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BlueJazz

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48. Every Italian person I have ever known has said very few nice things about Olive Garden.

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 07:54 PM

Sep 2014

There's a little modest place down the street from where I live. Owned by an Italian family.
The food is Heavenly...just Heavenly.

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Olive Garden Has Middle-Class Problems [View all] babylonsister Sep 2014 OP

I'm Italian or at least 1/2 I learn to cook from watching my grandmother... Historic NY Sep 2014 #1

I am right with you on this one! strawberries Sep 2014 #4

I grew up in New Orleans Aerows Sep 2014 #19

I'm Sicilian And I Think You're Wrong ProfessorGAC Sep 2014 #34

Blah.......sauce or gravy. Historic NY Sep 2014 #44

Really? Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #45

To Each His Own ProfessorGAC Sep 2014 #50

Food preservation is not "work" Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #63

"Olive Garden is about as Italian as Taco Bell is Mexican." nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #71

Oh, lordy lu, hifiguy Sep 2014 #53

I always laugh when I see food snobs. joeglow3 Sep 2014 #55

Italian food is peasant food. Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #62

There are over 800 Olive Gardens, meaning MILLIONS like it. joeglow3 Sep 2014 #65

Million eat Taco Bell Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #66

And you are better than those miilions as well... joeglow3 Sep 2014 #72

Oh well. Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #73

Oh, I don't like Olive Garden joeglow3 Sep 2014 #75

I said it was prepared wrong. Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #77

People flock to Taco Bell for inedible horse meat tacos as well. chrisa Sep 2014 #76

Ouch. Cha Sep 2014 #95

Critique of lackluster food isn't "snobbery," it's critique of lackluster food. Scootaloo Sep 2014 #80

Yeah biggest objection to olive garden is Arcanetrance Sep 2014 #94

We have lots of great Italian food in New Haven...it's heaven for foodies... CTyankee Sep 2014 #25

It was a sad day when our Italian Gardens restaraunt finally went down. It had really been great brewens Sep 2014 #78

Yup alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #11

i am not Italian but I adore good Italian food hifiguy Sep 2014 #16

When I was laid up in bed for six weeks with a back injury, closeupready Sep 2014 #21

ummmm strawberries Sep 2014 #24

It's from Craig Claiborne, longtime NYT food writer. hifiguy Sep 2014 #26

I am not Italian Aerows Sep 2014 #18

Every Italian person I have ever known has said very few nice things about Olive Garden. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #48

I love home-cooked Italian food. Quayblue Sep 2014 #49

I'm not Italian, but cwydro Sep 2014 #79

They also are horrible at responding to customer complaints ebbie15644 Sep 2014 #2

I complained via email Tree-Hugger Sep 2014 #64

"telegraphs a certain old-world charm" tabasco Sep 2014 #3

You would, if you were served much smaller portions and scant sauce. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #9

Yeah, those Italians really suck at making Italian food tabasco Sep 2014 #58

Have you been? I have, several times, the length and breadth. Italians do not heap large portions of WinkyDink Sep 2014 #59

There are also bad Italian restaurants in Italy. kwassa Sep 2014 #70

And that's exactly how sauces should be applied Silent3 Sep 2014 #82

THIS! I can't stand over sauced pasta. (My grandparents were Sicilian immigrants.) tblue37 Sep 2014 #83

Yeah, in Italy, the portions aren't huge, the wine is freaking awesome, and glowing Sep 2014 #84

I'm sure you're the only one here who's ever been to Italy. tabasco Sep 2014 #89

Then why were you complaining? n/t tabasco Sep 2014 #90

Ever seen actual bolognese sauce? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #81

Making a batch of homemade bolognese hifiguy Sep 2014 #91

Well....there is a Naples, Florida. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #12

Naples, Florida, or Naples, Utah? NT politicat Sep 2014 #39

The larger problem is corp America pushes marketing over substance on point Sep 2014 #5

I recommend that anyone who wants to learn how to run a national chain restaurant Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #6

Real italian food is peasant food. Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #46

Olive Garden has more problems with it's food oneshooter Sep 2014 #7

No, it feels like mall food and for about the same money you can eat at a real restaurant NightWatcher Sep 2014 #8

That's okay by me; I've never gone except as a travel rest-stop or a pre-concert meal. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #10

Waiting for the typical DU food snobs! "Low grade dog food" LOL nt Logical Sep 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Brigid Sep 2014 #42

But I hear it's a must-visit destination in Times Square NuclearDem Sep 2014 #14

Not sure it's still there, but I went there with a lady friend closeupready Sep 2014 #22

tsk tsk tsk peacefreak Sep 2014 #61

The hedge fund report is what passes for frat boy/MBA analysis, claptrap served up in PowerPoint greatlaurel Sep 2014 #15

You obviously didn't read the report. Or perhaps you WROTE IT Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #20

Nowhere in the entire power point silliness did I see them suggesting paying a living wage greatlaurel Sep 2014 #43

You didn't read it, and if you did, you're not equipped to understand it. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #56

way too many mom and pop places in my corner of the world to go to the chains KG Sep 2014 #17

Breastfeeding and pit bulls are middle-class problems? KamaAina Sep 2014 #23

Yes!! Sparhawk60 Sep 2014 #28

Welcome to DU! KamaAina Sep 2014 #30

part Italian here Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #27

Don't lie, you know you go all the time The2ndWheel Sep 2014 #29

LOL Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #32

Almost every restaurant I have eaten pasta in makes their sauce way too sweet. It's nice to see that tblue37 Sep 2014 #85

Sugar is the American way Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #88

You get what you pay for tularetom Sep 2014 #31

I see what you're saying. xfundy Sep 2014 #33

i don't think it's all about money, things like Yelp and other internet sites JI7 Sep 2014 #35

Best Italian food you can get outside Italy, IMO. zappaman Sep 2014 #36

the problem with olive garden is they are too expensive for the type of food they serve JI7 Sep 2014 #37

There was a time... Xolodno Sep 2014 #38

Maybe I'm a snob, but I avoid chains at all cost. alarimer Sep 2014 #40

Best.Salad.Anywhere. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #41

Meh Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #47

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #51

I take it the libraries are closed today? William769 Sep 2014 #52

Another factor: the rise of home semi-gourmet cooking Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #54

This. I can make better and more authentic hifiguy Sep 2014 #92

"the asparagus is too long" Enrique Sep 2014 #57

I'm really glad my palate is so unrefined steve2470 Sep 2014 #60

I completely agree. Union Scribe Sep 2014 #68

A "floury smudge of Alfredo sauce?" Flour in an Alfredo sauce???? markpkessinger Sep 2014 #67

Meatballs and spaghetti--my favorite meal. Kingofalldems Sep 2014 #69

A Point Missing Here Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #74

HenrycFord's business plan included paying his workers enough that tblue37 Sep 2014 #86

Any restaurant chain that SheilaT Sep 2014 #87

I'm Italian and honesty my biggest objection to olive garden Arcanetrance Sep 2014 #93