Jim Cramer is totally right (see post below). The Olive Garden rules. I just got back from dinner with my mom, my second time eating at Olive Garden (both times in Torrance). The food, service, drinks are all great, and it's cheap!

We walked in and right off the bat they always offer you a free sample of wine. Can't complain about free alcohol. Then we got unlimited salad and breadsticks. I had 3 bowls of salad, no joke. My entree was a chicken pasta that had 2 chicken breaks, my mom got chicken marsala that was 3 full chicken breasts! And they were both very, very good.

After all the salad and breadsticks we took nearly our entire entrees to go. Our server was super friendly and really took care of us. $15 per entree for all this is a steal.

I had always clumped Olive Garden in with restaurants like TGI Fridays, Coco's, Marie Calendars, Applebees, etc. But it really is a huge step up.

I don't know if I'd actually go to the Olive Garden in New York, but i'll consider it.