According to a customer, people were immediately evacuated from the restaurant when smoke was coming out of the kitchen area.
On Labor Day, while many people were off, Olive Garden was cooking and serving food to a fire station in Sparks and a fire station in Reno. Firefighters say the Labor Day meal donation really impacts how they operate.
For 17 years now Olive Garden restaurants across the nation have shown their Italian generosity to our first responders and this year was no different.
Fortune says Olive Garden's "all-you-can-eat" pasta pass goes on sale Thursday. The Italian restaurant chain will sell $100 passes that are good for eight weeks of unlimited pasta, breadsticks, salad and soup.
Olive Garden thanked first responders on Labor Day with a special lunch. This is the 16th consecutive year the restaurant has thanked first responders with a free lunch.
You can support a local high school by eating a meal Tuesday night at any Olive Garden in Reno, Sparks and Carson City. All 800+ Olive Garden restaurants nationwide are hosting a Spirit Night from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.