Restaurants & Bars

Austin-Area Olive Garden Sites To Offer Lifetime Pasta Pass

Pasta Pass to be offered to just 24,000 customers on Thursday, Aug. 15, with 50 lucky ones upgrading to lifetime option.

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AUSTIN, TX — This is surely a pasta lover's dream. The Pasta Pass is back at Olive Garden, with a limited 24,000 passes going on sale on Thursday, officials announced.

Now in its sixth year, the special promotion is scheduled on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. CST, with Austin-area restaurants participating. Details on the big pass were revealed on July 30 through the chain's various social media channels.

For this year's version, Olive Garden will offer a first-of-its-kind Lifetime Pasta Pass. That means that an unlimited pasta, soup or salad and breadsticks awaits for just 50 lucky guests. The 24,000 Pasta Passes, and opportunity to upgrade to one of 50 Lifetime Pasta Passes, will be available to purchase exclusively at www.PastaPass.com for 30 minutes (or until they are sold out) beginning at 1 p.m. CST on Aug. 15. Guests are encouraged to visit the website early to join the online waiting room starting at 12:55 p.m. CST.

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