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.