Macaroni Grill

The Macaroni Grill is a place of many memories for me....and last night was yet another memory, so I thought I'd recap some of my memories here:

The first time I went to Macaroni grill was in April 2001 in SLC with the Lowe Family. It was the first time I ever tried Calamari. At the time I did not know that meant Squid. If i Had I would have never eaten it, but I'm glad I didn't know because I love it!

The next time I went to Macaroni grill was with Angie, Pat, and Nolan in SLC. Again, most amazing food, and I tried Artichokes for the first time. I would have NEVER tried them on my own, but i LOVED THEM!

THEN On December 4, 2004 Remi, Noelle, Cameron, Ben, and I went to Macaroni Grill for dinner. We had so much fun at dinner, and i fell even more in love with their bread!

On our drive home, we were turning left at the light on the corner, and a car that definitely had a red light sped at 45mph right into the left side of our car, T-Boning us...I didn't have my seatbelt on, but I had my arm linked in my friend Remi's arm. I bonked heads with her (her head on my cheek/eye), and then bounced over to the right side of the car, and my head hit the ceiling while my bum smashed into the side of the door (leaving a dent) and sliding up the window. LUCKILY, everyone was fine, but we did all go to the hospital (my first time in an ambulance), and they checked us out at the hospital for hours and hours, and finally let us go, and our friends Rob and Doug came and got us. On the way home, almost the same thing happened (we almost got T-Boned again!) It was traumatic to say the least, and I don't think ANY of us wanted to drive together ever again!!!

The next year for my Birthday (my 23rd) I decided I wanted to go to the same Macaroni Grill again--and this time we were safe! This is the night that I discovered the "create your own pasta" menu. It's my favorite. I now always get Garlic Cream Sauce with Bowtie pasta and Sundried Tomatoes, Pine Nuts, and Artichoke Hearts. It's TONS of food, so I always get to have leftovers the next few days...MMMm MMM.

Last year I took Seth to MG for his Birthday. We were eating at a cozy booth, and we saw my friends Sam and Annalise! We hadn't seen them forever, so they came up to the table and we were quietly chatting. Then, the MANAGER came up to our table and very rudely told Sam to sit down or leave and told us that we were really disturbing all the other people around us by having our friends stand at the end of our table. I was SOOO embarrassed that he did that, so seth and I left a note on the table telling them that we loved macaroni grill food but that we would never be able to come there again because of their lack of customer care or service (i was REALLY emotional about this one!)

ANYway, last night I went to the adult session of Stake Conference with Remi, and we decided that afterward we should go to MG! (You know for old times' accidents' sake!) We drove down there, and took a different way so we wouldn't have to drive past the accident corner. This was one of the BEST MG experiences EVER. We were seated by one of the singers, Eric, who took it upon himself to make our nights FANTASTIC! (he wasn't even our waiter, he just kept taking care of us and giving us top-notch treatment!)
1. He was SO nice in seating us
2. He made sure that we got bread right away!
3. He brought us some Pesto to put in our Olive Oil (oh it is THE BEST, you've got to try it!)
4. He brought us seconds of bread and MORE pesto after he saw how much we liked it.
5. He sang to us. Oh and BOY can he sing! He sang us an italian sailor song that was BEAUTIFUL!
We couldn't help but take a picture of him!

Thanks Eric, you made our nights the best!!!