Olive Garden Is Finally Bringing Back Its Pasta Pass After Six Years
The chain's cult-favorite promotion returns for the first time since 2019.
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I was beginning to think it was never going to happen. We've waited six long years, but a beloved excuse to eat way too much pasta is finally making its triumphant return, and I feel like this news is just what my soul needed to get through a difficult summer.
Olive Garden has announced that its Never-Ending Pasta Pass will be coming back on July 16 — and if history is any indication, it won't be around for long.
How can you get Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass this year?
Beginning July 16 at 2 p.m. ET at (of course) PastaPass.com, Olive Garden will release 10,000 Pasta Passes for $100 each, plus tax. Now, if it's as it was in previous years, these passes will sell out in seconds, but those lucky 10,000 pasta lovers who pick them up will get unlimited pasta, homemade sauces and protein toppings, plus never-ending soup or salad and breadsticks, during this year’s Never-Ending Pasta Bowl promotion. It runs from August 24 through November 22, just a few days before Thanksgiving.
Now, that's something to be thankful for, indeed.
But, the reality is, you're going to have to be pretty fast. After such a long hiatus, those passes are likely to go faster than ever this year. We've been waiting since 2019, and we're hungry to try all 120 possible combinations of pasta, sauce and toppings, immediately.
“Even six years later, guests still ask us about Never-Ending Pasta Pass, which speaks to the lasting enthusiasm and connection our fans have for it,” Jaime Bunker, Olive Garden’s senior vice president of marketing, says in a press release. “Bringing it back felt like the right way to recognize the loyalty of so many guests who have kept it top of mind all these years, while celebrating what they love most about Olive Garden — abundance and incredible value — all wrapped into one experience.”
When is Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Bowl coming back?
For those who don't score one of those passes, the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl will also return for everyone nationwide from August 31 to November 22, starting at $14.99, with EClub members and Pasta Passholders getting a sneak peak starting August 24.
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