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[etiolate]

I just found out they charge you $5.75 for when you tell them its your birthday and they bring you a slice of cake.

 

[DMczaf]

That's how it's done in Italy.

 

[iced lightning]

happy birfday

 

[teruterubozu]

OMG I'm dyin'!
:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

 

[Archaix]

I just found out they charge you $5.75 for when you tell them its your birthday and they bring you a slice of cake.

:lol

Do they at least ask if you'd like the slice of cake?

 

[Justin Bailey]

 

[Cloudy]

Haha, that's classic :lol :lol :lol

 

[theo]

hahahaha that is hilarious. i never tell the chain restaurants that its my birthday, their stupid cheesy singing is just plain embarassing for all parties concerned.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

i never tell the chain restaurants that its my birthday, their stupid cheesy singing is just plain embarassing for all parties concerned.

My family and friends know I hate that shit. They do it to me all of the time regardless if it's my birthday or not.

 

[themadcowtipper]

They have to make that money back that they lose on Free Breadsticks.

 

[ChrisReid]

Hmm.. we had a birthday there in December, and I paid the bill.. didn't notice a cake charge. It's damn good cake though. And someone in the party has to ask for it to begin with.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Do you more cheese? Fuck you and your goverment cheese grater!

 

[etiolate]

It wasn't my birthday, I didn't have to pay the bill, but from all my experience the free birthday treat is normally free. They don't inform you there is a charge.

 

[Comfort_Eagle]

They have to make that money back that they lose on Free Breadsticks.

The only good thing about Olive Garden is thier breadsticks.

 

[AntoneM]

the name just pisses me off, no one has an olive garden, but they do have olive groves.

 

[RevenantKioku]

The only good thing about Olive Garden is thier breadsticks.

Soup, salad and breadstick lunch. So. Damn. Good.

 

[SlickWilly223]

Fuck Olive Garden and their bologna ravioli. Their commercials make it sound like all their restaurants are filled with fresh off the boat Sicilian cooks, but when you get there the meals are the least authentic Italian food you will ever taste

 

[Grifter]

Dying at this thread.

Somebody tell why they're packed with people lining out the door when 10X better Italian restaurants (as well as Macaroni Grill) have 0 wait.

 

[jenov4]

Hahah ... man thread rocks. Thanks for livening up this lonely man's Friday evening.

 

[Pellham]

I didn't have to pay the bill, but from all my experience the free birthday treat is normally free.

I can't think of a single restaurant stupid enough to give free food away just cause it's a customer's birthday, and typically someone else is going to tell, not the person in question himself anyway. They usually are willing to foot the bill.

 

[StrikerObi]

Dying at this thread.

Somebody tell why they're packed with people lining out the door when 10X better Italian restaurants (as well as Macaroni Grill) have 0 wait.

Olive Garden (in my view at least) is the fucking epitome of bourgeois chain resturants. I can't walk in there without feeling like a tool.

I don't know why I have so much more distain for it than I do for a place like Chili's or Ruby Tuesday's. Actually, it's probalby because I grew up in an area of the country (north New Jersey) where there are tons of really great Italian resturants that are independantly owned and operated, and Olive Garden is trying to say "Look at us! We're Italian!" Fuck that noise. Olive Garden is for tools.

 

[tsp_gatmog]

I think Olive Garden stands for microwaved shit in Italian

 

[Link]

God, why do people still eat at the fucking Olive Garden? You people disgust me! Just make sure you never tell an Italian that you eat there. They'll punch you in the face right there. (I know I would.)

 

[demon]

Their bologna alfredo is magnificent.

 

[nitewulf]

i didnt notice any charges the last time i went. and you guys give OG too much of a hard time, the continental stuff is pretty damn good. soups, grilled meats, stuffed shrimps etc.

 

[Johnas]

Dying at this thread.

Somebody tell why they're packed with people lining out the door when 10X better Italian restaurants (as well as Macaroni Grill) have 0 wait.

:lol at thread title.

Where I live (Memphis, TN area) they're all filled with dirty flip-flop wearing, haven't shaved or showered in three days, Bud Light-hat wearing rednecks, which is made even funnier by the way the employees have to dress (black pants, white shirts). Basically people with zero taste. Their food is OK I guess, but it's really just cheap fare in a semi-fancy setting.

 

[Link]

Their bologna alfredo is magnificent.

i didnt notice any charges the last time i went. and you guys give OG too much of a hard time, the continental stuff is pretty damn good. soups, grilled meats, stuffed shrimps etc.

*punches both of you*

 

[Archaix]

*punches both of you*

I'm pretty sure that the bologna alfredo thing was a joke.

 

[Link]

Don't care! He had it coming!

 

[RevenantKioku]

Dying at this thread.

Somebody tell why they're packed with people lining out the door when 10X better Italian restaurants (as well as Macaroni Grill) have 0 wait.

While Olive Garden is no gourmet shit, Macaroni Grill sucks ass as well.
Plus, nothing is more appetizing than a restaurant name that makes you think of burnt elbow macaroni.

 

[Link]

While Olive Garden is no gourmet shit, Macaroni Grill sucks ass as well.

Thank you, saves me from having to say it.

EDIT - If you people insist on going to an "Italian" chain, at least go to Carrabba's.

 

[RevenantKioku]

Spin as much shit you want about Olive Garden though, a six dollar lunch of about 3 or 4 bowls of soup and a shitload of salad and breadsticks is pretty nice. I probably wouldn't get anything else, but lunchwise, I think that's pretty tops.

 

[themadcowtipper]

HolyShit GAF food elitist..... It all over man! The end is Nigh.

 

[Link]

You're obviously not Italian.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

You're obviously not Italian.

who cares? Im mexican and i don't get all butthurt when people eat at Taco Bell.

 

[Link]

You can't get more American than Taco Bell.

 

[Johnas]

who cares? Im mexican and i don't get all butthurt when people eat at Taco Bell.

I went to Mexico a few years ago and ate cheese quesadillas made with molded cheese (unknowingly, of course). I had Montezuma's Revenge for a month, the Center for Disease Control hounded me for about 8 months afterwards.

 

[themadcowtipper]

Im mexican and i don't get all butthurt when people eat at Taco Bell.

You can't get more American than Taco Bell.

hmmm

 

[Musashi Wins!]

They should charge you $2.99 and hand you a consolation card for being at an Olive Garden for your birthday. Christ alive, what's next, Red Lobster for weddings?

 

[nitewulf]

who cares? Im mexican and i don't get all butthurt when people eat at Taco Bell.

taco bell on the other hand, IS disgusting. anyway...i'll check out this other chain you mentioned. unfortunately we actually dont have many chains in nyc...cuz of all the great neighborhood restaurants i guess. but i dont know of italian stuff.

 

[Link]

Btw, I don't see Taco Bell ever trying to pass themselves off as "authentic Mexican."

That's the difference here.

 

[calder]

This thread rules just for introducing me to the awesomeness that is the expression "butthurt".

 

[Meier]

Olive Garden = best chain restaraunt in the world. Mmm, breadsticks. *drool* I could eat the chicken alfredo and pasta fagioli (sp?) from there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

 

[Rorschach]

who cares? Im mexican and i don't get all butthurt when people eat at Taco Bell.

I knew it!

 

[Lil' Dice]

I've accidentally eaten a piece of my own shit after biting a fingernail that hadn't been wiped clean. I would rather do that again than to ever eat anything from the Olive Garden again.

 

[Claus]

Macaroni Grill > Olive Garden

 

[aoi tsuki]

who cares? Im mexican and i don't get all butthurt when people eat at Taco Bell.

Taco Bell is shit and induces butthurt.

 

[StrikerObi]

Olive Garden = best chain restaraunt in the world. Mmm, breadsticks. *drool* I could eat the chicken alfredo and pasta fagioli (sp?) from there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Next time I see you, remind me to punch you for Link.

 

[Days like these...]

who cares? Im mexican and i don't get all butthurt when people eat at Taco Bell.

IAWTP

 

[xsarien]

No self-respecting Italian would be caught dead in an Olive Garden. Take the time to find a real Italian place, you'll be amazed at what the real stuff tastes like.