(KMDL-FM) If I were to ask you what the most popular casual dining restaurant chain in Louisiana happens to be, I would not be surprised if you said Olive Garden. You’d be wrong, but you’d be close.
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Oddly enough, the casual dining experience that is most popular in places like Lafayette, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, Covington, Monroe, and Shreveport has a name that suggests it’s not from Louisiana. That establishment would be Texas Roadhouse.
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If you’re wondering where Olive Garden ranks on the Restaurant Business Magazine survey, you wouldn’t have to look too far down the list to find it. It is number two. And was only just recently surpassed in popularity in Louisiana by the Texas Roadhouse chain.
Where Are Olive Garden Restaurants Located in Louisiana?
If you are a fan of the Italian fare that is offered at Olive Garden, then you know the chain doesn’t have locations all over the state. There are only seven locations of Olive Garden in Louisiana. You can find them in Gonzalez, Monroe, Houma, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Shreveport, and Baton Rouge.
The restaurant chain built its clientele on a popular promotion, the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl. The deal is as the name implies, it offers guests an all-you-can-eat selection of fettuccine, spaghetti, angel hair, and rigatoni. Those are the pastas.
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Which can be topped or combined with several sauces. Those sauces include alfredo, meat sauce, five cheese marinara, traditional marinara, creamy mushroom, and the newest addition, spicy three-meat sauce. Since the spicy three-meat sauce is new, we should tell you it is made with chili flakes, cherry peppers, red bell peppers, pepperoni, red wine, garlic, herbs, and a meat sauce.
And the chain offers patrons the opportunity for an upgrade. For just a few dollars more, you could add crispy chicken fritta, meatballs, and/or Italian sausage. There is an additional charge of $4.99 for that.
When Will the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl Return to Olive Garden in Louisiana?
Now that we have whet your appetite for Italian and Olive Garden, we can tell you that the Never Ending Pasta Bowl will be returning on August 25th. The special offer is currently planned to end on November 16th. If you happen to be a member of the Olive Garden eClub, you may take advantage of the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl offer right now.
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