Texas Roadhouse is a better restaurant by far. The only problem is the ones by me attract blacks like flies on shit. It's a no go.
I'm not even trying to be a snob, as everyone knows places like this aren't good for you. But it's not even good? I genuinely can't remember the last time I even heard of someone talking about going to Olive Garden. Mostly cause you can boil pasta and add a jar of pre-made sauce yourself at home. I am genuinely stunned it was a leader.
Like there are plenty of restaurants that are not good for you that I would at least kinda get. This is a pretty surprising to me.
I bought my wife the pasta maker attachments for her kitchen aid, and a HUGE pot for making sauces on a low simmer all day. There is no comparison to home made food that lifts your soul.
Home made everything, if you're able, 100% of the time.
The only things we eat that we don't make are from the farmers market which were made in someone else's home.
Work caters from there every so often. It isn't horrible, but it is crazy overpriced. For what you pay, you could eat at a real Italian restaurant.
I could see that. Pans of pasta with generic sauce options is probably acceptable to most even if no one's favorite. And if you said it did well in the work/informal catering markets I cold get that. It's the having been the leader in total sales for years running that has me stunned.
They have a crazy amount of locations. I'm sure that plays into it. I don't get the appeal either.
I am trying to remember the last time I went to a restaurant and ate there. Granted I use DashSlop but I haven't had olive garden in who knows how long. We hit the mom and pop places if we can.
Yeah I'm a local joint guy too mostly. But there are at least some chains that I sort of would understand. Lots of people I know like a couple of the top places like Buffalo Wild Wings or Texas roadhouse. Which I get cause for example having a big variety of wings that everyone in a group want is kinda a pain to do at home. But I was surprised Olive Garden. Can't remember the last time anyone mentioned it.
Thanks for the reminder! Texas Roadhouse (founded in Indiana) was the last place we went too. For a chain place it isn't too bad.
The soup and salad lunch is decent enough, but the pasta itself? Eh...I'd rather go to the cajun place nearby and get blackened chicken with alfredo bowties if I want pasta I don't make myself.
I think I've been to the Olive Garden once in my all of 35 years. If I'm going to eat goyslop it's going to be a cheeseburger or pizza. Definitely not mediocre overpriced poverty noodles.
