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Snellville Olive Garden Opens Today
The Italian food chain opens its newest restaurant in Snellville.
Residents have been waiting for a long time for something to fill the space, and now the wait is over.
The Snellville Olive Garden is now open. This week, Monday-Friday, the restaurant will open at 4 p.m. It is the newest of more than 750 local restaurants.
It is located in the Academy Sports + Outdoors center off of Scenic Highway, on the way to Lawrenceville.
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The Olive Garden is 7,441 square feet, can host up to 246 guests and features a design inspired by farmhouses in Italy, according to a report in Gwinnett Magazine. It will also provide 165 new jobs, the magazine reported.
The general manager is Julie Knowles.
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Dan Kiernan, executive vice president of operations for Olive Garden, was quoted in the magazine as saying: “Snellville has been one of Gwinnett County’s fastest growing cities making it the ideal location for Olive Garden."
The Snellville Olive Garden is located at 1565 Scenic Highway, Snellville.
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