monkeybizness said:olive garden is the denny's of italian food.

You're so cool...like the Fonz of the internet. It is a diner of Italian food? What would you be comparing Denny's to, Ihop or Waffle House, cause if you have ever eaten at a Waffle House you might be running to the nearest Denny you see.

Seriously people, if there food is soo horrible to you, then why are you bothering to post? Just skip over it. I personally think, that while I have had better pasta dishes, Olive Garden is still nice, especially an all you can eat for this cheap. It is nice to be able to come home after work, grab family/S.O/whatever you may have and just go out to dinner instead of having to cook and clean up after.

Ohh and if Olive Garden is so horrible, why are there still so many locations? Don't see Sizzlers anywhere do you? Obivously the American population can deal with some bland pasta.

Well, here in NJ, Olive Garden is a chain, when we have lots of independent italian restaurants. It's just not seen as good in comparison. Like McDonalds vs a local independent burger joint.

I remember when we lived in TX my co workers all though Chili's and Chi-chis were horrible, as they had plenty of "real" independent mexican restaurants to choose from.

Sigh...and now it looks as though I have a gluten allergy and shouldn't be eating pasta anymore. <sniff>

BunnyTubby said:Now only if we could...Get some sour cream and onion chips with some dip, man, some beef jerky, some peanut butter. Get some Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars, a whole lot, make sure chocolate, gotta have chocolate, man. Some popcorn, red popcorn, graham crackers, graham crackers with marshmallows, the little marshmallows and little chocolate bars and we can make s'mores, man. Also, celery, grape jelly, Cap'n Crunch with the little Crunch berries, pizzas. We need two big pizzas, man, everything on 'em, with water, whole lotta water, and Funyons.

Dude...how can you leave out the donuts and french fries!

PRINGLES!

jplee3 said:BunnyTubby said:Now only if we could...Get some sour cream and onion chips with some dip, man, some beef jerky, some peanut butter. Get some Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars, a whole lot, make sure chocolate, gotta have chocolate, man. Some popcorn, red popcorn, graham crackers, graham crackers with marshmallows, the little marshmallows and little chocolate bars and we can make s'mores, man. Also, celery, grape jelly, Cap'n Crunch with the little Crunch berries, pizzas. We need two big pizzas, man, everything on 'em, with water, whole lotta water, and Funyons.

Dude...how can you leave out the donuts and french fries!

PRINGLES!

No White Castle's? Oh, that's right, they don't deliver...

alienjedi said:monkeybizness said:olive garden is the denny's of italian food.

You're so cool...like the Fonz of the internet. It is a diner of Italian food? What would you be comparing Denny's to, Ihop or Waffle House, cause if you have ever eaten at a Waffle House you might be running to the nearest Denny you see.

Seriously people, if there food is soo horrible to you, then why are you bothering to post? Just skip over it. I personally think, that while I have had better pasta dishes, Olive Garden is still nice, especially an all you can eat for this cheap. It is nice to be able to come home after work, grab family/S.O/whatever you may have and just go out to dinner instead of having to cook and clean up after.

Ohh and if Olive Garden is so horrible, why are there still so many locations? Don't see Sizzlers anywhere do you? Obivously the American population can deal with some bland pasta.

Yeah, you tell em. And some of us are just "ignint hicks" that only have an Olive Garden in our area. There's no Macaroni Grill or Bucca de Beppo around here.

Yummy salad with crunchy croutons. Bread sticks. 2 bowls of pasta. That's easily 200g of carbs. I don't eat that much in a week! And the next day I'd have to spend a few hours on the throne. Unfortunately not for me anymore.

Many restaurants are better than Olive Garden. I don't think you need to be a cardiac surgeon to know that. However, most likely, none of those places are offering all you can eat pasta/breadsticks/salad. That is the deal... whether you would actually partake is another thing.

If I could get a deal on a new Ford Mustang for $5000, I swear there would be people here complaining that BMWs are better and that they wouldn't spend $5 on that piece of junk. And for the record, I agree that BMWs are better cars, and that Maggiano's rules Olive Garden. Doesn't mean that it's not a hot deal. It is what it is.

So for those who want to stuff your face with pasta with sauce with or without meatballs or sausage that may or may not be of the highest of quality, but still is extremely popular, saunter over to the OG.

jb347 said:rigor said:..and this is why americans are fat..

good stoner food i spose

Now only if we could...Get some sour cream and onion chips with some dip, man, some beef jerky, some peanut butter. Get some Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars, a whole lot, make sure chocolate, gotta have chocolate, man. Some popcorn, red popcorn, graham crackers, graham crackers with marshmallows, the little marshmallows and little chocolate bars and we can make s'mores, man. Also, celery, grape jelly, Cap'n Crunch with the little Crunch berries, pizzas. We need two big pizzas, man, everything on 'em, with water, whole lotta water, and Funyons.

marijuana is not a drug...

jskim9 said:IMO, one of the most bland pasta joints. I prefer Bucca de Beppo and Macaroni Grill.

Bucca IS good stuff... if you can get unlimited Bucca for $8.95 I'll go with you and buy you lunch.
Until then I'll stick with the Olive Garden deal. Hope to hear from you soon!

Thanks OP!

worm690 said:this is perfect timing for me since i just started bulking up for the winter. should be a happy hibernation for me.

hahaha good stuff