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We ate similar meals at Olive Garden and Buca di Beppo and found the smaller pasta chain crushed the competition

Irene Jiang   

We ate similar meals at Olive Garden and Buca di Beppo and found the smaller pasta chain crushed the competition
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  • Valentine's Day is upon us, and nothing says romance like sharing a plate of spaghetti.
  • Olive Garden and Buca di Beppo are two of the most popular chain restaurants serving pasta.
  • We ate similar meals at both restaurants to see which is more worth the dough, and we were impressed by Buca di Beppo's kitschy charm and mostly tasty food.
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It's almost Valentine's Day, and nothing says classic romance like sharing a big plate of pasta.

But not every town is lucky enough to have a red-sauce joint of its own. For many this Friday, that special spaghetti dinner will be shared at their favorite Italian-ish chain restaurant.

Olive Garden and Buca di Beppo are two of America's most popular Italian-American restaurant chains. So for this Valentine's Day, Business Insider sent me and Priscilla Zhu, retail's visual features fellow, out on a carb-filled mission to eat similar meals at both and find out which is better.

Here's which pasta place is more worth your dough.


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