The Olive Garden: When you're here, you're family. Those words are not an empty promise. I've always liked the Olive Garden, but this week I realized just how marvelous it is. I know they are a chain restaurant, and some people look down their noses at chains, but that is snobbish and unfair. Not only is their food delicious, they have a wonderful "To Go" service.
Yesterday, after a long day of classes and work, I was starving. The thought of going home and reheating chicken casserole made me weary. "What I'd really like," I thought to myself, "is the Olive Garden." So I looked up their web site, found the number and proceeded to order myself a fettuccini alfredo dinner. I zipped over to pick it up twenty minutes later and found that ordering food to go from the Olive Garden has many benefits.
1. I received a dish of fettuccini roughly the size of a wheel cover.
2. I received a bin of salad the size of a medium shoebox.
3. Two lovely warm breadsticks.
4. An after-dinner mint.
5. All of these things were packed inside a large brown bag such as you receive at better retail stores. Handy for moving.
6. There were reserved parking spots just for people picking up orders.
7. The staff are friendly and exude charm just like in the commercials.
8. All of this could be had for only $8.75
Dear friends, if you can tell me of a time when you have received such wonderful service and value at a restaurant, I would be glad to hear it. But for now, the Olive Garden is my Jane Austen of restaurants--reliable, fulfilling and oh so flavorful.
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