Three OG classics all on one plate! Chicken Parmigiana, Lasagna Classico** and our signature Fettuccine Alfredo – all with homemade sauces made fresh every morning. **Our meat sauce is made with pan-seared beef and Italian sausage.

Read on for more surprising facts about Olive Garden.

• They've been ranked the number one Italian chain restaurant.
• They used to share buildings with Red Lobster restaurants.
• The look of the original restaurant models resemble a Tuscan farmhouse.
• It started as a Florida-based restaurant.

Olive Garden is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Italian–American cuisine. It is a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants, Inc., which is headquartered in Orange County, Florida.

Our soup and sauce masters create dishes by hand and from scratch, every day. With fresh, whole ingredients like kale, peppers and squash. Because they know cooking that way – the Italian way- everything tastes better. to everything they make.

My personal favorite way of getting around Italy is traveling by train. Most cities are connected to a local train station making train travel convenient, easy, and relatively fast. While regional and intercity trains get you where you need to go, faster trains also exist that allow you to travel Italy in style.

An Italy tour is the best way to experience your next vacation to Italy. Whether you want to trace history in Rome, taste wines in Tuscany, shop in Milan, drive the scenic Amalfi Coast, or explore the canals of Venice, we have all the Italy tours for you.

Olives, olive oil and the olive branch have maintained their special, even sacred, symbolic meaning through the centuries. The leafy branch of the tree has been used as a sign of virginity and purity at weddings, a symbol of peace, a sign of power to crown victors of bloody wars and a sign of wisdom.

What Is So Special About An Olive Tree?

• They can live for thousands of years. Carbon-dating some of the world's oldest known olive trees has put their age at approximately 2,000 years.
• They're tough.
• They're beautiful.
• They produce liquid gold.
• They're considered to be sacred.
• Order your olive tree online today.

The origins of Italian olives have been a staple for Italy and the entire Mediterranean for thousands of years.

Italy is home to the largest variety of olives in the world - the country grows more than 500 different types! Most of Italy's olives are used exclusively to make oil, but a good number of them are so delicious they're also eaten whole, what's known as a table olive.

Choose Soup

• Minestrone.
• Zuppa Toscana.
• Pasta e Fagioli.
• Chicken & Gnocchi.

Homemade Soups

• Chicken & Gnocchi - A creamy soup made with roasted chicken, traditional Italian dumplings and spinach.
• Pasta e Fagioli - White and red beans, ground beef, fresh tomatoes and tubetti pasta in a savory broth.
• Minestrone (V) - Fresh vegetables, beans and pasta in a light tomato broth - a vegan classic.