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Olive Garden Italian Restaurants

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Federal Lawsuit Filed in Corpus Christi Over Lobster Baked Potato

    It's the clash of the Longhorn Steakhouse titans down south in Corpus Christi, where a local chain of steakhouses with a similar name to the national LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants has filed a federal lawsuit over a lobster baked potato. It's more complicated than that, of course, but the lobster ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Hanging At The Hideout: Country Comes To Town At The Rodeo

    This was my first rodeo. Before Friday I had never been to a rodeo let alone the rodeo. While I might have been there to cover the post-rodeo entertainment, it was also my chance to get the full rodeo experience. Compare me to the food critic excited about Olive Garden coming to town if you must, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    This Week in Deliciousness

    ​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we've only recently discovered that there is a vegetable called "rocket" and it is not nearly as awesome as it sounds. It's supposed to taste like adventure and wonder, not like bitter spinach.We started the week off right with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Grand Forks, North Dakota, Gets an Olive Garden

    Since I first read the Grand Forks Herald article last night -- "Long-awaited Olive Garden receives warm welcome" -- it's made its way around the Internet as an object of fascination faster than faked cell phone pictures of Christina Hendricks's breasts. "An Onion-worthy, rave review of...Olive Gar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Last Night: Dante Higgins At Warehouse Live

    Dante Higgins Warehouse Live March 6, 2012 In the grand scheme of things, any time an artist is holding an album-release concert you know the crowd will be eating out of the palm of his hand while dismissing the offers from everyone else. You know this, I know this. There's no way around it. For a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Health Department Roundup

    There are no inspection reports available from February 23 to 29, but there are dozens of reports from February 22, Ash Wednesday. We're not sure about the significance of that. But it is important for restaurants to remember that they art dust, and to dust they shalt return, just keep that shit off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Must You Do That? A Simple List of Manners

    Dining out is something we all love to do. I would have a hard time imagining the reader of this blog who is an exception. My manners, at least when I'm at home, fly pretty fast and loose. Get it? I fart at the table. So what, who cares? When I'm in public, though, I tend to try to turn up t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Top 5 Hottest Women in Internet Comedy

    They say chicks aren't funny, mostly because women tend to have higher-pitched voices that can't penetrate all the meat in some people's heads. We love us some funny chicks, and if they're hot on top of everything else, well then, that's just a bonus. Since we spend even more time on the Internet t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Top 5 Restaurant Freebies

    Photo by Brooke ViggianoCheesy shortbready cracker things, come to mama!​Sometimes, I find myself drawn to a restaurant not for what's on the menu, but for what is placed on the table in front of me before I even open the menu. You know what I'm talking about. It's sometimes even the best part ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Mormons: Whether We Should Hate Them or Not

    A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    DEFCON Dining: Eating Crow at Olive Garden

    marbla123Dun dun dun.​Just when I'd been getting all up on my high horse, my kids decided to remind me that they are, after all, kids. If you've been following along, you've probably figured out that it's my general position that children are perfectly capable of comporting themselves with dig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Comment of the Day

    ​Nothing like taking your kids to a restaurant and having the servers work extra slowly. Nicholas Hall wrote about his experience with his bored kids at an Olive Garden in DEFCON dining. One commenter, Laurie, felt relieved at the post: Thank God. I thought your children were superhuman freak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Off the Wall: Riva's Italian Restaurant

    Stacy Zane​When Anamaris Cousins Price wrote about her old favorite Montrose hangouts, EOW reader J. Britt Alexander chimed in with his pick: "Rivas - directly behind Niko-Nikos and the Tower Lofts off Montrose. -- Old green house romantically lit by white twinkle light. The best bang for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2011

    Comment of the Day

    ​Joanna O'Leary had a delicious Italian meal at Fratelli's and decided that the restaurant was worth driving outside the loop for. Which gave commenter Laurie pause: Heaven forbid! Outside the Loop! Joanna get over it. It is all of 5 min outside the Loop. A majority of Houston lives outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Health Department Roundup

    Operating a restaurant without the proper permits? Forget it, it's Chinatown.​The inspections of the past few days have resulted in just a few more closures/citations than we've seen in recent weeks. Not sure what led to the benevolence, but it might be at an end. This is potentially bad news ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    On Beards and Becco: Coming Down from New York City

    Photos by Katharine ShilcuttCrispy-skinned salmon atop cauliflower and ramps at Becco.​I first visited New York City 17 years ago, for one day. I saw Times Square, the United Nations building, stayed in a ratty hotel, ate at a TGI Friday's and had my pocket cut, my wallet and camera stolen fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    SXSW: A Happy Brother And A Sh*t Horse

    Photos by Allison WagonerJames Graham of the Twilight Sad (left) and the author's little bro​Rocks Off arrived in Austin Wednesday with just enough time to get in a quick nap and free Olive Garden from the hotel before departing for downtown. By the time we got there, it was already dark and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Off the Wall: Mardi Gras Grill's Crab Fingers Come Up Short

    ​Last week, my Top 5 Appetizers caused most people to bang their heads against the wall. Many of you echoed the sentiments of Tylerrhes: "Olive Garden? You just lost all credibility." But one lone ranger fought through the madness and actually spouted off five appetizer suggestions. I list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    This Week in (Unrestrained) Deliciousness

    Here at Eating Our Words, we all like the green ones. ​In true Mardi Gras fashion, this week Eating Our Words was a celebration of excess. After all, we kicked it off with a gallon of butter and a call to judge our Burger Brackets. Your enthusiasm for beef is overwhelming (and I want one of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Top 5: Appetizers

    Vietnamese egg rolls from Hollywood.​Which places start your meal off just right? Find out, as we take a look at some of the best appetizers Houston has to offer. 5. Pappasito's Matador Nachos Unless you're a complete fat ass, I'd highly recommend splitting these between at least two, proba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Comments of the Day

    ​Could it be that patronizing The Olive Garden is worse than putting beans in your chili? After Kevin Shalin named the chain's lasagna fritta as his top appetizer in town, there was a bit of a riot in the comments. This one from, er, olive garden!?!?!, is a good example: OLIVE GARDEN?? Who.. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Who Needs An Entrée? I'll Just Take the Bread

    garyrwiseThe bread is also used on the sliders at Reef. ​On New Year's Eve, I ate an early dinner at Reef with my husband. We enjoyed a ginormous raw platter, two plump, flavorful crab cakes, generous portions of red snapper and swordfish, and a massive block of fried macaroni and cheese. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Top 5: Good Food at Bad Restaurants

    Cheddar Bay Biscuits: You know you love them.​I'm not talking about bad restaurants as in "that dumpy place down by the shipping lanes that Uncle Johnnie once saw a rat in" or "that place charges $50 a person and looks down their noses at you while they serve boring hotel food." I'm talking ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Twitter Fail Guarantee: Any Tweet With The Word "Hubby"

    "Hubby" = FAIL​Twitter fail comes in many many forms, but there is one guaranteed way of achieving it: use the word "hubby" in your tweet. It's guaranteed to therefore be either sickly sweet, TMI or boring. And often it will include an emoticon. Here's a sampling just from the last hour or so:@m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Openings and Closings: 2009 Edition

    ​The year gone by marked some very exciting restaurant openings (such as Haven, Branchwater Tavern, Yelapa Playa Mexicana and Stella Sola) and some equally important closings (such as Cafe Annie, Bedford, Las Alamedas and Felix Mexican Restaurant). To close out the yea ... More >>

  • Music

    December 3, 2009

    Worst Rapper Alive

    Unraveling veteran rhymesmith K-Rino's brilliance in an über-sketchy Third Ward park.

  • Film

    September 25, 2008

    Very Minor: Miracle at St. Anna

    No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    Political Padre: Raymundo Chávez Vázquez and Illegal Immigration

    An activist Roman Catholic priest with little English is sent to conservative Aggieland

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2007

    Catfish Reef: Somethin' Serious

    An activist Roman Catholic priest with little English is sent to conservative Aggieland

  • Dining

    January 4, 2007

    Sigh...

    Most likely, Villagio's will get better, or Villagio's will go away

  • Dining

    January 5, 2006

    A New Tony's Order

    A Houston mainstay becomes a destination for culinary thrill-seekers

  • Dining

    April 14, 2005

    Less Price, Less Spice

    Two Mandola-family restaurants provide a lesson in what we're paying for when we eat out

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Letters

    Two Mandola-family restaurants provide a lesson in what we're paying for when we eat out

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    Cooked Book

    The real chefs' surprise is who made it -- or didn't -- into Culinary Capital

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    On the Case

    Our new TV series is ready to roll

  • Music

    August 5, 2004

    Playbill

    Our new TV series is ready to roll

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Mall Alternative

    Kim Hung Mall

  • Film

    February 20, 2003

    Will to Power

    Mr. Ferrell comes into his glory in Old School

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2002

    Really Italian

    Through film and photo, the MFA is showing a different side of Italian life

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Letters

    Consuming Hate, Best and the Rest, Percentile Envy

  • Dining

    August 3, 2000

    Nothing Small About It

    The expansive Maggiano's Little Italy serves portions to match

  • Dining

    March 9, 2000

    Inner-City Suburban

    Despite its trendy locale, Riva's caters to urbanites with a taste for uncomplicated Italian

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