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[edit] Breadsticks

There should be more mention of the breadsticks concidering they are so famous.

Megamanfanx7 15:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Eh, read above ;). Jmlk17 06:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


i really think it would be a good idea to mention the breadsticks, they are really good —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.237.104.67 (talk) 17:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citation

Someone needs a citation about them being 1/3 of the Italian restaurants in America, because I find that fact VERY hard to believe.

I'm removing it. OG's web page currently says 556 restaurants in the US and Canada. Citysearch finds 1,100 Italian restaurants in the New York City area alone. It is not plausible that OG represents 1/3 of the nation's Italian restaurants. -- Coneslayer 18:30, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Culinary Institute of Tuscany

Would someone like to research and begin writing about Olive Garden's supposed "Culinary Institute of Tuscany"? Sounds interesting. I'll begin work on it, but I have a tendency to never get around to my to-do list. cluth 08:21, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


I started a section on the Culinary Institute. Star 15:04, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

A history of the Culinary Institute of Tuscany (and Olive Garden's involvement) is available at the American Culinary Association. Jimbo 18:27, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intro sentence...

Olive Garden is a popular American restaurant chain specializing in Italian food, most frequently in suburban strip malls.

The last part of that sentence seems (1) inappropriate for an intro paragraph, as it's a very unimportant characteristic of the restaurant and (2) not really true, or at least unverifiable. Any opinions? Dylan 13:31, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

  • It might not be something a casual diner would often think about, but the business model of a commercial restaurant chain is I think pretty important. The thing on store locations is almost certainly accurate and quite verifiable if not quite verified (surely there's a comprehensive list on the company website).--Pharos 20:05, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
But is the characterization accurate? Of the Olive Gardens I go to more or less regularly, both at home and when traveling on business (because they're dependable and I'm a sucker for the Pasta Fagiole . . .), two are "outliers" of large indoor shopping mall complexes which have 5-8 restaurants on their perimeters, one shares a parking lot with a Super Target (or whatever the giant ones are called), and one is very close to a moderately upscale residential area and half a block from a Steak & Ale, with no other businesses being nearby. When you say "strip mall," I think Chili's, Appleby's, Logan's, and Fuddruckers -- not Olive Garden. --Michael K. Smith 22:55, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Competitors

Instead of having this in a branch (Olive Garden), how about having it in Darden Restaurants instead? Since it seems to me the competitors also compete against the other branches and not just Olive Garden.. --Samweber 01:01, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it's exactly standard to have a list of competitors in an article, anyway ... --Q Canuck 04:13, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

This article reads like an advertisement. Andrewmudd 07:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The "Food" section in particular is just fluff - not encyclopedic and probably shouldn't be included in the article at all. (Never having heard of the restaurant chain before now, I'm not the person to reword or remove the section, but I tagged it for a rewrite.) --Bonadea 08:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

THE BREAD STICKS ARE ORGASMIC? This is just silly and needs to be removed. Also this part of the article is written in first person. Fanofdirtydancing April 17 2007

[edit] "ersatz" -- good word!

I just wanted to comment on the appropriateness of the word "ersatz" describing the decor of the restaurant. I think it is an accurate and succinct description - such a good word!

--aw it's been removed! I thought it was very appropriate too, tho i've never eaten there :) 193.130.19.189 (talk) 10:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] canadian olive garden

there are five or six locations in canada, and have been for many many years.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:OliveGardenLogo3.png

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[edit] Tuscan Farmhouse

The page states that the farmhouse that the new styles of Olive Garden, known within the company as the "Tuscan Farmhouse style," of which there are at least two designs of the Tuscan Farmhouse stlye restaurant, is a fictional farmhouse. The farmhouse, however, does indeed exist in the Riserva in Tuscany. As a team member of the Olive Garden, this is (or is supposed to be) something taught at every training. On the menu, the symbol that located next to certain dishes from the Riserva is such: you see an olive tree in a stone doorway, and that olive tree is a centuries-old tree that stands in the Riserva itself. All the dishes that are marked by that symbol are true Tuscan-inspired dishes, meaning that they've started with Chef Neri in Tuscany, but have been modified in some way to appeal to the general public of the US.

Amanda Gauselman, Jacksonville NC 23:20, 22 March 2008

[edit] "Italian" food?

Instead of "[...an...] American restaurant chain specializing in Italian food", shouldn't the article say "specializing in Italian-style food" or, perhaps, "specializing in Italian-American food"? Something along these lines? I am Italian and I am certain that what they serve is by no means "Italian" food. 24.255.25.146 (talk) 08:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

PS: Or maybe "Italian-inspired", or "Italian-themed"? 24.255.25.146 (talk) 08:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)