Re: "Espresso" at Olive Garden

In article <45be253f$1@kcnews01>, paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx says...
I know. Expecting to get a good espresso at an Olive Garden is like, well,
expecting to get good Italian food at an Olive Garden. But this experience was
beyond the pale (literally, as you'll see below).
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Deja vu!!! My one Olive Garden espresso experience about ten years
ago was virtually identical to yours! In my case, I was served what
appeared to be regular coffee in a demitasse. No crema, tasted like
restaurant coffee, yadda, yadda, yadda. When I complained, the
'manager' came over, apologized, and proceeded to serve me something
that looked and tasted decidedly more 'espresso-ish'. That one was
more like something that somebody just didn't know how to make, but
at least they tried on that one. I'm convinced that the first was
simply half a serving of regular coffee for which they tried to
charge me double the price. Needless to say, I haven't ordered an
espresso on either of my two visits since.

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-Mike
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