"Mike Beede" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote
>>
>> > OG isn't bad the three times I've eaten there. I think most
>> > people here just like to jump on the bandwagon and agree with
>> > everyone else that thinks it's bad just because it has a bad
>> > reputation - perpetuated by the band wagon.
>>
>> Haha, yes, you're the clear thinker above it all. Actually,
>> the pasta I've had there was so mushy it gave me the creeps.
>> Don't get me started on the awful bloody mary I had there.
>
> I haven't been to Olive Garden in around ten years. When
> I went there way back when, it was not particularly cheap
> and very puzzling-they make their own fresh pasta, then clearly
> held it on a steam table until it was mushy. Maybe it's gotten
> better since then, but I don't think the chances are high enough
> for me to check.
>
> Sometimes the bandwagon is accidentally going the right way,
> even if there are a bunch of people riding it.
>
> Mike Beede

Hear hear! I may ask for opinions about a place before going there, as Lou
did, but I don't say the food sucks if I've never eaten there. BTW, the two
times I ate at Olive Garden I was absolutely not impressed. Ditto the food
at Applebee's, Chili's, Outback, etc. A chain is a chain is a chain.

Jill