Pasta Garden in Baton Rouge. Who remembers it?

It was as weird place. Basically, a local riff on Olive Garden.

That salad with the noodles was the GOAT. Great manicotti also

I think it was around in the late '80's - early 90's and the guy who owned it was Giovanni.

Best lump crab pasta I've ever had. They would load that bitch up with beautiful jumbo lump meat.

Before that it was a Pizza Hut. As a kid I used to ride my bike there and pump quarters into their tabletop PacMan machine.

I worked there one night and quit. Service bartender, worked my arse off, got tipped out $20. I remember the drink gun was wrong. I forget exactly what it was, but different than any place I’ve ever worked. I made a drink and hit the button that normally would have been correct, and I made some nasty drink. So I dumped it and made another. The owner saw me do it, told the manager. He told me something, said I could have saved it in case someone ordered it. I replied the gun is wrong, and I made some nasty drink no one will order.
Busted my arse all night for $20 tip out. I never went back. There was no bar, just a small space for customers to come up to and order while they were waiting. I may have made $30 from customers.

The shrimp and eggplant rollatini was killer. My mom always got some kind of crawfish and Tasso bread that was good as well