Another Toddler Served Alcohol: This Time, at Olive Garden

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Apr 14th 2011 @ 1:00PM

Is serving toddlers booze becoming a national trend? Close on the heels of an incident where an Applebee's employee accidentally served a 15-month-old boy a margarita instead of apple juice comes another reported case. Instead of orange juice, a two-year-old was given sangria at an Olive Garden in Lakeland, Florida. And just like Applebee's management, Olive Garden officials say they'll be changing the way they serve drinks from now on: Sangria will be made to order.

Of course, mistakes happen, but no sangria we've ever seen is the shade of orange juice.

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Filed Under: Food News, Chain Stores / Restaurants
Tags: applebees, olive garden, olive garden alcohol, toddler alcohol, toddler drink, ToddlerDrink

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4-14-2011 @5:54PM Bill said... The real tragedy here is that the family was eating at Olive Garden!!!
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4-17-2011 @3:07PM olivegarden_YUK said... @Bill... AHAHAHAHA! you got that right.
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4-20-2011 @9:00PM holly said... Were the adults drunk? Any moran should have been able to tell the difference between sangria and oj. I dont know what kind of cup the drink was served in but if child drink cups were clear it would help to prevent errors.
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4-20-2011 @11:55PM Mr Boogee said... It only goes to show. The OG servers can NOT get ANY orders right! Why anybody eats at this dump is beyond me, but I guess America loves trash Hospitaliano!
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