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yeah i usually head over to the olive garden to carb load you don't have to go to italy to
enjoy italian food but if you go to the olive garden there are some things you should know
here are 10 more secrets olive garden doesn't want you to know can you keep a secret no not from
italy not italy california oh california would you believe that this italian inspired restaurant was
not founded in italy but instead it was actually founded in orlando florida usa in 1982 the chain
was launched by general mills general mills is the same company that owns pillsbury and betty crocker
same sort of thing really eventually they also started darden restaurants inc darden
restaurants inc also owns longhorn steakhouse and yard house along with several other restaurants
everyone assumes that olive garden had started in italy because of its italian menu offerings
but this is definitely an american spin on the italian classics freebies from their reward app
for some people eating out is quite an exorbitant cost that is why the olive garden app is quite
useful for one thing you get free appetizers every time you order an entree and when you sign up for
the olive garden eclub emails you will receive the best olive garden coupons there are some which
offer 10 off and some which even offer 15 off your entire order and you don't have to ask for
these coupons to be sent to you these coupons will be sent to your inbox automatically once a month
once you've signed up olive garden will also send you information about their latest promotions
so you will always be aware of all the olive garden specials you'll also receive an olive
garden birthday coupon for a free dessert on your birthday this is truly a delicious treat
even if their desserts are known to be frozen not fresh cake is cake even if it's not freshly baked
everybody loves cakes the coupon will appear in your inbox during your birthday month you can
also redeem the awards that they send you not only at olive garden restaurant locations but also at
six of the other darden owned restaurants another benefit you can take advantage of if you download
the app is getting a head start on waiting for a table by virtually joining the wait list
via your app since the lineups at olive garden can get kinda long on very busy nights this benefit
is actually quite helpful it's really easy to just click on the join the wait list button when
you open the app and choose your preferred olive garden location use two coupons really housewives
love coupons normally when restaurants offer you promotions you're only allowed to use
one coupon per visit however if you want to work your way around that rule head to your nearest
olive garden restaurant when you're shown to your table at olive garden and you sit down with
one of your friends and your waiter approaches to take your order there's just one thing you
have to do the secret is to ask your server to split the bill between you and your friend are
you trying to split the bill though this might take a couple of extra minutes and though you
may see your server sigh at the request since they have to start a second bill it is totally doable
they cannot refuse to do this for you and then because you now have two bills running you can use
two of your coupons everyone wants to save money and there are always ways around the rules best
deal at the garden that's the best deal you're gonna get if you want to stretch your dollar
and these days who doesn't you should treat your family to the olive garden family style bundles
the olive garden advertises that the bundles serve between four to six people but in reality these
portions are actually quite huge and they could easily serve six people with no one going hungry
the family style bundle includes the olive garden specialty bread sticks everyone is familiar with
and olive garden's famous house salad knowledge is power right here's another way to save on
weekly meals when you head out to eat at the olive garden restaurant and you've purchased an entree
while dining in the restaurant you are entitled to purchase one of the olive gardens six dollar take
home entrees six dollars you get to choose between five cheese ziti alforno spaghetti with meat sauce
or fettuccine alfredo taking one of these home so you can have a meal for the next day is
truly cost efficient especially compared to the eat-in restaurant prices for the very same meals
the only downside of these take-home entrees is that unfortunately the olive garden will not throw
in any of their famous breadsticks with this deal you can of course order some to go however then
you will increase the cost of your take-home meal and the whole point was to take advantage of the
savings you don't need their wine no red wine tony no red wine the olive garden restaurant
boasts about its award-winning wine program they now offer 25 different wines which range from
dry and full-bodied to light and sweet restaurant patrons who are over 21 years old are encouraged
to sample a complimentary one-ounce portion of any of the olive garden wines just to see if they are
enamored with them before you decide to buy one of their wines you should know that you're actually
allowed to try up to three samples of their wines for free before purchasing one of their bottles
of course you're not obligated to buy any even after trying the three samples you might just be
tipsy enough and decide not to indulge any further nah it's not really for me in 2018 the
olive garden restaurant launched its very own brand of house rose darden digest wrote about
the olive garden restaurant's house rose called head-to-head rose the rose was created by julia
and andrew zingarelli from the rocca delemetier winery in tuscany but did you know that in case
you're looking to lower the entire cost of your dinner at olive garden you were actually allowed
to bring your very own wine to some of the olive garden locations this is obviously a cheaper way
to indulge while it's true you will have to pay a corkage fee which is usually about seven bucks
you will still save yourself some dough on your entire outing contaminated salad and slugs
contaminated probably foot free we all imagine that our favorite restaurants are safe to eat at
we assume that all of the restaurants we frequent are required to follow certain safety rules
especially regarding the preparation of our food orders the storage of ingredients and the methods
of the food handling well unfortunately sometimes tidbits of information get leaked out into
the news and we are horrified to find out that things do not always go as we hoped they would
one of olive garden's former servers alleged that the salad they are famous for was often
contaminated and not cleansed properly she stated that there are always caterpillars and spiders
which the serving staff pulls out of the salad mix they try to clear it of the contaminants before
serving but there are no guarantees but i need to know you tried okay she also said that the servers
who frequent the kitchen all day long often stick their fingers into the salads that are awaiting
delivery to the tables to pick out toppings to snack on considering that the restaurant portions
out the salad fixings based on the amount of people who are at the table for example one tomato
per person you can be sure you'll be getting even less of those once the salad arrives at your table
the same server also claimed that at her workplace concerning these sodas there was
a bad slug problem she said that the servers had to knock slugs off the machines before they filled
up the sodas and that her manager just told her that there was nothing they could do about it
mints for adults booze for kids the first booze made for kids by kids we are human we love free
stuff everyone loves to know the secret to getting extra stuff right when you receive your check in
olive garden restaurants the servers always bring some chocolate mints over to your table
along with your bill according to insiders who work at olive garden they keep the chocolate
mints stored in the freezers in the back and olive garden always makes sure to have boxes and boxes
and boxes of the mints on hand in order to ensure that they always have a solid supply at all times
but did you know that you can ask for some of those frozen mints at any time during your meal
not only at the end if you're a frozen chocolate mint lover you could use the frozen chocolate
mints as a palette cleanser you could consume them between the soup and your salad or you could pop
one or two in your mouth between your salad and your spaghetti and meatball dinner of course if
you cannot manage to finish all of the frozen chocolate mints you have requested you can toss
them into your purse or pocket to eat later on on a whole different note regarding people getting
something extra we've all heard of underage diners attempting to get some alcoholic beverages while
still not of legal age but for those trying to get booze although they're not allowed to drink yet
all they have to do is head to olive garden and order a fruilatto smoothie they might just happen
to score a rum cocktail instead i wouldn't even be mad that was what happened to a ten-year-old boy
living in indianapolis when he went to an olive garden with his entire family they were all seated
and their server took their beverage order the young boy ordered a fruilatto smoothie straight
off of the menu the waitress made a huge mistake and served the young boy a rum cocktail instead
as he was sitting at the table slowly sipping the sweet drink it occurred to the waitress that the
frulado smoothie she had delivered to the young boy was indeed not a fruilatto smoothie instead
she realized she had served him a rum cocktail once she realized the grand mistake she had made
she immediately reported it to the management management proceeded to tell the parents of the
boy who were absolutely disheartened and worried sick they immediately left the restaurant and took
their son to a hospital for a checkup it turned out that he was all right after the mix-up but
the waitress who'd come clean right away and had reported her error was fired instead of rewarding
her honesty she was sent packing instead there was no leeway for error in this case
why won't they tell you i want to tell you the truth when there are secret items on any menu
anywhere the best part for patrons is discovering just what those very special menu items are well
at olive garden they actually have italian soda it's not that far a stretch for this item to be
on their menu after all it actually used to be on their menus available for everyone to see
and order you can order anything you want but for some strange reason they took it off of their menu
and now it's only on their secret menu so you may still order one if you want one it's usually
a bit more fun to discover crazier options on a secret menu than items that used to be
there side platter of norovirus you just stole a very dangerous virus one of the olive garden
restaurants in indianapolis served 373 customers a side platter of norovirus along with their dinners
norovirus is a very contagious virus which causes diarrhea and vomiting it's often spread by eating
food that is tainted by fluids from another infected person when norovirus is discovered
especially in a lot of people there is an attempt made to figure out just where that norovirus came
from this is done in order to get rid of the source of the virus and to prevent it from
infecting any others we must be ready we'll be ready once the olive garden restaurant was
identified to be the source of the norovirus outbreak the restaurant was immediately closed
down for a few days and cleaned thoroughly before being allowed to open again but just the fact
that diners could be infected from a meal eaten at olive garden is very disconcerting we put so much
trust in the owners and the managers implementing routines to keep the food supply safe and the
diners healthy there should not be that sort of risk involved when we decide to go out to eat
spying on your very own dad are you spying on me it's mine no in 2014 one of olive garden's
shareholders a hedge fund called starboard value decided that it would attempt to force some
positive change at olive garden by doing its own investigation and then releasing their findings
to the public the report was full of disasters they discovered bad customer service standards
that were getting worse and worse strange menu items and completely un-italian dishes
like spanish tapas and burgers i like burgers the investigative report was thorough and even
exposed the fact that they'd managed to get a longer warranty on their cookware their pots and
pans by agreeing not to use salt in their pasta water this not only goes against every recipe for
authentic italian pasta ever created but it also happens to take away from the flavor of the dishes
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