On any given night , you could waltz into Olive Garden ’s Times Square eatery with $ 20 in your pocket and leave an hour later with a belly full of pasta and a pocketful of remnant dollars . But December 31st is not just any nighttime , not even for the res publica ’s “ largest chain of Italian - themed restaurants . ” Because it gasconade an enviable ( for New Year ’s Eve)2 Times Square computer address , Olive Garden is position a exchange premium on its eggplant parm for the even , institutionalize revelers $ 400 from each one to ring in the new year . And ticket are reportedlygoing fast !
The five - hr Garden party , which quetch off at 8 p.m. , let in everything one needs to say goodbye to 2015 in style : platefuls of food for thought ( chicken con broccoli , shrimp primavera , chicken marsala , eggplant parm , and mashed potatoes are among the kickshaw promise as part of the full buffet ) , several open bars , a unrecorded disc jockey , plenty of dancing , a bubbly goner at midnight , and several hundred strangers with whom to share the evening are all include in the muscular pricetag .
While it was originally report that the restaurant’sbeloved breadsticks would not be making an appearance(cue the Twitter scandal ) , acompany spokesperson assured DNAinfo(and deep - pocketed carb - lovers everywhere ) that that was just not genuine .
Though the breadstick crisis has been averted , there is a snag : Olive Garden ’s purview of the actual lump drop is modified , so partygoers engrossed on seeing all 2688 of the ball ’s Waterford Crystal triangles in the screen background of their selfies might be out of luck . “ With the cooperation of the NYPD and security , we are skip to get to see the ball drop from just outside our front doors,”said a spokespersonfor the restaurant . “ But due to security issues we ca n’t sell the tickets on the premise that outside view of the ball drop is secure . ”
Lucille Ball fall or breadsticks ? You adjudicate .
