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Olive Garden Italian Restaurants

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    May 18, 2012

    Jack Black's True-Life Texas Crime Tale. And a Steak Burrito

    The Dinner: Steak burrito, at Blue Water Taco Grill (515 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Bernie, at the Meridian (1501 Seventh Ave.). The Screenplate: What is the official food of Texas? I say Mexican. Besides, Seattle doesn't have any dedicated, Texas-specific barbecue joints--or at least none wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    We Don't Need No Stinking Olive Garden! DIY Dinner Recipe 5 Cheap-Ass Spaghetti Reds

    Hey fellow lushes! Dunno about you, but all this Olive Garden hoopla has given The Wino a powerful hankering for cheap-ass spaghetti and the wines that make those saucy noodles sing "Amore!" Come on and grab a hot date, but instead of plunking down 30 or 40 bucks on din-din out on the town, I'm goi ... More >>

  • Food

    February 22, 2012

    Anthony's Seafood Grill's Mallicious Intent

    The locally grown chain heads inland to Alderwood.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Starbucks Is Now the Third Largest Restaurant Chain in United States

    ​That's not third largest coffee chain, or third largest coffee retailer, mind you. Starbucks is now the third largest restaurant chain in the country.

  • Film

    March 23, 2011

    Con Artist: Meet Fallen Art-World Star Mark Kostabi

    ​That's not third largest coffee chain, or third largest coffee retailer, mind you. Starbucks is now the third largest restaurant chain in the country.

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Fake Food, Cake Rage, Long Goodbyes, and A Big F.U. To Adam Richman

    ​ "Replica foods are in a class all their own. They're intriguing, weird, gross when dusty, and just plain funny. In a window, or on a dessert cart for display, or even on a buffet line, you want to touch it--just to make sure it's not real. The suppliers are everywhere, and we can feel a rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    This Is How You're Going To Die: "Cake Rage"

    Photo courtesy dailymail.co.ukNarrowly escaped hot, frosted death!​I have made a lot of jokes in the past about trashing taquerias for running out of carnitas, setting fire to Olive Garden franchises and punching nuns standing between me and the last breakfast burrito. Most of these threats ar ... More >>

  • Food

    December 8, 2010

    The Transcendence of Loathing

    Chipotle knocks fast food on its ass.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    10 Types of Food Blog Commenters

    The comment function on any blog is a portal to literary adventure. We here at Voracious appreciate the readers who take the time to give us constructive feedback, both negative and positive. Coherent comments make us better writers. Then, there are those who just want to tell us how stupid we are a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    That's Amore Is Like a Night With Your Mom

    Look, mom. no beer gut.​This marks the first of a month's worth of entries from guest contributors seeking to ape the elusive style of the Surly Gourmand, who will return in October. This week's faux Surly (hence, the asterisk) is a Tweetie Bird named Marc. Seattle is a town with dozens of It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Electrolux Design Lab 2010: The Future Is Here, Now Hand Me My Goo

    Photo courtesy electrolux design lab​ Kitchen hackers, gadget freaks and geeks of the world, rejoice! The future of kitchens is here! Kind of! A few days ago, I wrote an extended post about the Seven Food Technologies I Wish Existed Right Now. And while I have to assume that this is complet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Tacos and Tommy Burgers: The Chain Restaurants We Crave

    ​Once upon a time, there was a man called Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. He was a lawyer and a politician, a judge, an outlaw, a violin teacher and a gastronome--a man who gained posthumous fame partly for his great work, Physiologie du goût (also know as Physiologie du Goût, ou Méditations ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    What Chain Restaurants Do You WANT in Your Neighborhood?

    How many pieces of flair do YOU have on?​Last night, my wife Laura really wanted a baked potato. She wanted one in the worst kind of way, and even though I offered to bake her one, there was a complication: It was hot as balls in our house and she didn't want the oven turned on. I said I coul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Bad News For Portland Food Lovers: Restaurant Critic Roger Porter Gone From The Oregonian

    ​"As of last Monday, Roger Porter is no longer a restaurant critic for The Oregonian..." That's how Eater PDX is reporting the news that The Oregonian has apparently let go its critic--a veteran food writer, formerly of Oregon Magazine and Willamette Week, who also wrote The Food Lovers Compa ... More >>

  • Food

    July 28, 2010

    Strong Safety

    Flying Fish is unremarkably remarkable.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Getting It Off Your Chest: Worst Cities For Food Lovers

    ​ So last week, we had a little web-world brouhaha over why Seattle has a better and more enduring BBQ tradition than Kansas City and how Seattleites giving the digital middle-finger to California should be proud never to have actually traveled to California. It was ugly and it was stupid and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Bai Tong, Redux

    Photo courtesy Peter Mumford​ Yesterday, I got to share the good news that Bai Tong--the fantastic historical oddity and awesome Thai food joint buried in a Tukwila strip mall--had expanded into a second location while I wasn't looking. "According to the Bai Tong Facebook page (yeah, I'm sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Lickable Greeting Cards: For When You Really Just Don't Care At All

    ​ The greeting card industry has taken a lot of hits recently, what with all the e-cards and text messages and other new, innovative and totally impersonal ways to wish someone a happy birthday/bar mitzvah/kwanza or what-have-you. But now, greeting card giant American Greetings is hitting bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Trading Cuban Sandwiches for Curry: Curry Now! Truck Up and Running

    ​Yesterday, we had to announce the sad news that Paladar--the Cuban food truck that, until yesterday, was permanently anchored at 8953 Aurora Avenue North--was closing up shop for good. And this was sad. With a few very rare exceptions, I hate to see any restaurant go under (though I'll do a p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Hot Dogs, Donuts, Chuck Norris, Critics and Criminals

    Because sometimes your hatred is a badge of honor​Hey, you know what? I think we managed to make it through this entire week without once mentioning the World Cup. Which is remarkable because, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans couldn't give less of a crap about how A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    The Top (Meaning Bottom) Five Olive Garden Commercials

    Do you have any extra chromosomes? Do you cast your vote for President of the United States of America based on which candidate is likely to share your taste in beer? Have you ever typed the phrase "lol" for any reason other than to spell out "lollygagging?" If you answered "yes" to any of these que ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Pasta Freska Sucksa

    Close enough.​ Pasta Freska seems like it was opened by somebody who REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to open an Olive Garden but couldn't afford the franchise fee. Olive Garden is widely considered the lamest restaurant in the world, suitable only for the mildly retarded and also for Sarah Palin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Eat Your Heart (Attack) Out, KFC: Seattle's Top Five Healthy Chain-Restaurant Meals

    KFC just debuted its Double Down, a sauce-smothered, bacon-cheese heart attack sandwich wrapped in two pieces of fried chicken instead of bread. (Oy. Just writing that makes this writer feel bloated.) But you don't have to gorge on offensive quantities of grease just because you're dining at a chai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Trend Humping: Are Tapas Bars Overdone?

    Everything tastes better on a toothpick​Inspired by this week's news that the soon-to-be-ex tapas bar Txori (2207 2nd Avenue) will be closing the doors on April 19 only to be replaced by...another tapas bar (to be called Pintxo), I got to thinking about the current tapas craze and whether or n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    An Un-Valentine's Day at STIR

    Serves him right...​I hate Valentine's Day. Always have, always will. As a chef, it was a triple-prep run-up to a horrible, soul-crushing day--huge business for the owners and servers and bartenders, but nothing but trouble for the white jackets in the back as the floor became flooded with r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Tonight's Show Suggestions

    Devotchka live at CoachellaWidower, Final Spins, Sammy Barrett, Tractor Tavern, 9 p.m., $6If for some reason you find yourself out the night before New Year's Eve, don't blow your load on some party-in-a-can DJ or punk show that will leave you wilted for the following evening. Instead, mosey on down ... More >>

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    December 24, 2008

    Devotchka

    Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday, December 31

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    December 5, 2007

    Do You Want "Chinamen" With Your "Chinatown"?

    Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday, December 31

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Soldiers of Fortune

    An elite Army Ranger, back from Iraq, led his cohorts in a precision hold-up, cops say. If money wasn't the motive, what was?

  • Food

    April 19, 2006

    Asia

    An elite Army Ranger, back from Iraq, led his cohorts in a precision hold-up, cops say. If money wasn't the motive, what was?

  • Food

    July 27, 2005

    Dueling Italians

    Or: how not to judge a restaurant by its facade.

  • Diversions

    August 4, 2004
  • Food

    May 7, 2003

    This Old House

    The Borriellos are having friends over tonightyou're invited.

  • News

    December 25, 2002
  • Food

    December 18, 2002

    The Italian Thing

    How much lasagna can we eat in the name of family?

  • Food

    May 8, 2002

    Family-style

    The Batalis, keeping it real here and in N.Y.C.

  • Food

    November 14, 2001

    The hot 100

    Seattle's 100 hot dishes

  • Food

    April 25, 2001

    Our 100 Favorites (part 3)

    Seattle's 100 hot dishes

  • Music

    November 8, 2000

    Opera fudge

    Seattle's 100 hot dishes

  • Food

    October 25, 2000

    Roman holiday

    When too much isn't quite enough.

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