First Taco Hell, now Olive Garden? - Page 2

**banyon** · 12-15-2006, 04:22 PM

Now that's Italian!
Over 250 sick after eating at Indiana Olive Garden
2 hours, 3 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, a county health official said on Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over.

The news makes Olive Garden at least the third U.S. restaurant chain this month to be linked to widespread customer illnesses.

Some customers who ate at the Olive Garden restaurant in northeast Indianapolis between December 9 and December 13 have reported nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and in some cases fever, said John Althardt, a spokesman for the Marion County Health Department.

Three of those people have been hospitalized.

Tests of the sick peoples' stool and leftovers they took home from the restaurant will be conducted later today or Monday, Althardt said. He added that the tests would take about 48 hours.

A spokesman for Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants Inc. was not immediately available for comment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/...n_illness_dc_4

Frazod · 12-15-2006, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

Macaroni Grill > Olive Garden

By ALOT! I could sit in MG and dip bread in peppered olive oil and drink wine and be totally satisfied.

Yes, it is, but I like them both. In fact, I ate at Olive Garden earlier in the week.

Macaroni Grill's bread ROCKS.

sedated · 12-15-2006, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Macaroni Grill's bread ROCKS.

good bread, but they never cut it. and my brother doesn't have the patience to calmly and smoothly slice the bread, so he crushes it into breadsticks.

OG used to have great bread, but they have fallen off recently.

Fishpicker · 12-15-2006, 05:15 PM

Macaroni Grill's wine sucks ass but everything else they serve is pretty damn good.

Olive Garden's wine sucks too of course. The food tastes ok but is very fattening. The alfredo sauce they use is cream cheese thinned down with heavy whipping cream and seasoned with garlic pepper and 2 other cheeses.

Stewie · 12-15-2006, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

Macaroni Grill's wine sucks ass but everything else they serve is pretty damn good.

Olive Garden's wine sucks too of course. The food tastes ok but is very fattening. The alfredo sauce they use is cream cheese thinned down with heavy whipping cream and seasoned with garlic pepper and 2 other cheeses.

Don't get the "house" wine and you'll be fine. I think it's Rossi, right?

Fishpicker · 12-15-2006, 05:23 PM

actually neither OG's wine nor MG's wine are house wines since it is made offsite. I think Rossi is the name of wine at OG. both OG and MG have some good selections on thier wine list but I cant stand the stuff they try to push on me as soon as I sit down

**Bugeater** · 12-15-2006, 05:55 PM

I think I'm going to stop eating altogether. It's too damn dangerous.

**Rain Man** · 12-15-2006, 07:39 PM

All-Heave Garden.

PinkFloyd · 12-15-2006, 07:57 PM

Anyone had a mountain dew lately ??? I bought one today, and it tasted like it had everclear in it!!!

Noooooooo --- I didn't put it there either....

Nightwish · 12-15-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Dongless

It's a terrorist attack.

Terrorist vegans!

Believer · 12-15-2006, 10:23 PM

Someone sneezed in the Pasta Primavera?

*see Seinfeld

boogblaster · 12-15-2006, 11:30 PM

Last Italian I ate was a little starchy ...

Al Bundy · 12-16-2006, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

Didn't hear that. There is a jizz problem here.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_348184146.html

I wonder how many of the skanks at the school said "This does have a familiar taste to it"?

**cdcox** · 12-16-2006, 09:16 AM

Overall, I think chain dining is one of the worst things to happen to food in America.

But, in parts of the country where they don't have a strong Italian community, OG and MG make an acceptable substitute at a reasonable cost. My family prefers OG, but I really think it depends on the particular store more than the chain. Either of those two can be terrible if you go to one that is poorly managed. The upper end wines on the the list ($7 a glass and up) they are decent.

**banyon** · 12-16-2006, 04:34 PM

LOL, has anyone else seen the new Taco Bell commercial with the British guy who "assures you that their food is safe"?

His accent was so refined, I thought he was going to host Masterpiece Theatre right there in the Taco Bell dining area.

sedated · 12-16-2006, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UCFGoldenKnight

I wonder how many of the skanks at the school said "This does have a familiar taste to it"?

hmmm, sounds familiar.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=154492
post 11.

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12-15-2006, 04:22 PM
banyon Supporter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hermosa, SD Casino cash: $10176551	First Taco Hell, now Olive Garden? Now that's Italian! Over 250 sick after eating at Indiana Olive Garden 2 hours, 3 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, a county health official said on Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over. The news makes Olive Garden at least the third U.S. restaurant chain this month to be linked to widespread customer illnesses. Some customers who ate at the Olive Garden restaurant in northeast Indianapolis between December 9 and December 13 have reported nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and in some cases fever, said John Althardt, a spokesman for the Marion County Health Department. Three of those people have been hospitalized. Tests of the sick peoples' stool and leftovers they took home from the restaurant will be conducted later today or Monday, Althardt said. He added that the tests would take about 48 hours. A spokesman for Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants Inc. was not immediately available for comment. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/...n_illness_dc_4
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12-15-2006, 05:15 PM	#18
Fishpicker On one quarter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I play all day Casino cash: $647111	Macaroni Grill's wine sucks ass but everything else they serve is pretty damn good. Olive Garden's wine sucks too of course. The food tastes ok but is very fattening. The alfredo sauce they use is cream cheese thinned down with heavy whipping cream and seasoned with garlic pepper and 2 other cheeses. __________________ A person who has been [ideologically] demoralized cannot assess true information. the [demoralization] process is complete and irreversible. -Yuri Bezmenov on Soviet Subversion
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12-15-2006, 05:23 PM	#20
Fishpicker On one quarter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I play all day Casino cash: $647111	actually neither OG's wine nor MG's wine are house wines since it is made offsite. I think Rossi is the name of wine at OG. both OG and MG have some good selections on thier wine list but I cant stand the stuff they try to push on me as soon as I sit down __________________ A person who has been [ideologically] demoralized cannot assess true information. the [demoralization] process is complete and irreversible. -Yuri Bezmenov on Soviet Subversion
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12-16-2006, 09:16 AM	#28
cdcox www.nfl-forecast.com Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $-478231	Overall, I think chain dining is one of the worst things to happen to food in America. But, in parts of the country where they don't have a strong Italian community, OG and MG make an acceptable substitute at a reasonable cost. My family prefers OG, but I really think it depends on the particular store more than the chain. Either of those two can be terrible if you go to one that is poorly managed. The upper end wines on the the list ($7 a glass and up) they are decent.
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12-16-2006, 04:34 PM	#29
banyon Supporter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hermosa, SD Casino cash: $10176551	LOL, has anyone else seen the new Taco Bell commercial with the British guy who "assures you that their food is safe"? His accent was so refined, I thought he was going to host Masterpiece Theatre right there in the Taco Bell dining area. __________________ “When war breaks out people say: 'It won't last, it's too stupid.' And war is certainly too stupid, but that doesn't prevent It from lasting.” ~Albert Camus, The Plague.
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