Thread: Scores ill after eating at Indiana Olive Garden

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (CNN) -- -- About 300 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in northeast Indianapolis, a spokesman for the Marion County Health Department told CNN on Friday.

The customers became ill after eating at the restaurant between Saturday and Wednesday, said John Althardt. They have reported nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and, in some cases, fever, and three have been hospitalized, he said.

Althardt said the health department hopes to start testing -- as early as Friday afternoon -- stool samples of the sick and leftovers that restaurant patrons took home. Results may be available in about 48 hours.

Steve Coe, director of media relations for Olive Garden, said in a written statement that the company is "working closely with the local health department ... and will temporarily close the restaurant to give the health department a better opportunity to investigate this matter that may be tied to employees that recently had flu-like symptoms."

"This is an isolated incident," he said. "There have been no related incidents reported at any other Olive Garden in the market or elsewhere."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/15/olive.garden/index.html

You don't have that problem when you eat lutefisk!

I never get why people go to Olive Garden, the food they serve there is honestly not that hard to make, and the place is expensive.

AHH i wonder if any Colts got sick??? lol :P

"nickbo" wrote:

You don't have that problem when you eat lutefisk!

I'm surprised the stink and all the lye hasn't killed anybody
:P