All were satisfying and filling. Portion size is ample enough to share with someone, something I'm known to do, and the waiter gladly produces two plates. Rasmusson says the Garden Fare items do well, and if people ask, a brochure with a nutritional breakdown is available. Knowing that entree, salad and breadsticks will fill us up, we've not tested the Olive Garden's appetizers. The Olive Garden offers a variety of beverages and specialty drinks.
Top sellers are the raspberry iced tea and raspberry lemonade.
New in recent months is the Italian wine service, an introduction by your waiter to the restaurant's house wine. The dessert plate often is hard to pass up. Finish your meal with espresso, cappuccino or caffe mocha. This review appeared in The Gazette on December 28, 1996.