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79. That thread actually prompted me to try the OG (in NYC)

Mon Mar 3, 2014, 05:34 PM

Mar 2014

Not really planned, just decided to get a late lunch, looked at what was around, saw an OG and thought "what the hell, might as well see what the fuss was about".

Meh. Haven't been back, but feel no need to actively despise it either.

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What WAS the big Olive Garden thing on DU? [View all] sibelian Mar 2014 OP

Olive Garden is part of the Darden Restaurant Group, who are loudly anti-Obamacare. onehandle Mar 2014 #1

perhaps, but the Olive Garden stuff goes back way longer than that i'm pretty sure... dionysus Mar 2014 #3

Well, Olive Garden is really bad and bland 'Italian.' onehandle Mar 2014 #8

i used to enjoy going there stoned as a broke college student... it helped with the blandness issue. dionysus Mar 2014 #12

Nailed... sendero Mar 2014 #60

I've eaten TV dinners that were better Aerows Mar 2014 #89

I think Olive Garden used to be better than it is now. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #128

Yes.. waay back before that. As I recall someone posted a layperson review that went viral that was hlthe2b Mar 2014 #22

Olive Garden was revered as a symbol of everything wrong with this country Avalux Mar 2014 #130

in the smoking section, as well, thats how old the meme is, there were still smoking sections... dionysus Mar 2014 #131

i used to love the place as a broke college student... shrimp alfredo you'd mostly bring home after dionysus Mar 2014 #132

Someone on the DU hates every restaurant! nt Logical Mar 2014 #2

you're just a shill for Big Breadsticks. dionysus Mar 2014 #4

LOL, good one! :-) Logical Mar 2014 #10

That's what she said! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #35

Locking: no sex threads on DU. dionysus Mar 2014 #67

C'mon, I just bought these! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #69

okay. unlocking. dionysus Mar 2014 #72

Breastfeeding in the smoking section while feeding table-scraps to a pit bull, I think Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #5

and the pitbull was circumsized and vaccinated by their chiropractor NightWatcher Mar 2014 #18

Oh, I spoke too soon. penultimate Mar 2014 #48

you must have missed the Woo Wars NightWatcher Mar 2014 #52

The..... WOO WARS....? sibelian Mar 2014 #53

Medicine and Science versus things that aren't exactly science-y NightWatcher Mar 2014 #77

I'm slightly disappointed that woo_me_with_science sibelian Mar 2014 #108

Dueling Curlys JHB Mar 2014 #80

How could you have missed the woo wars? NuclearDem Mar 2014 #111

I take regular breaks from DU. Also sibelian Mar 2014 #114

we still see skirmishes from the Woo Wars ProdigalJunkMail Mar 2014 #109

Most of the woo after that was about Fukushima. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #113

Wasn't there some ludicrous thread about how one of the tsunamis was an American military plot? sibelian Mar 2014 #115

Only thing I know of along those lines was the infamous earthquake weapons thread. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #116

lol... no circumcision taking place? penultimate Mar 2014 #47

Someone went to NYC for a trip, and posted here about eating at Olive Garden WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #6

^^That^^ tkmorris Mar 2014 #16

Yup. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #62

Olive Garden in Times Square is your best bet, quickly seated with no bad surprises reddread Mar 2014 #24

Wow - If you think it is hard to find a good meal in NYC, you must be extremely choosy! HERVEPA Mar 2014 #36

just lucky enough to know what Mexican and Vietnamese Food is supposed to taste like reddread Mar 2014 #38

46th Street, Restaurant Row. aquart Mar 2014 #58

Excellent Italian restaurant on that block Da Rosina HERVEPA Mar 2014 #83

Thanks for that bit of 'family' history! elleng Mar 2014 #63

Thanks. That is how I remember it. n/t murielm99 Mar 2014 #71

roflmao lovemydog Mar 2014 #98

I missed it too, so don't feel too left out Warpy Mar 2014 #7

Here.... tammywammy Mar 2014 #9

^^^ This. Lex Mar 2014 #15

^^^ <--- houses. sibelian Mar 2014 #110

^^ <--- kitty ears Lex Mar 2014 #123

[^^] <--- kitty in cardboard box sibelian Mar 2014 #124

Hm! sibelian Mar 2014 #17

That was one hot mess. Raine1967 Mar 2014 #19

Well found, BTW, nt. sibelian Mar 2014 #20

That was hard to forget about. tammywammy Mar 2014 #23

HAHA me too laundry_queen Mar 2014 #84

I was able to forget my advanced statistics lecture as soon as I left the room. tammywammy Mar 2014 #85

People are such snobs. I have been to New York numerous times and eaten at Frankie and Johnnys.. Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #25

Agreed on the snobbiness tammywammy Mar 2014 #31

Do y'all still have the Spaghetti Warehouse? OriginalGeek Mar 2014 #42

You know, I do know of a Spaghetti Warehouse tammywammy Mar 2014 #54

I got so nostalgic I googled them just now OriginalGeek Mar 2014 #65

The one I was thinking of is in Arlington. tammywammy Mar 2014 #73

oh lordy! OriginalGeek Mar 2014 #78

Damn. jsr Mar 2014 #29

THIS THREAD RIGHT HERE WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #33

I'd come home after a long day and DU would have a martini ready-made for me LanternWaste Mar 2014 #41

you fascist! never show your receipt to "the man". Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #46

hahaha! that I can agree on Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #44

She also started the Asian woodcarver thread. madinmaryland Mar 2014 #55

I remember reading that. tammywammy Mar 2014 #57

And don't forget the singing Mexican kids. Frank Cannon Mar 2014 #106

That is hilarious! nt TBF Mar 2014 #56

Post 17 in that thread implies anti-Olive Garden stuff started earlier. But I think this thread... Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #68

That thread actually prompted me to try the OG (in NYC) JHB Mar 2014 #79

Plus ca change... cyberswede Mar 2014 #81

seems someone asked for a NYC restaurant recommendation . . . and a DUer recommended DrDan Mar 2014 #11

^^That. Orrex Mar 2014 #21

Liking chain restaurant food, enjoying TV.. WTF has DU become? nt Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #107

I wonder how many of these self-proclaimed foodies dine at McDonalds weekly DrDan Mar 2014 #117

Or just sniff in derision as they drive by? Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #118

I can't order a Papa Johns because of their owner DrDan Mar 2014 #119

I totally get that. Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #120

Years and years ago, somebody posted that snooper2 Mar 2014 #13

I hear Kate Upton is planning on doing her next photoshoot at an Olive Garden. Dr. Strange Mar 2014 #40

Weightless. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2014 #95

Someone ate at an Olive Garden sharp_stick Mar 2014 #14

Not evil alcibiades_mystery Mar 2014 #28

yes. I noticed you were all over that thread too Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #49

decent food is such a hard thing to find there reddread Mar 2014 #30

All kidding aside... jmowreader Mar 2014 #122

Olive is to "Italian" as Taco Bell is to "Mexican." Atman Mar 2014 #26

And all of us eat "Chinese" food that bears very little resemblance Common Sense Party Mar 2014 #32

Not all of us. REP Mar 2014 #129

I take a lot o credit for that, and I still believe it: RUBE FUCKING CENTRAL! alcibiades_mystery Mar 2014 #27

so rude. I bet you've done many things others here would look down as bush league Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #50

Once upon a time, a pit bull was going to bomb the moon Solly Mack Mar 2014 #34

And everyone held the door open for EVERYbody. sibelian Mar 2014 #37

lol! Of course! Solly Mack Mar 2014 #39

Oh! Is that what you meant by Door Wars? murielm99 Mar 2014 #74

Yes! sibelian Mar 2014 #112

All of it coated in crispys. suffragette Mar 2014 #100

It is the secret ingredient. Solly Mack Mar 2014 #101

Oops, I never did know what that one was about. suffragette Mar 2014 #102

No! Don't edit it. :) Solly Mack Mar 2014 #103

I think you get the gist from the thread. A couple of third-grade kids pretended to know... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #43

Oh. sibelian Mar 2014 #51

THE REAL STORY: REP Mar 2014 #45

I don't recall the nudity part but it was all about her wasn't it? Sognefjord Mar 2014 #59

I can't forget it - a good memory can be a curse REP Mar 2014 #61

There was nude lounging? She was in the wrong part of DU! Sognefjord Mar 2014 #90

yeah, the Asian Woodcarver bit was what finally put her over, right? fishwax Mar 2014 #125

...moon thread sibelian Mar 2014 #66

Thanks. Those were great days! Sognefjord Mar 2014 #94

this is how i remember it. she was such a racist little troll. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #70

That's how I remember it too. n/t tammywammy Mar 2014 #76

Indeed. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #93

so true La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #96

TAMALES!!! flvegan Mar 2014 #88

Woodcarvers! REP Mar 2014 #97

There are all kinds of urban legends about the Olive Garden. Rex Mar 2014 #64

Putting a cornflake batter on breast-fed pitbulls ought to be a crime struggle4progress Mar 2014 #75

I don't get the OG snobbery tularetom Mar 2014 #82

frankly, OG is very easy to avoid in NYC. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #86

I seem to recall now from lurking that she was some kind of bathing beauty in 1952 or so. Sognefjord Mar 2014 #91

LOL. yes, bathing beauty with asian woodworkers and assorted other issues. nt La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #92

I think it was about Aerows Mar 2014 #87

it was mostly a food snob thing Skittles Mar 2014 #99

just another reason Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #104

It was a dark time in DU history... Deep13 Mar 2014 #105

on the first day god created du and it was good-on the 2nd god said olive garden sucks dembotoz Mar 2014 #121

This? muntrv Mar 2014 #126

Low pay and benefits Omaha Steve Mar 2014 #127

No beer or travel money? sibelian Mar 2014 #133