Conquer Club

I'm calling for a CC-wide boycott of the Olive Garden restaurant. My wife and I recently ventured there to enjoy a quasi-Italian dinner. It had been a while since we had been, but the place never changes, so I had a good idea of what to expect. I sat down to the table and opened my menu. What I saw was appalling! I normally order the spaghetti and Italian sausage - I know, but spare me the phallus jokes, all right - with a bowl of minestrone soup. When I looked at the menu to find my dish of choice, I was surprised to find that they had raised there prices. My spaghetti was going to cost me FIFTEEN DOLLARS! What?!? The Tour of Italy was SEVENTEEN DOLLARS! Unbelievable!

So, what do you in CC-land say? BOYCOTT THE OLIVE GARDEN!

Signed.

I avoid chain restaurants whenever possible anyway.

I'm a vegetarian, so that's easy for me (unless there is eggplant parm on the menu).

To add fuel to the flame, when I asked the manager why they had raised prices, he had the gall to tell me that the rise in the price of fuel used in the food delivery trucks had caused their shipping prices to increase. This, in turn, raised the prices on the menu. Come on! You mean to tell me that the rise in crude oil raised the price of the Tour of Italy THREE DOLLARS?!? Ridiculous.

This has to be some sort of conspiracy. Have they said anything about it over at those websites you check, Gip?

It would be easier if you just boycott spaghetti!!!
and what the hell are you doing ordering "Spaghetti" at an olive garden? Damn it takes 20 minutes at home to make.

Sentinel XIV wrote:To add fuel to the flame, when I asked the manager why they had raised prices, he had the gall to tell me that the rise in the price of fuel used in the food delivery trucks had caused their shipping prices to increase. This, in turn, raised the prices on the menu. Come on! You mean to tell me that the rise in crude oil raised the price of the Tour of Italy THREE DOLLARS?!? Ridiculous.

This has to be some sort of conspiracy. Have they said anything about it over at those websites you check, Gip?

I haven't read anything about it, but now that gas is coming down...your food prices should come down too now, shouldn't it? (yeah right )

ksslemp wrote:It would be easier if you just boycott spaghetti!!!
and what the hell are you doing ordering "Spaghetti" at an olive garden? Damn it takes 20 minutes at home to make.

My wife loves the place. I just order something that I'd like to eat.

Sentinel XIV wrote:

ksslemp wrote:It would be easier if you just boycott spaghetti!!!
and what the hell are you doing ordering "Spaghetti" at an olive garden? Damn it takes 20 minutes at home to make.

My wife loves the place. I just order something that I'd like to eat.

Go and find a "Family Owned" Italian restaurant in your area.
The food will taste better and i'm sure it will be cheaper also. Plus you'd be supporting a small business and not a chain restaurant. I've only eaten at olive garden 2 or 3 times but the food seemed okay. $15 bucks for Spaghetti is ridiculous though! I wonder if Macaroni grill is any better? dunno but find a mom & pop restaurant, problem solved! NO BOYCOTT!

/signed.

No Olive Gardens here anyway.

ksslemp wrote:

Sentinel XIV wrote:

ksslemp wrote:It would be easier if you just boycott spaghetti!!!
and what the hell are you doing ordering "Spaghetti" at an olive garden? Damn it takes 20 minutes at home to make.

My wife loves the place. I just order something that I'd like to eat.

Go and find a "Family Owned" Italian restaurant in your area.
The food will taste better and i'm sure it will be cheaper also. Plus you'd be supporting a small business and not a chain restaurant. I've only eaten at olive garden 2 or 3 times but the food seemed okay. $15 bucks for Spaghetti is ridiculous though! I wonder if Macaroni grill is any better? dunno but find a mom & pop restaurant, problem solved! NO BOYCOTT!

Macaroni grill is better. A lot better. I love that place. I love the carmela, and it's rosemary bread.

I guess I'll sign it. Besides I don't go there anyway.

i went two nights ago with my family and the tour was only 15 dollars...

danodukebb wrote:i went two nights ago with my family and the tour was only 15 dollars...

We were in Gresham, OR. $16.95 there.

why would you think of going to the olive garden???
first mistake. haha!!


just don't go to a chain restaurant. EVER! shop local!

Patsy's ftw

Move to the city Sentinel, they dont have any lame chains like that. No olive garden, applebees, tgi fridays, etc. Only in suburbia

Who the f*ck goes to Olive Garden anyway?

jnd94 wrote:Move to the city Sentinel, they dont have any lame chains like that. No olive garden, applebees, tgi fridays, etc. Only in suburbia

Actually, I live in the middle of nowhere. We have "mom and pop" restaurants here, which really aren't that bad. But you're right. We were in Gresham, which is a suburb of Portland, and they have shit for good restaurants. We should have hit Portland, which has some great eateries.

You have to take all things into account. Not only delivery costs, cooking fuel, electricity etc. Everything is going up.


(And I never, ever order spaghetti when I dine out)

jay_a2j wrote:You have to take all things into account. Not only delivery costs, cooking fuel, electricity etc. Everything is going up.


(And I never, ever order spaghetti when I dine out)

For reals. Get an alfredo or something. Carrabba's has a pretty bitchin' scampi damian.

Neoteny wrote:

jay_a2j wrote:You have to take all things into account. Not only delivery costs, cooking fuel, electricity etc. Everything is going up.


(And I never, ever order spaghetti when I dine out)

For reals. Get an alfredo or something. Carrabba's has a pretty bitchin' scampi damian.

I will never eat anything with an alfredo sauce ever again.

Wha... don't look at me like that! I have my reasons!

dude... if you wanna go get italian food from a chain, magiannos is the way to go. huge portions that even i can't even finish the "half" size of....

or just make fucking spaghetti at home... thats what i do. get it buttered up, mmmmm

Dude, you just gotta find a real Italian restaurant. Olive Garden isn't real, bro.

You gotta go to a place where they serve the wine in a carafe. Place that isn't part of a corporation.

... Why boycott? Did the staff fire racial slurs at you while you were waiting for your dinner rolls? Did you see imported child laborers slaving over the pasta cookers for only pennies a day?

... If the prices are too high, people will stop going... and business will die.

...

Nobunaga wrote:... Why boycott? Did the staff fire racial slurs at you while you were waiting for your dinner rolls? Did you see imported child laborers slaving over the pasta cookers for only pennies a day?

... If the prices are too high, people will stop going... and business will die.

...

It is reassuring to know your views.

Thank you for sharing them.

Nobunaga wrote:... Why boycott? Did the staff fire racial slurs at you while you were waiting for your dinner rolls? Did you see imported child laborers slaving over the pasta cookers for only pennies a day?
... If the prices are too high, people will stop going... and business will die.
...

+1

I agree with frequenting local establishments though.
I put Olive Garden right there with Applebees, TGI Friday's, etc.
They have their place, and serve their purpose for just getting a meal; but if you're looking for (what I have found) real good food, its better to go to a locally owned restaurant.
There always seems to be a more "personal" atmosphere to such places.....and better food overall.

Oh, and you don't have to go to the city.
Small towns is where you'll find the best eateries.......... IMHO