Marilyn Haggerty's amazing Olive Garden review and the subsequent viral shitstorm

They probably put ketchup on them

FL contingent unite! <3

Defense lawyers for Rhodes have previously addressed the dinner, saying that prosecutors’ theory of the episode is incorrect. Rhodes’ lawyers said in a court filing the dinner is evidence that the militia leader wasn’t working to foment a revolution.

“The conditions would never be better. Yet, Rhodes and the others left the Capitol grounds and went to Olive Garden for dinner,” lawyers for Rhodes wrote. “The answer is quite simple: because stopping the certification, overthrowing the government, was not Rhodes’ intent. It was not the Oath Keepers’ intent.”

Ah yes, the Olive Garden defense.

“ALCON: Going to eat at Olive Garden,” is the new “FAP?”

$400 doesn't necessarily seem like that much depending on the size of the paramilitary death squad though

The last weekend of October arrives with Hawks hovering over Grand Forks and ready to play football.

Although they have not counted, the Hawks have noticed people in cars and on airplanes heading west towards Las Vegas. There the UND hockey team will take center stage. It’s the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game with Arizona State on Saturday.

Halloween hovers over Grand Forks these days.

leave me out of this

He said Grand Forks.

And i said leave me out of this

Its reminds me of how the COlumbine shooters were bowling earlier in teh day

and received soup as a prize

They drank the soup. It was hot. There were ferns in the planters.

In the lowest of sea levels, Grand Forks is welcoming a new restaurant — Mt. Everest 8,848 feet.

Since its opening this month, the small, cozy restaurant has been visited by a variety of curious guests. They wonder and want to see a restaurant named after a world’s highest peak has its name chosen for the lowest level reading of Grand Forks.

There is a glassed in display of foods that are on the menu. Appetizers include naan bread and neplai pan puri. The food is designed for eating in or takeout.

Twenty entrée choices include a creamy butter chicken ($10.99) and Himalayan Thupka ($8.99). The choices are pictured on the menu.

There are desserts — desi sweets and Nepali rice pudding.

The restaurant opened formally with an introduction by ambassadors from the Grand Forks Chamber last week.

The restaurant is small, attractive and cozy. There is seating at tables or on chairs at the bar. There is a buffet style counter where customers can order their choices.

Owners of the restaurant have other businesses in Grand Forks. There’s Haaam-ro Bazar, an international market, and Blessed Homecare with non-medical service for anyone over 18. The couple have two young children who seem to feel at home n the restaurant.

My second visit to the restaurant was interesting with curious companions including Matt Dunlevy who were pleased with the new restaurant and the experience of eating there.

curious companions

You rang?

Wait, I'm confused. Is it a buffet, or do you order?

Also I am given to understand that "naan bread" means "bread bread"

They wonder and want to see a restaurant named after a world’s highest peak has its name chosen for the lowest level reading of Grand Forks.

The word salad is crisp and refreshing.

(sorry, ilu ms. hagerty)

ILX expedition to Grand Forks to chill with Hagerty at Mt. Everest.

the grand forks grand tour! poster forks' attendance is mandatory.

curious companions

https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a4b37457a82dbb108bde5b94b0132f3/2267000fbe108ddd-92/s1280x1920/6b02c75ca267029c9090c7668b578a1674aee7eb.jpg

The couple have two young children who seem to feel at home n the restaurant.

IMO, this is the most critical sentence she's written.

And damn! Grand Forks is a lot lower than I thought it was!

I'd check it out: https://www.mounteverest8848.online/

"creamy butter chicken" doesnt seem very Buddhist

why is the plate of potstickers waving like it is underwater

That's not potstickers, that's Hagerty

Please tell me they have a dish named Potatoes au Haggerty

Odd that she specifies feet in the review, it’s not in the restaurant’s name and 8848 is Everest’s height in metres

"meters" are un-American, dude

Now I want to open up a Scottish restaurant in Grand Forks just to be able to name a dish "Marilyn Haggis."

stole my joke dammit

That restaurant looks good

i am into this

https://goo.gl/maps/o756mq3M9qt9EV126

"Customer service is very nice. And to talk about Food..... it's just “wow,” if u want spicy food like real Nepali Style you’ll get to have it. So I highly recommend you guys go to this awesome Restaurant. 🫡
I also have a picture of delicious food I tried 😊 …"

real Nepali style

Unlike all those lame-ass fake Nepali joints in the North Dakota. I mean, some of those places don't even have real yak milk, let alone authentic chapatis. Sure, they will serve you dal bhat, but it's probably not proper Nepali dal bhat, because they use too much tamarind. Might as well just call it Pakistani food.

Sheesh.

from this review it sounds like grand forks doesn't have any other nepali / north indian / pakistani restaurants? that can't be the case surely.

there's a very midwest thing going on in the review of not acknowledging someone's national background / ethnicity (because it's rude to do so?) but also communicating strong "they aren't like us" vibes that is way too on-the-nose and very off-putting of course.

if this restaurant and review were in colorado we'd have three paragraphs about the magic of nepal and sanctification of the immigrant family with an orientalist flavor.

I found this: https://www.houseofpunjabgf.com/

their website is intimidating

so after visiting 20 times you get 20% off all future purchases? that's a lot of investment i gotta say! i dunno if i could name five restaurants i've been to 20 times in my life.

North Dakota is a shining beacon to everyone yearning to be free

(Will there ever be a Dakota Reunification?) #ONEDAKOTA

why is there no east dakota

A pizza spot named Crust, ironically located in the Earth's core

Open a pizza shop in Antarctica and name it South Pole Pizza

why is there no east dakota

Heh heh heh

https://i.imgur.com/4WOKeHL.jpg

There's no way I come close to believing that, but heh heh heh nonetheless.

The definitive Dakotie film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEC9ZcV-ehk

She returned to OG a decade later:

There are appetizers including meatballs parmigiana and spinach artichoke dip. Homemade soups and salads include minestrone and a creamy chicken and gnocchi with roasted chicken.

The choices are many in the restaurant with its large parking lot and large seating area in the south end of business in Grand Forks.

With friends and family, we found the familiar menu on a recent winter day. Five of us were seated in one of the large and homey dining areas. Service was good. Friendly.

We tried the fettucine alfredo, which is a favorite. The menu says it is made in house every day. The classic entrees include chicken or eggplant parmigiana, lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, shrimp and chicken scampi. There are stuffed pastas including a new ravioli carbonara. And there is a choice described on the menu to create your own pasta. This gives a choice of pasta, a choice of sauce and a topping, if desired.

We found the Olive Garden a pleasant setting to visit with friends — Joel and Amy Medd along with son Bob Hagerty and granddaughter Carmen Hagerty visiting from Pittsburgh. The staff is very friendly at the Olive Garden. And on visits there I am reminded of days in March of 2012. That was the time that an Eatbeat column in the Grand Forks Herald caught the attention of national reporters. Some at first scowled at the attention given a chain restaurant. Then their fury turned to support. And there were calls from Fargo, New York, California, Florida. This writer was invited to widely discuss on national television the Olive Garden arrival in Grand Forks.

Joel and Amy Medd along with son Bob Hagerty and granddaughter Carmen Hagerty visiting from Pittsburgh.

This speaks worlds about where Haggerty comes from. It has a different mindset.