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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: bigboy]
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12/26/13 02:38 AM
12/26/13 02:38 AM
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Posts: 31,308 New Jersey, USA
J Geoff
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First off, the Zuppe Tuscana is perhaps one of the best soups out there in ANY chain restaurant -- and as SB said, the all-you-can-eat lunch special is the best thing you can eat for less than $8 anywhere. In NJ, a hop away from NYC, I'm blessed to have (too) MANY great options for Italian food. But I don't get why ppl feel the need to knock Olive Garden just because it's a chain. It's decent. (Though I did knock a certain ex-member here who traveled to NYC from out of the tri-state and ended up at Olive Garden in Times Square -- WTF?!) While I think their Zuppe is the best (I have the recipe and can make it at home, so...), I think Carrabba's is a better chain (the food is good, but perhaps the foodie-wanna-be in me likes to sit at the kitchen bar to watch them cook, adding to the enjoyment ;)) Breadsticks... please... I like the idea of them, but rarely are they fresh. When they're stale, they suck big time. Salad is good (hence, the soup/salad/sticks lunch deal). I rate Italian places by their meatballs. Olive Garden barely passes. There are so many places that obviously do NOT make their own meatballs. At least there's a question here lol. But their sausage is really good! Some entrees are actually exceptional. Most are just average. But there's nothing bad there....
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: dontomasso]
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01/07/14 12:41 PM
01/07/14 12:41 PM
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I'm with Geoff and SB. One of the drawbacks of my hometown is the paucity of good ethnic restaurants, starting with Italian. And, coming from NJ, which probably has more Italian restaurants than Italy, it really sucks. Olive Garden is considered "Italian" here, which tells you something. No veal (but then again, there's no veal anywhere here). BUT: I lunch at Olive Garden every so often with a friend. The soup/salad/breadsticks lunch is ok. The soup that Geoff and SB cited is tasty (albeit very salty) and you can have as much as you want. The salad is ok if you don't mind iceberg lettuce.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
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01/07/14 01:24 PM
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LittleMan
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....but not worth the wait for a table. Lol, yep. There always seems to be a wait for a table there.
You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: bigboy]
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01/22/14 08:20 PM
01/22/14 08:20 PM
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I've been twice and have no desire to return.
"How's the Italian food in this restaurant?'
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: bigboy]
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08/28/14 05:24 PM
08/28/14 05:24 PM
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More like Olive Garbage. I'll never eat from that place again
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: bigboy]
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08/28/14 06:38 PM
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We ate their once their is a restraunt right near the theather district. Place was crowded I hate crowds. I wanted to leave but my wife was hungry. They gave us this thing it looked like a toy flying saucer Their was a very fast tourn over the restraunt had three floors to it as I recal. Then all of a sudden the flying saucer started to light up. Then we were told to go to the third floor and hand the flying sauer to some one on the third floor. I really don't remember the food at all just that flying sauer thing. I thought the waitress was nice. She ended up happy becaus I tip big. I never went back, but I have thought about stealing the flying saucer thing.
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: bigboy]
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08/28/14 06:44 PM
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This is what I found out in my long life. Italian food is like art it's all in the taste buds in the eater. We all think at least most of us think that our mothers and or wife's food is the best tasting food ever. But another person thinks the same thing about his mothers and or wife's food. Then you go over the other persons house and you try their food. Then you think they have no clue what good Italian food really is
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: Lucrezia]
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08/31/14 12:52 AM
08/31/14 12:52 AM
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J Geoff
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I think their Zuppe is the best (I have the recipe and can make it at home, so...) Would you happen to have that recipe handy? Wow, I do... and I thought I posted it here at some point, but maybe not, cuz I can't find it... I'll have to gather my notes first......
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: NNY78]
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11/02/14 10:39 AM
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Went to Olive Garden last night, the food and service were very good, nice evening. So while your waiting for a table did they give you the thing that looks like a flying saucer. Then when it lights up you know You have a table. I rather grease a pretty hostess and she calls you when a table is ready cfirst before any one else.
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Re: Olive Garden
[Re: Footreads]
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11/02/14 11:15 AM
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pizzaboy
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I've never eaten there. But I have eaten at the Macaroni Grill down in Boca. I'm told they're similar but I have no frame of reference. Anyway, it wasn't too bad for a chain restaurant. They have this gimmick where they put bottles of house red and house white on the table (typical, decent California wines), and you're supposed to drink on the "honor system" (tell your server how many you had). Yeah, right .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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