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Thoughts on Olive Garden?

>> No.13103662

>>13103632
There is only one in my city and if they shut it down, I would hold a candle light vigil. I love their salad and bread sticks, the rest is pretty standard fair. Its not the fanciest place or the best food in my city, but its a guilty pleasure that I like to go to once or twice a year.

>> No.13103667

Nothing like an authentic Italian burger to go with your white zinfandel.

>> No.13103668

>>13103632
Previously worked there. The bottomless soup and salad is legit. Everything else is exactly what you expect. Out of a package. I was honestly shocked when i realized they actually make parts of the soup in house and don't just dump a bag into a warmer and call it done.

>> No.13103963

>>13103632
Breadsticks and chicken gnocchi are good. Not too big on any of the actual entrees though.

>> No.13103972

its literally microwave food.

>> No.13105675
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13105675

They sell a bread stick sandwich. That's pretty fucking sad my dudes.

>> No.13105697

>>13103632
What is the best thing to order here? Been twice but absolutely hated it. Literally found the food inedible and I'm not a picky eater.

>> No.13105702

>>13103632
Pretty fucking expensive for what it is but my bumpkin ass area doesn’t have any alternatives that don’t involve at least an hour drive.

>> No.13105769

>>13105675
Ngl, that shit looks flames

>> No.13105771

>>13105675
Would, frankly.

>> No.13105932

>>13103632
It's like the taco bell of Italian food, not authentic, but it doesn't pretend to be.

>> No.13106242

Every time I go there I feel like I'm a part of a family.

>> No.13107372

Literally the worst fucking place to spend money. I would be happier with Taco Bell.

>> No.13107417

Compared to other large family chains like Applebees, TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, Chili's and what have you, Olive Garden would be near the bottom of my list on these places to go to.

>> No.13107568

>>13103632
I love it. Comfy Italian cuisine, what's not to like.

>> No.13107675

>>13103632
It's definitely a United States based Italian food restaurant chain, for sure

>> No.13107692

>>13107417
How do you even distinguish between them? They're all just frozen sysco heat and serve ahit.

>> No.13107726

Of course it isn't that good, but it's still good enough for me. That being said, I would never go there alone or with someone I was actually trying to impress, but for a lazy date night? Or maybe just a dinner. The salad and breadsticks are great, and the entrees are usually good enough.
I think I have a soft place in my heart for all the boomer chain restaurants though. I still go to Applebees every once in a while for nostalgic purposes, and it's so weird that I'm the only young person in the place, excluding middle and high school kids getting dinner with their parents. I used to literally fantasize when I was a kid, about taking my future kids to places like Applebees. It was such an enjoyable experience for me, that even as a kid, I wanted to share it with other people. The way things are looking now, I might never be able to introduce my kids to comfy boomer places. Looks like its going to be trendy vegan bars for them. Hopefully they like it. Who the fuck am I kidding though, I'll probably never be successful enough to have kids and support them. I refuse to have any with my shit job. 25 here, time is running out. Thanks for triggering my sadness, OP. You faggot..
Thanks for reading.

>> No.13107732

>>13107726
Lmao

>> No.13107751

It's fine, they sell pasta and shit, I get the shrimp spaghetti

>> No.13107752

Most miserable place in the universe I would burn every location down

>> No.13107756

>>13103632
if it's the olive garden why the fuck it got grapes on the logo?

>> No.13107927

Way too much sodium.

>> No.13107979

EYYYY My great uncle Paulie flew in from Naples so we took him to da OLIVE GARDEN. He tried to tell us some sob story about how Mussolini shot up half his village and I says EYYYY shove some pizzacini in ya mouth!

>> No.13108019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdIuWdz59E0

>> No.13108023

>>13103632
Pre-packaged, microwave tier food that's somehow very greasy with a premium price tag attached.

>> No.13108029
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>>13107726
Hilarious, but also sad.

>> No.13108036
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13108036

Friendly reminder that middle America thinks this is a classy place

>> No.13108071

>>13103632
say what you will, but olive garden has the most based salad and breadsticks in the fucking game right now.

>> No.13108267

>>13107726
Is this pasta?

>> No.13108271

>>13107752
t. person who worked there

>> No.13108275
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>> No.13108287

>>13107726

You want your ass power pounding?

>> No.13108300

>>13105932
Nah. Fazolies is the Taco Bell of Italian food

>> No.13108338

I used to cook there years ago, it's pretty fucking disgusting. First restaurant I ever worked at and it was infested with roaches (this is the Langley location in British Columbia)

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>>13108275

>> No.13108363

>>13103632
if they permaclosed their doors, i wouldn't miss them. i'll get their soup, salad, and bread's dicks meal once in a blue moon.

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>>13108363
>bread's dicks

>> No.13108407

>>13108348
Bourdain loved her, wrote the foreword for her book:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/marilyn-hagerty-anthony-bourdain-olive-garden

>> No.13108423

>>13108407
Well, he did have awful taste in women.

>> No.13108441

>>13108275
That's where my Corvette club meets after Cars-n-Coffee.

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>>13107726
Never seen this pasta before and I know most of them.

>> No.13108480

>>13108036
I've never met anyone who thinks Olive Garden is classy. They think it's like on the tier of Applebee's

>> No.13108539

>>13108480
More like Red Lobster.

When I was in highschool coworkers used go to Applebees after OT on weekends. Just late night junk food.

>> No.13108552

>>13108468
it isn't pasta. i literally wrote this. kek, it makes me feel good that it might be good enough though. now that i've done my part for the community, is it finally time to leave?

>> No.13108601

>>13103632
when I was basically a flyover guy living in PA ten years ago, they were fine
not amazing, but worth driving to (and it was like a 30+ minute drive)

here in FL, they all smell like the fucking bathroom, so I've never actually sat down in one long enough to order anything
but seriously, who the hell is eating in a restaurant that literally smells like ass

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13108725

>>13103632
is that fucking Scatman Carouthers?

>> No.13108741

never been there but I hate it

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13108805

>>13106242

me too
My Mom used to give me a bill after eating dinner every night and if I didn't tip her. she would be a bitch all night

>> No.13108806

>>13107752
Sure wagie. Now bring me another refill of breadie weadie sticks!

>> No.13108817 [DELETED] 

What's it like working at Olive Garden? Do you feel like you're deceiving the costumers when you serve them reheated bag food?

>> No.13109015

>>13108725

It's horse dick Virgil, he's a spokesman for Olive Garden

>> No.13109046

Do you have to dress up to go there?

>> No.13109071

>>13107675
Go have another munchie box or whatever you faggots call it.

>> No.13109145

>>13103632
>called olive garden
>it's just a building

>> No.13109161

>>13103632
My mother and I always get unlimited zuppa toscana. Very good soup if it's a good batch. Unfortunately, the good batches are uncommon.

>> No.13109163

>>13109046
I peed a little.

>> No.13109174

>>13108817
>serve them reheated bag food
About 80% of what you eat at any restaurant was on the Sysco/US Foods/Whatever truck yesterday.

>> No.13109179

>>13109161
And what does your mother’s bull get?

>> No.13109181

>>13109179
I always get the unlimited zuppa toscana.

>> No.13109183

>>13109179
Calabrian tenders then shrimp alfredo as an entree

>> No.13109186

>>13109179
Hi! I'm 21 and want to show you...

>> No.13109188 [DELETED] 

>>13109174
I don't eat at "any restaurant" ;)

>> No.13109189

>>13108271
Correct

>>13108806
Fuck you asshole you only get them free with a meal stop calling

>> No.13109440

>>13103632
An utter garbage place. Every time I went there I always got sick afterwards. I wish I was kidding.

>> No.13110682

>>13103632
Is that Virgil?

>> No.13110693

>>13108552
you're here forever

>> No.13110995

>>13110682

Yes, he loves those breadsticks