Popular Menu Item Now Back at Minnesota Olive Gardens

Olive Garden is one of the most popular restaurant chains in Minnesota, and it just made an announcement concerning one of the most popular items on its menu.

Olive Garden (or 'The Olive Garden,' as it used to be called) has been in business as a casual dining restaurant chain for over 40 years now. The very first Olive Garden (which was started as a unit of Minnesota's own General Mills, btw) opened in Orange County, Florida back in 1982.

Since then, the chain has increased its size and was sold by General Mills to the Darden Restaurant Group, which owns the chain today. It currently operates roughly 922 Olive Gardens across the United States and worldwide. Besides the U.S., other Olive Garden restaurants can be found in Aruba, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia.

Here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, there are 12 different Olive Garden locations, including:

• Rochester
• Mankato
• St. Cloud
• Duluth
• Bloomington
• Burnsville
• Eagan
• Maple Grove
• Roseville
• Coon Rapids
• Maplewood
• Oakdale

And now, Olive Garden just announced that it's bringing back its popular Never-Ending Pasta Bowl. Because what's better than a warm, comforting bowl of pasta? How about a warm, comforting bowl of pasta that never runs out, am I right?

Olive Garden fans are excited about this limited-time offer, first introduced in 2013, because it hasn't always been available. According to food and restaurant site, AllRecipes.com, the current Never-Ending Pasta Bowl promotion (which applies to dine-in only) is available from August 26th through November 17th, 2024. According to Olive Garden:

"Enjoy never-ending servings of pasta, sauces and toppings. All with our Never-Ending First Course of soup or salad and breadsticks. Starting at $13.99."

AllRecipes noted that's the same price Olive Garden has been charging for its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl since it returned in 2022, after having been on a previous two-year hiatus. This is good news, seeing as Olive Garden made news earlier this year when it said it would be raising prices on several menu items.

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Olive Garden says there are 80 different combinations of sauces, pasta, and proteins available as part of the promotion, and of course, there is also their unlimited soup or salad and freshly baked breadsticks that can also be part of your dine-in meal.

Olive Garden, with its large portions and Tuscany-inspired decore, is one of the more popular brands in the North Star State. And speaking of brands that were once popular but now only exist in our memories, keep scrolling to check out 50 beloved retail chains that weren't so successful and are not around anymore.

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