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Originally posted by ADPiShannan
Just a question to all people who have responded to this. WTH is wrong with Olive Garden? Why is everyone so "Olive Garden is a crappy place"? I love OG. I go there all the time. When the hubby asks where I want to go to a nice place I say OG. I hate stupid expensive places. Who wants to pay all that money for something to eat? Yeah it may be nice to go out to a fancy place sometimes, but come on. OG is just as good as Red Lobster, Applebees, ect.... Sorry to say but around here those places are HUGE places for dates. College kids and even people out of college either dont have that money to waste on some fancy place or dont want to. I know Id rather spend that extra 100 I saved and use it to get more flowers for my garden or something. OG is GREAT!!!! Its actually my fave Italian place to eat. I love their soup. I just wonder whats everyones dealw ith dogging OG? Man we arent all in NYC or CA and love to dish out 500 on a meal. Why does a date have to be about going to the most expensive place. Come on now.....
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I don't see where anyone says that it's necessary to go to fancy or expensive restaurants. Some of the best food I've ever had has come from tiny hole-in-the-wall places where you can get a meal for $5. Olive Garden is a chain -- it's boring and sterile, although I do like their breadsticks and salad. The atmosphere leaves a lot to be desired also -- most of them are large and they tend to attract people with kids, not my idea of a place for a date. I look at chain restaurants as lowest-common-denominator food -- it's designed to appeal to many people, so I tend to find it rather boring.
I prefer more out of the way restaurants, something small and locally owned with some character. It has nothing to do with being fancy or spending a lot of money. I'd rather go to a funky little Mediterranean place, or for Ethiopian or Thai food or to a quirky little Italian restaurant. If a guy suggests something like Olive Garden, to me that's saying he has no creativity and that's a bad thing.