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published: '2015-12-29T17:08:41.000Z'
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![Olive Garden restaurant](https://img.money.com/2015/12/151229_em_olivegarden.jpg)

When you're at Olive Garden, you're family. And maybe that's a good thing—after all, it's a lot cheaper than a JetBlue flight home. Except for New Year's Eve.

This year, Olive Garden is offering a Dec. 31 buffet, with open bar, for the [hefty price tag](http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/12/breadsticks_not_included_in_olive_gardens_400_new_years_eve_nyc_buffet.html) of $400. Despite the promise of unlimited food and drink, the offer doesn't include the chain's [famed breadsticks](https://time.com/3380300/olive-garden-unlimited-breadsticks-salad/). The ensuing scandal has caused Olive Garden's "deal" to [go viral](http://nypost.com/2015/12/27/chain-restaurants-charge-up-to-800-a-seat-on-new-years-eve/).

Olive Garden isn't the only fast food chain to step it up on New Year's Eve. Ruby Tuesday's in Times Square, a block from the famed ball drop, is selling a package with open bar and dancing starting at [$349 a ticket](http://www.balldrop.com/new-years-eve-ruby-tuesday).

Olive Garden has had crazy offers like this before, most notably the [$100 never-ending pasta passes](http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/man_eating_nothing_but_olive_garden_speaks_out_i_have_not_had_one_meal_that_was_not_just_perfect/). Those, however, [did include breadsticks](http://www.olivegarden.com/specials/never-ending-pasta-pass#faqs).

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