text: I used to love Olive Garden but over the years the quality of the food has gone from fresh to frozen. I can't enjoy it anymore. Our breadsticks had this weird chewy texture like they'd been microwaved and contained a strange bitter aftertaste. The salad was good and my Zuppa Toscana was nice (although I learned how to make better making theirs just.. meh.), but the food itself was lacking greatly in flavor. What stood out to me the most was my dad's calzone which was dry. I can honestly say I made better ones in my high school culinary arts class. I feel bad writing this because I truly did love this place but now I dislike it a lot. Olive Garden isn't what it used to be, and they charge way too much for mediocre frozen meals. I'd just look up an authentic Italian food restaurant on Yelp and try that instead.