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A Madison Heights man is suing Olive Garden for allegedly serving him a severed rat’s foot in a bowl of minestrone soup. Thomas Howie, 54, is seeking damages of more than $25,000 for physical injury, “mental anguish and emotional distress,” according to a complaint filed in Macomb Circuit Court on […]
Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter An Olive Garden customer is suing the franchise after he allegedly found a rat’s foot in his minestrone […]
A Michigan man is suing Olive Garden, alleging that he found a rat’s foot in a bite of minestrone soup. According to the complaint, filed Friday in Macomb County against the restaurant and an LLC in Michigan called Olive Garden Holdings, Thomas Howie went out to dinner with friends in […]
Getting swept up in the “wedding fever” and spending tens of thousands of dollars on the wedding and the many events that come with it can pretty easy to do, unless you get creative with some of the elements. This couple wanted those “high-class pictures” for a “low-shelf price,” and […]
A small banner on display near the Olive Garden that is in its final stages of construction on Aiken’s Southside states that the new restaurant will be opening Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. The Aiken Standard reported earlier this month that the Olive Garden would begin welcoming diners Oct. 9 after […]
It might seem like Olive Garden has been a fixture in suburban neighborhoods forever, but there was indeed a time in which the chain restaurant was a brand new phenomenon. That time was 1988, and a video from that era has resurfaced—allowing people today to freshly dunk on Olive Garden. […]
Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of what local media outlets and Twitter-ers are gabbing about. Let’s Watch Olive Garden Dazzle ’80s Minnesotans How big a deal was the 1988 arrival of Olive Garden in suburban Minneapolis? Judging by this clip from the KTSP program Good Company, currently […]
