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Pass the sunscreen and the lasagna
So the big rumor around town is that the Olive Garden has decided not to locate in Rocky Mount after all. The chain’s owners, who live in the Tuscan Valley of Italy, say the restaurant never should have been built here in the first place. They blame the goof on a geographic error in the company’s marketing department.
Apparently, the Olive Garden gurus thought Rocky Mount was located in the Rocky Mountains. When the company learned of the mistake, it supposedly pulled the plug on the local operation.
Instead, a new Italy-themed tanning salon will open in the same location. The Sunny Side of Rome will boast a dozen tanning beds, mandolin music and complimentary pasta. Not coincidentally, it is scheduled to open exactly one year from today — on April 1, 2010.
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By ken
April 1, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this
you got me, hook-line-and sinker—i certainly hope so anyway. Sounded believable enough to me. my wife quickly said.. it is an april fool’s joke- and looks like it, right?
exactly when do they plan on opening, do you know? the Olive Garden?
good day to you and the Telegam staff. Sorry to hear about the loss of Mr. Gorham, I was hoping he could be around to see a total turnaround in rocky mount.