Olive Garden Offering $100 “Never Ending Pasta Pass” For 7 Weeks Of Food

Consumerist ^ | 9-814 | Mary Beth Quirk

[discostu]

They were caught up in the big switch to part time scandal last year or the year before. So who knows what side they’re on. But the food kind of blows anyway.

[OldSmaj]

I miss Mad TV.

One of the few I Tivo'd back then.

Used to watch it Sunday morning before church.

Musing about it later while the pastor was speaking would make me smile at inappropriate times.

[mware]

Sold out in one day.

Hope this doesn't turn out like Red lobster when they sold unlimited crabs. The person who came up with that idea got fired.

[Texan5]

There is-the only thing that actually is beneficial “food” is the salad, unless you are in training to be a sumo wrestler...

[christx30]

I’d love to go. But my wife says we can’t go to the local Olive Garden out of embarrassment. I left a message the last time I was there that said, “olives grow in groves, not gardens. Hope this helps.”

[Texan5]

Big difference-it costs practically nothing to hand out unlimited starchy carbs and wilted lettuce-crabs actually cost money and are food...

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Pasta can be pretty good but it is also cheap.

I'd rather feed it to a pig and then eat the pig.

[Lurker]

It’s overpriced by 100%.

[trisham]

I love good pasta, but it’s not terribly healthy.

[DocJhn]

Beef man Beef!

[Shannon]

How many pounds will those carb loads add to a body in 7 weeks?

Exactly right. If they'd offered a lesser deal for just salad they would have had my attention. But 7 weeks of unlimited carbs, I can't think of anything less healthy. I wouldn't take it for free.

[ncpatriot]

OK...I don’t eat out. When did tips go to 20%?

[trisham]

Sea scallops on a bed of risotto. Heaven.

[trisham]

I’m not sure. Ten years ago? It varies, depending on service.

[wideawake]

Brilliant.

Like a gym membership in reverse.

[Nota particle]

They should pay you to eat their fake Italian food.

[Dutch Boy]

In a way it’s much like a gym membership. You go all the time at first. After awhile you stop going. I imagine after eating a bunch of pasta meals that in about two weeks you can barely stand the sight of it. That leaves the five remaining weeks as profit. Just like a gym.

[hal ogen]

Isn’t there something wrong with gluttony?

[Dutch Boy]

Yup.

[tupac]

Am I the only hick around here who actually likes to eat at Olive Garden. My family and I consider it a step up from Texas Roadhouse. It’s cultural too.