Call their salad overdressed and their pasta bland all you want . If there ’s one thingOlive Gardencould never be accused of , it ’s being stingy with their food . From salad to sodium carbonate , with breadsticks in between , the pseudo - Italian restaurant Ernst Boris Chain love nothing more than to modify a carte item with the parole “ straight-out . ” And for $ 100 ( plus tax ) , 23,000 prosperous carb - lovers can expend eight weeks stuffing their face with as much alimentary paste as their stomachs can handle . That ’s right , people : TheNever terminate Pasta Passis back !

On Thursday , August 23 , at 2 p.m. ET incisively , the chemical chain will offer up 23,000 of its prosperous customer the opportunity to spend the bulk of the fall season gorging themselves on chicken alfredo , spaghetti and meatballs , and whatever other al dente dishes strike their fancy . ( You clean the pasta , sauce , and topping . )

As far as the rules go , there are n’t many : Passholders can use their golden ticket to dine in gratis between September 24 and November 18 , 2018 , and must show an ID as the passes are non - transferable and no sharing is allowed . You will , of course , get the needed unlimited soda and breadsticks ; and you might require to wear your stretchiest pants . Passes will go on sale atPastaPass.comfor one hour only ( or until they ’re all bolt up ) .

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Before you dismiss it as a quick publicity thingmajig , consider this : For the past several years , the pass have sold out in one second — yes , one second . The good intelligence this year is that they ’ve up the ante from 22,000 passes to 23,000 . They ’ve also added a 2nd option for OG lover who are willing to beat out out three times as much : For $ 300 , 1000 masses can purchase an annual Never Ending Pasta Pass , which will get them all of the said dainty — for an entire twelvemonth ! Again , there are only 1000 of these available , so you ’d better start practice your fingers and carbo - loading now .