Just so you know - Democratic Underground started the Olive Garden meme

[LynneSin]

That review would not have been funny if we DUers weren't such food snobs and mocked someone for dining at the Olive Garden on Times Square in NYC.

Had that never happen Marilyn Hagerty's column would not have gone viral and the Olive Garden of Grand Forks, ND probaly would not have been considered "the largest and most beautiful restaurant now operating in Grand Forks".

[fishwax]

1. there's a bit of a difference b/w being excited about an Olive Garden in Grand Forks, N. Dakota and

being excited about an Olive Garden in Times Square

But, yeah, I remember the Olive Garden explosion well. A very memorable day in the Lounge

[LynneSin]

2. Wilmington DE has only 70k people and we aren't even keen on Olive Garden

but that's just me!

[fishwax]

3. lol -- 70k in Wilmington is WORLDS apart from 50k in Grand Forks

The difference is not a mere twenty thousand people.

And I did a quick search -- there are at least 10 Olive Gardens within 50 miles of Wilmington.

[LynneSin]

4. 50 miles - that would put those Olive Gardens in NJ, PA or MD

Don't go blaming the appeal of Olive Garden in Baltimore or Philadelphia on fricking Wilmington Delaware!

[fishwax]

5. Christiana and Talleyville -- you're surrounded!

Though I'm sure Wilmington is pure.

Another Olive Garden down in Delaware--there's one for every 830 square miles in the state. Compare that to North Dakota, where there is less than one every 17000 square miles.

[LynneSin]

6. No account for the taste of those who live in the Suburbs

But neither of those OG are within the city limits of Wilmington, DE so THERE!!!!

[HopeHoops]

14. You can pass one long fart while driving end-to-end of Rhode Island. DE takes two.

[PassingFair]

7. Hahaha! Look at this review string (I think Carissa might be one of us...)

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[LynneSin]

8. To be fair - they have great breadsticks

That's about the only reason I would consent to eating there



But man (or woman) cannot live on bread alone!

[PassingFair]

9. What do you think Olive Garden = FTW means....?

[LynneSin]

10. According to urban dictionary - for the win

not sure what win there is with Olive Garden outside of the breadsticks.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. They put frozen peach slices in their peach iced tea.

And that is, indeed, a win for everyone.

[Denninmi]

13. Well, I've never been to an Olive Garden.

Should I go just to try the foog?

[denbot]

12. The orginal Olive Garden DU post was a duck and cover thread.

The spin-offs went on for weeks..

[HopeHoops]

15. I was too busy breastfeeding while eating narwhal alfredo and cornflake chicken to notice.

[dawg]

16. I have eaten at the Olive Garden in Times Square.

It was delicious, and I do not regret the meal.

Yum.

I also love vanilla ice-cream, Phil Collins, Maxwell House coffee, Levi's Dockers, McDonald's fries, four-door sedans, and quiet nights at home.

I am a true man of excitement.