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Anthony Bourdain To Publish Viral Olive Garden Reviewer

Eater National | Posted 04.05.2012

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Last we heard, Anthony Bourdain was in talks for a book with "viral" North Dakota critic Marilyn Hagerty, and today during a conference call with jour...

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Olive Garden Shows Signs Of A Turnaround

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

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March 23 (Reuters) - Darden Restaurants Inc's Olive Garden chain, which generates almost half of company revenue, posted its first rise in quarterly...

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WATCH: Viral Olive Garden Reviewer Offers Restaurant Advice With Anderson Cooper

Posted 03.20.2012

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North Dakota's most famous food critic, Marilyn Hagerty, had a grand tour of New York last week after her Olive Garden review went viral and the Grand...

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Viral Olive Garden Review Keeps On Rolling

Posted 03.21.2012

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Apparently, people cannot get enough of Marilyn Hagerty. After her positive review of the new Grand Forks, North Dakota Olive Garden went viral, Hager...

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Was The Mocking Of This Restaurant Reviewer Ageist?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.09.2012

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Ann Brenoff

North Dakota restaurant reviewer Marilyn Hagerty was mocked by Gawker and Boing Boing for her review of Olive Garden. Is it ageism?

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Woman's Olive Garden Review Goes Viral

Posted 03.09.2012

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An earnest review of the new location of Olive Garden in Grand Forks, N.D. went viral this week -- much to the surprise of the restaurant and its writ...

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Pricey Restaurant Chain Pays 'Poverty Wages,' Worker Advocates Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It's been a busy few months at Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a scrappy non-profit that advocates for low-wage restaurant work...

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Olive Garden Struggles With Diners Afraid Of Capers, Pesto

Posted 12.22.2011

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The Wall Street Journal has a great article by Sara Nassauer about struggles several chain restaurants face when trying to find the balance of offerin...

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Olive Garden Apologizes For Not Allowing American Flag In Restaurant

Posted 12.13.2011

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Marti Warren, 80, wanted to bring an American flag into an Alabama Olive Garden for the Kiwanis Club award banquet last week. To her dismay, the resta...

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Lessons in Being a "Betch"

Annie Stamell | Posted 11.27.2011

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Annie Stamell

You could call me crazy and weird and bossy and nerdy and neurotic and definitely adorkable but one thing I am not is bitchy. So indulge me while I get bitched at and bitched out and then totally betchified by "The Head Betches" of the hit website Betches Love This.

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Michelle Obama Joins Olive Garden For Big Menu Announcement

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK and DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Calorie by calorie, first lady Michelle Obama is chipping away at big portions and unhealthy food in an effort to help America slim down...

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Class Action Suit Filed Against Olive Garden

Posted 10.19.2011

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An Olive Garden employee in Fayetteville, N.C. tested positive for hepatitis A a few weeks ago, potentially exposing thousands of customers to the dis...

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WATCH: Anthony Bourdain On 'The Colbert Report'

Posted 10.05.2011

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Anthony Bourdain was a guest on The Colbert Report last night and in true Stephen Colbert style, he kept Bourdain on his toes. Some highlights: Col...

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Olive Garden Nixes French Fries, Milkshakes On Kids' Menu

Posted 09.07.2011

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Olive Garden has updated its kids' menu by getting rid of french fries and milkshakes and adding grapes and fruit smoothies. The smoothies, available ...

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Olive Garden, Pizza Hut Top Customer Satisfaction Survey Of Major Chains

Posted 08.22.2011

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Pasta and pizza win again! Just days after taking the cake as the world's first- and second-favorite foods, the two Italian-cum-American dishes have l...

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Woman Attempts To Trade Olive Garden Salad For Cocaine

Posted 07.18.2011

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Hoping to receive $10 worth of cocaine in exchange for Olive Garden salad in a to-go box, a Salt Lake City woman instead was charged with a third degr...

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9 Salads Worse Than A Big Mac

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 07.08.2011

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When eating out, we tend to think we’re “being good” by ordering an entrée salad instead of a big, juicy burger. But many of those salads have ...

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Ex-Olive Garden Manager Reveals Truth Behind Chain's Tuscan Cooking School

Slashfood | Posted 06.14.2011

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Sorry to burst your bubble, Olive Garden fans, but that "cooking school" in Tuscany, the one where the chain's chefs supposedly go to learn the secret...

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Olive Garden Serves Toddler Sangria

Associated Press | Posted 06.14.2011

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Olive Garden restaurants are making changes after a toddler was served alcoholic sangria instead of orange juice at a Florida locati...

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Olive Garden To Get 'Tuscan Farmhouse' Makeover

Slashfood | Posted 05.31.2011

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Unlimited breadsticks are great...but will they taste better in a Tuscan farmhouse setting? According to Nation's Restaurant News, Olive Garden, th...

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Oliver Garden Cooking School Kind Of Actually Exists

walletpop.com | Geoff WilliamsApr 29th 2010 at 6:00PM | Posted 05.25.2011

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Those TV ads are apparently true. There really is an Olive Garden Culinary Institute of Tuscany. Depending how you feel about the truth, you may feel ...

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Too Big to Care

Libby Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Libby Mitchell

In a chain restaurant, no one thinks they are accountable for their behavior. Everyone believes they are anonymous, and absorbed into the crowd, and therefore have no real responsibility to behave.

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UPDATED: Olive Garden Denies Pulling Letterman Ads Over Palin Joke

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATED 6/19: Politico reported that Olive Garden's manager of media relations told the paper the company was pulling its Letterman ads. Olive Garden ...

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