me likey breadsticks!

And their Zupa Tuscana is pretty good too.

All in all, it's really not that bad a place to go if you want decent (albiet not great) Italian food at a decent price.

[OmahaBlueDog]

14. Zupa Toscanna!

with breadsticks, salad, and some of their house red. Yum!

[merh]

11. I confess - I love their salads, bread sticks

and chicken marsala -- :)

After Katrina and the salavation army and red cross meal trucks for months, it was a treat to go to the Olive Garden in Mobile to enjoy a meal and some of their wine.

Comfort food indeed.

[MedleyMisty]

12. It's our usual fancy expensive night out place

We can only afford to go every so often. And it's usually where we go for birthdays and anniversaries. (Yes, the main thing that bothers me about the Olive Garden flame wars is the classism.)

I love the breadsticks and the linguini with marinara sauce.

[CreekDog]

13. my disdain for Olive Garden is not about class, it's because I'm Italian

and they had for quite a while this cheesy commercial with a stereotypical Italian family going to Olive Garden and acting, well, however it is Italians act.

all that aside, I like going to Olive Garden and like their food okay, but it's not my grandmother's. :hi:

[PermanentRevolution]

16. "acting, well, however it is Italians act."

Whacking each other and dumping the bodies in wet cement?

:hide:

[CreekDog]

20. i'm gonna send someone over there to *talk* to you 'bout your comment

which is very stereotypical, yous know? :spank: :rofl:

[malta blue]

17. that soup, salad and bread deal for less than $6 for lunch

can't be beat.

Plus, my kid eats two plates of salad when I take her :shrug:

It is no Rocco Ristorante http://www.roccoristorante.com/side_frame_rocco.htm but it will do when I can't get there....

BTW - I ate at Rocco twice a week for 18 years - I miss it terribly.

[laconicsax]

18. The Olive Garden really helps me appreciate good food.

A bland dish at the Olive Garden really gives me a better appreciation of food that actually has flavor.

[elshiva]

19. There's a local knock off restaurant called

"The Olive Branch," which is great, but I never went to the Olive Garden. So, I don't have an opinion about it.