NFT: Going to Olive Garden tonight

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geez i cant believe people go to that place, but hey if u got a gift card, enjoyyyy

I love the Olive Garden. It's great. Bring your own ingredients, ask them to cook for yourself in their kitchen, then bring it out to your table and you'll have a great meal.

Otherwise... stick to salad and breadsticks. Maybe a chicken parm.. they can't fuck that up too bad, can they??

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I know how much some of you love OG. I haven't been there for a few years. What do you recommend?

Elsewhere

to make use of that gift card... sell it and eat wherever you like!
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to be honest i have never been but my mother had a gc once and the one thing that was recommended to her was the alfredo sauce, she had some leftover she brought to me, it was bad but not terribly bad

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In comment 11837551 GP said:

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Bring your own ingredients, ask them to cook for yourself in their kitchen, then bring it out to your table and you'll have a great meal.

O wish I could. I just hate using unfamiliar kitchens.

Just because you're all too high and mighty to eat Prego with chunks of extruded chicken reheated in a plastic bag doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't enjoy it.

young man. You're about to enjoy some of the finest Italian Food in the country

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Snobby food fucks jcn56 : 3:27 pm : link : reply Just because you're all too high and mighty to eat Prego with chunks of extruded chicken reheated in a plastic bag doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't enjoy it.

I didn't say I wouldn't eat there.

I just wouldn't recommend it to someone else.

Bill, you are a man of varied taste.

Darden owns OG and its their worst brand. Long Horn is OK. Season's 52 and Yard House IMO are both very good. Just drink at Yard House. Capitol Grille if you want to put socks on.

But he don't let me stop you from enjoying that authentic Italian cuisine.

salad

get laid tonight because OG makes women super horny

like an olive garden thread.

The Tour of Italy is probably your best bet for the $.

and give it to someone you don't like for Christmas.

overcooked seafood at Red Lobster, or Long Horn.

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wine serving chain in the US

and fettuccini alfredo. Add lots of table parmesean to beef it up. Maybe some black pepper and crushed red pepper as well.

drink heavily.

If it mostly grows olives, it's an orchard, not a garden.

In comment 11837598 Carl in CT said:

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The Tour of Italy is probably your best bet for the $.

Is that the same as an "Around the World?"

In comment 11837576 RC02XX said:

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Bill, you are a man of varied taste.

Yes I am :) Am I'm looking forward to Carl's Jr for breakfast Thursday, and a Jimmy Johns hero for the car

ass.

In comment 11837591 Headhunter said:

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get laid tonight because OG makes women super horny

I'm sorry if I didn't mention it, but I'm going with my wife

In comment 11837701 YAJ2112 said:

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ass.

I think they're the same thing, just a different name in different places

one has a gold star in the logo

We are family here literally. I'd bring my mistress

In comment 11837709 YAJ2112 said:

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one has a gold star in the logo

From what I can find, they have the same owner and a situated in different parts of the country. Apparently the menus are not the same, but there are similarities

and think they are even remotely similar

In comment 11837741 YAJ2112 said:

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and think they are even remotely similar

LOL

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I must hate 3/4 of the place

In comment 11837623 GiantsUA said:

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wine serving chain in the US

Yeah if you're bombed the food is more palatable

In comment 11837929 mattlawson said:

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In comment 11837623 GiantsUA said: Quote: wine serving chain in the US Yeah if you're bombed the food is more palatable

I'm halfway to bombed and haven't left the house yet. It's just 6 Mountain time. But it was 5 o'clock here.

All you can eat breadstick and a dish of Alfredo will hit the spot for you then.

Are you driving?

In comment 11837574 Wuphat said:

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Quote: Snobby food fucks jcn56 : 3:27 pm : link : reply Just because you're all too high and mighty to eat Prego with chunks of extruded chicken reheated in a plastic bag doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't enjoy it. I didn't say I wouldn't eat there. I just wouldn't recommend it to someone else.

Hehe, you've missed these threads in the past, haven't you?

i never ever would go to Olive Garden being an Italian cook but had to once after a funeral. I ordered the soup and was really surprised how good it was.

in many areas the OG is actually the best "Italian" food available. It's really just New York and few other places in the NE that have good Italian.

Even in CA, the Italian food is mediocre, for the most part.

I suspect either the horniness actually happened, or else you're lying in bed now with a big lump in your stomach, a parched mouth, and greasy fingers. Probably the latter.

so i'm just getting to this now. Yes, Oi, sad to say it is the best Italian food around. And no, I didn't drive. I got the Tour of Italy- chicken parm, lasagna and fettuccine alfredo. And the breadsticks. I'd give the chicken about a 7.5, the lasagna a 5.5 and the fettuccine a 6. Serviceable, if not great.

it was like KFC with ketchup on it.

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Ha, no. I'm well aware of the BBI disdain for OG.

are gross beyond words. They are oversize hotdog buns soaked in garlic ... ugh!

In comment 11838339 River Mike said:

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are gross beyond words. They are oversize hotdog buns soaked in garlic ... ugh!

And the issue is?

In comment 11838319 buford said:

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it was like KFC with ketchup on it.

Yeah, and what's the problem with that?

a scale of 100, not 10, lol

but this kind of shit is what makes wading through Yelp painful at times.

I have to figure out if reviews are based on the actual food or the expectations of it. you know how many people will say, "I paid $10 for a steak at Golden Corral and it was mediocre". No shit.

People want to go into any restaurant and think they are dining at Le Bernadin, even if the place offers Gorditas and a Happy Meal.

Olive Garden is what it is. A mid-priced place to go in a pinch with family when you don't want to blow $150 on kids who will not be impressed with a high-end place. It has its purpose.

it's like you've been to venice.....and drank dirty canal water and pissed it out your ass.

in all seriousness OG is my one of kids favorite restaurant, she loves the breadsticks, and unlimited soup and salad. I don't mind taking her once in a while and I get the same thing. the tuscan sausage soup isn't bad.

They opened one on Route 4 in Paramus. Should I give it a try?

In comment 11838892 Big Al said:

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They opened one on Route 4 in Paramus. Should I give it a try?

I'm not sure, Al. Is there a KFC nearby that you can bring ketchup to?

In comment 11838452 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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but this kind of shit is what makes wading through Yelp painful at times. I have to figure out if reviews are based on the actual food or the expectations of it. you know how many people will say, "I paid $10 for a steak at Golden Corral and it was mediocre". No shit. People want to go into any restaurant and think they are dining at Le Bernadin, even if the place offers Gorditas and a Happy Meal. Olive Garden is what it is. A mid-priced place to go in a pinch with family when you don't want to blow $150 on kids who will not be impressed with a high-end place. It has its purpose.

Perfectly stated.

In comment 11838892 Big Al said:

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They opened one on Route 4 in Paramus. Should I give it a try?

Isn't that the only OG in the Metro area that you HAVEN'T tried?

In comment 11837585 LauderdaleMatty said:

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Darden owns OG and its their worst brand. Long Horn is OK. Season's 52 and Yard House IMO are both very good. Just drink at Yard House. Capitol Grille if you want to put socks on. But he don't let me stop you from enjoying that authentic Italian cuisine.

Never been to a Season's 52, but I think Yard House is pretty awesome. They have a scallop dish that is very, very good.

I like the soup, salad and bread sticks. Sue me!