Poll of the Day > So I had a gift card for the Olive Garden

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Was in my wallet for years but I used it today to get lunch for me and my wife

I know a lot of people have opinions on the Olive Garden, some of which are valid, but their food isnt too bad imo despite being pretty pricey

they had this endless stuffed pasta thing going on though and I got this stuffed ziti fritta that was basically fried ziti filled with cheese

I had it with their meat sauce and it was like eating a big bowl of little Italian chimichangas. Kind of dumb, but super good. Between those, a bowl of soup, and a bunch of breadsticks its not too bad for $11.99 imo

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I'm not a fan of olive garden, but I feel like some people are way too dramatic over chain restaurants. If I have a choice I am not going to choose chilis/applebees/oplive garden, but if thats where we end up going I just go there, and eat something, and enjoy myself.

Ive only been once but it tasted like a prepackaged microwaveable meal from the grocery store.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

Ive only been once but it tasted like a prepackaged microwaveable meal from the grocery store.

is that what you ordered?

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I believe @SunWuKung420 has said they have some rather good and authentic Italian food.

Mead posted...

is that what you ordered?

no I think it was some kind of short rib thing

idk its been a few years

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

no I think it was some kind of short rib thing

idk its been a few years

I think I had that once and it came with some risotto that was TERRIBLE

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Kinda making me want some OG today actually.....screw it i'm going.

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Mead posted...

Was in my wallet for years

A gift card that doesn't expire? Impressive.
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Gift cards aren't allowed to expire its those prepaid credit cards that leak money if you don't use it.

Best part was the mints this time. They skimped on the sauce on my 6 meatballs. Came to about $12 after tax/tip. Not really worth it I think.

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dedbus posted...

Gift cards aren't allowed to expire its those prepaid credit cards that leak money if you don't use it.

At least down here, I'm pretty sure they are use by X months after purchase
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DeltaBladeX posted...

A gift card that doesn't expire? Impressive.

they made some law a while back where in most of the US gift cards cant expire if they were purchased after a certain date when the law went into effect

otherwise it would do that stupid thing where they would just steal $2 a month after it went unused for a while until the balance was gone

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