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Olive Garden Italian Restaurants

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    95: Eric Schaefer

    From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    This Week's Tastiest Links!

    Message to co-workers: get your damn birthday cakes and homemade goodies out of my dieting face. - The Wall Street Journal To foie gras or not foie gras? Valley chefs, restaurateurs, and readers weigh in on the controversial issue. - Chow Bella Gene Simmons of KISS is going to open up a chain of r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Eddie V's Prime Seafood and Wildfish Seafood Grille Sold to Parent Company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster for $59 Million

    ​Holy oceans, that's a lot of shellfish. ​Last week, Phoenix-based Eddie V's Prime Seafood, a luxury chain of eight restaurants in Arizona, California, and Texas with one location in the Scottsdale Quarter, and Wildfish Seafood Grille, Eddie's sister chain of three restaurants in the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Olive Garden's "Culinary Institute" in Tuscany: What the Hell is Happening Over There?

    Hanover Signs​Poor Olive Garden. First the Italian food chain got tagged for accidentally serving a child sangria ("Mom, dis Kool-Aid makes my sgetti bwurry!"), now it's the target of recent internet buzz with tales of what really goes on at its infamous Tuscan cooking school. You can almost hea ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Will El Mirage Ever Be Able to Emerge From the Shadow of Luke Air Force Base?

    Hanover Signs​Poor Olive Garden. First the Italian food chain got tagged for accidentally serving a child sangria ("Mom, dis Kool-Aid makes my sgetti bwurry!"), now it's the target of recent internet buzz with tales of what really goes on at its infamous Tuscan cooking school. You can almost hea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Christopher Nicosia of Sassi

    Keyon Fareghi​The sprawling Italian style villa that is Sassi looks like something out of a movie. You almost expect an old-school, mustached Italian proprietor to swing the door wide open and welcome you in with a kiss on either cheek. Come to find out, the guy who runs thing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Arrowheart, What Are You Eating?

    Sara Robinson​Sara Robinson What'd you eat for dinner last night? I had a 6-inch turkey sub from Subway, Sara-style! Favorite food: During the week, I eat healthy, but on weekends I eat my favorite food, which is the breadsticks from Olive Garden and Orange Chicken from Panda Express. Least favo ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 13, 2011

    Seasons 52 at Biltmore Fashion Park Gets You Slim Again

    Sara Robinson​Sara Robinson What'd you eat for dinner last night? I had a 6-inch turkey sub from Subway, Sara-style! Favorite food: During the week, I eat healthy, but on weekends I eat my favorite food, which is the breadsticks from Olive Garden and Orange Chicken from Panda Express. Least favo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Rockaroke, Suns Viewing Party, Domo, Deathface, and Other Memorial Day Weekend Thrills

    Expect to see this kinda scene at the Sail Inn in Tempe tonight during rockaroke.​The Yucca Tap's loss is the Sail Inn's gain. In case you're not up on the comings and goings of the Valley's music scene, local legends the Zen Lunatics packed up their popular -- and award-winning -- rockaroke nigh ... More >>

  • Articles

    April 22, 2010

    Yelp Has Buckled to Pressure, But It Ain't Enough

    Expect to see this kinda scene at the Sail Inn in Tempe tonight during rockaroke.​The Yucca Tap's loss is the Sail Inn's gain. In case you're not up on the comings and goings of the Valley's music scene, local legends the Zen Lunatics packed up their popular -- and award-winning -- rockaroke nigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Ryan Avery, What Are You Eating?

    ​Ryan Avery The performance artist will be featured with Father's Day at The Real Coachella Saturday, April 24 at The Trunk Space at 8 p.m. What'd you eat for dinner last night? I went to Olive Garden to visit some of my family. I ate the cheese ravioli with alfredo sauce on it. It was the chees ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    Battle of the Bruschetta

    For a starter that appears on practically every restaurant menu, from Olive Garden to Postino, bruschetta (broo-SKETTA) is a remarkably appealing -- and mispronounced -- dish. The concept is simple: toast a slice of crusty bread and top it with pretty much whatever sounds fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Cooking School Secrets: Time for the Real World

    Classes are over. Finally. Not sure how other classes do it, but we went out with a bang (or should I say blaze). One of the students started a fire in the restaurant as he was preparing to make crepes suzette at the next to last service. True to form for our particular class. No doubt the instruc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2009

    Jimmy Buffett Killed Vacation

    Classes are over. Finally. Not sure how other classes do it, but we went out with a bang (or should I say blaze). One of the students started a fire in the restaurant as he was preparing to make crepes suzette at the next to last service. True to form for our particular class. No doubt the instruc ... More >>

  • Music

    May 14, 2009

    Jimmy Buffett Killed Vacationing

    Classes are over. Finally. Not sure how other classes do it, but we went out with a bang (or should I say blaze). One of the students started a fire in the restaurant as he was preparing to make crepes suzette at the next to last service. True to form for our particular class. No doubt the instruc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2009

    Dear and the Headlights: Phoenix's Great Hope?

    Martin CizmarDear and the Headlights at Tinest Bar in TexasOf all the Arizona bands at SxSW, no one had a higher profile than Dear and the Headlights. They played five shows over the course of the five-day festival, including headlining the I Heart AZ showcase and the same official showcase at Spiro ... More >>

  • Film

    September 25, 2008

    Miracle at St. Anna: Spike Lee’s WWII Drama Is an Epic Bore

    Martin CizmarDear and the Headlights at Tinest Bar in TexasOf all the Arizona bands at SxSW, no one had a higher profile than Dear and the Headlights. They played five shows over the course of the five-day festival, including headlining the I Heart AZ showcase and the same official showcase at Spiro ... More >>

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, September 6, 2007

    Martin CizmarDear and the Headlights at Tinest Bar in TexasOf all the Arizona bands at SxSW, no one had a higher profile than Dear and the Headlights. They played five shows over the course of the five-day festival, including headlining the I Heart AZ showcase and the same official showcase at Spiro ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 26, 2006

    Pox Populi

    Odds are against the few good bites

  • Dining

    November 10, 2005

    Spice War

    Not just mad about it

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Not just mad about it

  • Dining

    December 16, 2004

    Bada Bomb

    An offer you can refuse

  • Dining

    October 21, 2004

    Fiamma Fantabulous

    At the James' restaurant, the pastries are hot, but the pasta's not

  • Dining

    June 17, 2004

    Mediocre Mangia

    Sauce lacks sass

  • Dining

    January 1, 2004

    Volare, Oh No!

    Pronto relies on its reputation more so than its fare for success

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 18, 2003

    BEST NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN

    Giuseppe's Italian Kitchen

  • Dining

    April 17, 2003

    Torte Reform

    Giuseppe's Italian Kitchen

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    March 27, 2003

    Big Fat Greek Tragedy

    Film knockoff is awash in Mediterranean mediocrity

  • Film

    February 27, 2003

    Will to Power

    Mr. Ferrell comes into his glory in Old School

  • Dining

    February 27, 2003

    West Side Sorry

    Northwest Valley eateries come up short

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    The Last Days of Gold Bar

    The doors are closing on the Valley's most eclectic coffee house.

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 20, 2001

    Readers' Choices

    The doors are closing on the Valley's most eclectic coffee house.

  • Dining

    May 10, 2001

    Unsung Heroes, Pasta and Pizza

    Small wonders greet adventurous diners in Tempe.

  • Dining

    October 12, 2000

    Animal House

    ZooFari nothing to be wild about this year

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

    Best Italian Restaurant

    Maria's When in Naples
    7000 East Shea, Scottsdale
    480-991-6887

  • Dining

    August 3, 2000

    Where's the Haggis?

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    June 1, 2000

    Italian Nice

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    March 9, 2000

    Ego System

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    October 21, 1999

    Second Helpings

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    May 8, 1997

    The Nature of the Bistro

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    January 19, 1995

    OH, MY ACHING CAMELBACK:

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    August 4, 1994

    COME AND 'GHETTI IT

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    November 3, 1993

    ME STARVIN', YOU CHAIN

    "Ethnic Cleansing" in the Valley

  • Dining

    September 6, 1989

    Pesto-Chango

    Riazzi's Italian Garden, Red Devil, Tony's New Yorker

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