On 29 May 2005 20:44:14 -0700, wrote:

Both Olive Garden and Lucetti's in San Mateo are two Italian
restaurants with fairly solid reputations. Can someone explain to me
why italian restaurants charge so much money and offer so little in
return?

The size of a entree serving for a average adult should be about the
size of a deck of playing cards. Sounds like you got more than your
share.

If you want to know why restaurants charge their prices...you need to
get in the restaurant business....then you can enforce all YOUR rules.