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Olive Garden Italian Restaurants

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Olive Garden review: the greatest restaurant review ever written

    ​After a great run writing reviews for City Pages, I will probably need to tender a letter of resignation because Marilyn Hagerty, Eatbeat columnist for Grand Forks Herald, just won restaurant reviewing. Forever.Today's column, which she has been writing for years, titled "Long-awaited Olive Garde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Marilyn Hagerty: Interview with genius Olive Garden reviewer

    ​Everybody online today is enjoying the recent publication of The Greatest Restaurant Review Ever Written, a piece entitled "Long-awaited Olive Garden receives warm welcome" by Marilyn Hagerty of the Grand Forks Herald.There are so many evocative parts of the review: The "two long, warm breadstick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Top 5 weird food stories of the week: October 3-7

    ​We all know the feeling. We're stumbling down the sidewalk, our heads swimming with the effects of Irish Car Bombs and whatever that shot that tasted like a Butterfinger was called, and as we wobble and sway, we think: I could really go for a pizza right now--I mean I can't possibly w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Babies, booze and a boulder in The Best of Hot Dish: April 11-15, 2011

    What's in your bottle?​The three B's that characterize this week at the Hot Dish Blog are not what you would expect. We're talking babies, booze and a boulder as we wrap up a week rife with alcohol news and one wily and destructive boulder. Here's a list of the B-posts:How to get Jim Beam's great- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    First look: Andiamo Italian Ristorante in Eagan

    Owner and General Manager Ramon Ruiz is testing the adage "third time's a charm" with his new Eagan eatery, Andiamo. After two other Italian restaurants have tried and failed in the same location, the odds would seem to be stacked against this most recent tenant in the corner space of this ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    October 13, 2010

    Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen: Will it lift the curse?

    Popular restaurateur boldly closes Azia to embark on new challenge

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Top 5 restaurant myths

    Kentucky Fried...what now?​We've all heard them.  Those urban legends that snake their way across the world, lodging in your horrified imagination via your co-worker whose sister knows a guy who swears that this happened to his girlfriend's cousin last week.  And now, suddenly, true ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Minneapolis's 5 most jinxed restaurant locations

    In honor of Thom Pham's announcement that he'll be opening a new restaurant, Wanderers, at 555 Hennepin Ave.--a space notorious for its quick turnover of restaurant operators--Hot Dish decided to take a look at the Top 5 Jinxed Restaurant Locations. Will Thom Pham have better luck in this downtow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Wanderers by Thom Pham coming soon, Azia likely to close

    Will Thom Pham succeed where others have failed? (Photo by erin.kkr)​Thom Pham unveiled his new downtown Minneapolis restaurant venture today, called Wanderers Wondrous Azian Kitchen, at 555 Hennepin Avenue. At the same time, he said his Eat Street restaurant Azia will "probably" close in the near ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Zake: RIP

    Another one bites the dust at 533 Hennepin...

  • Restaurants

    December 9, 2009

    Bar La Grassa: Trendiest table in town

    Isaac Becker brings new pasta bar to North Loop

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Now Open: Zake

    Musashi sushi is now known as Zake--though not much else seems to have changed. Will 533 Hennepin's curse ever break?

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Sara Barron

    Musashi sushi is now known as Zake--though not much else seems to have changed. Will 533 Hennepin's curse ever break?

  • Restaurants

    April 8, 2009

    Bibo hits sweet spot between casual and elegant

    Eagan restaurant completes triad of Italian spots owned by Frank Marchionda

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Five Questions For... Bill Roehl of LazyLightning

    Eagan restaurant completes triad of Italian spots owned by Frank Marchionda

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Futuristic Robot to Appear at Mall; Inspires a One-Act Play

    Eagan restaurant completes triad of Italian spots owned by Frank Marchionda

  • Restaurants

    June 25, 2008

    The Suburbs Step It Up

    Three new west metro restaurants help diners break away from the national chains

  • News

    June 4, 2008

    Find Dining

    For freegans, dinner is served à la Dumpster

  • Restaurants

    June 28, 2006

    Nasty, Brutish, Shortish

    Anthony Bourdain's newest, The Nasty Bits, is perfect summer reading: Riveting to pick up, easy to put down

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    Anthony Bourdain's newest, The Nasty Bits, is perfect summer reading: Riveting to pick up, easy to put down

  • Restaurants

    March 24, 2004

    Widening the Wine Aisle

    A reader worries that the sale of wine in grocery stores will kill funky Mom-'n'-Pop shops, but Dara disagrees

  • Restaurants

    October 15, 2003

    Cosmopolitan Heights

    The food lives up to the surroundings at downtown Minneapolis's artful, sexy Cosmos

  • Restaurants

    June 11, 2003

    Dear Dara

    Well-reasoned rants on mayonnaise, plagiarism, and the hoped-for demise of the pretend seaside

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    Well-reasoned rants on mayonnaise, plagiarism, and the hoped-for demise of the pretend seaside

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    Well-reasoned rants on mayonnaise, plagiarism, and the hoped-for demise of the pretend seaside

  • Restaurants

    November 7, 2001

    The Unadorned Truth

    A Restaurant and Wine Critic Debunks Her Own Mystique

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    A Restaurant and Wine Critic Debunks Her Own Mystique

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    Breast of Burden

    The pump. The poop. The panic. A dispatch from the nursing wars.

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    The Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    The pump. The poop. The panic. A dispatch from the nursing wars.

  • Feature

    October 1, 1998

    National Essay Writing Contest Looks For What Kids Would Do To Make Their City Great

    The pump. The poop. The panic. A dispatch from the nursing wars.

  • Books

    August 12, 1998

    To the Landfill

    The pump. The poop. The panic. A dispatch from the nursing wars.

  • News

    May 13, 1998

    The Best of the Twin Cities

    The pump. The poop. The panic. A dispatch from the nursing wars.

  • Restaurants

    February 18, 1998

    Old Man River

    Perhaps it's best to say that Saji-Ya has entered a period of rest after its long spate of medal-winning in the early '90s.

  • Restaurants

    June 25, 1997

    Humming With the Spice of Life

    Perhaps it's best to say that Saji-Ya has entered a period of rest after its long spate of medal-winning in the early '90s.

  • Restaurants

    October 30, 1996

    Playing The Market

    Perhaps it's best to say that Saji-Ya has entered a period of rest after its long spate of medal-winning in the early '90s.

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