WHAT I ATE – Virginia
@ Olive Garden, Leesburg Pike, Vienna VA
Olive Garden is one of those understated go-to places when we don’t feel like cooking, but want a hot meal with a number of items without going to a buffet.
The decor has a nice Italian Wine Bar vibe to it, and it is always clean.
The never-ending soup, salad, and breadsticks are a welcome starter before any of the tasty entrees. Sometimes, that’s all we’ll do for a lite supper. The salad is simple, but crisp and fresh.
The four soups offer a variety of tastes for your mood or weather; Pasta Fagiole, Minestrone, Zuppa Toscano and Potato Gnocchi with Chicken.
The meat sauce is pretty good and you get a choice of pasta. I wish they still had the Braised Beef Shortribs on the menu, and the Bolognaise sauce!
The staff are always patient and quick with re-orders of the never-ending items.
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4 Comments
Love the Garden.
Cant fare la scarpetta?? Thats a crime.
Hi Bill and Susan . . . . i taught for 35 years in Mississippi public schools . . . one of my favorite cafeteria lunches was whenever the middle school lunch ladies made their vegetable beef soup and cheese toast . . . the soup was so good that i always asked for 2 bowls of it . . . and i had no problem taking in both bowls of soup and the cheese toast in the 20 minutes that we were allowed for lunch . . . i'm happily retired now for 13 years . . . but i really, really miss vegetable soup day !!!!!!!! . . . . as usual, i thoroughly enjoyed dining vicariously with ya'll . . . . . Danny in Mississippi
Did they charge you for the games? Chilis did that to us, they added it on to our bill.