Howdy you mothers, fathers, children, siblings and folk. This mothers day we went to Maggiano’s for dinner. Whoa. That was a mistake. Not because it was bad, but because it was too good. I will no longer be able to go to the Olive Garden and think, “This is descent Italian food.” I will have to think, “This is acceptable Italian food.” I have officially been converted. I have had very few restaurant experiences where I was ‘converted’ but this was one of them. It was the P.F. Changs of Italian, the Ruth’s Chris of Italian, the Texas de Brazil of Italian.
Save up your money, find one, and get eating. Sure, its a bit pricier than Olive Garden, but zowie is it good!
Oh, and to my mom, Happy Mothers Day, I tried to call but you were in the nether-regions of Northern California, so apparently you could not be reached.
Olive Garden for me has always been synonymous with bad Italian food. If Maggiano’s is the P.F.Changs of Italian food, then Olive Garden is the McDonalds. That’s why I used it as sarcasm in a post of mine recently. Maybe I should edit that post to clarify. Hmmm.