He’s One of Just 50 People With Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass. You Choose What He Eats Next
Miles KleeCultureSep 11, 2026 7:00 AMHe’s One of Just 50 People With Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass. In fact, way back in his Little League days, a coach named him “Breadsticks.”“I had to go to Olive Garden for my birthday, ate too much, missed an entire game,” Sinclair tells WIRED. It entitles him to as much pasta, toppings, breadsticks, and soup or salad as he cares to eat, for as long as the chain endures and he remains a loyal customer. (No delivery, though, to be clear.
- ▪Miles KleeCultureSep 11, 2026 7:00 AMHe’s One of Just 50 People With Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass.
- ▪In fact, way back in his Little League days, a coach named him “Breadsticks.”“I had to go to Olive Garden for my birthday, ate too much, missed an entire game,” Sinclair tells WIRED.
- ▪It entitles him to as much pasta, toppings, breadsticks, and soup or salad as he cares to eat, for as long as the chain endures and he remains a loyal customer. (No delivery, though, to be clear.
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Miles KleeCultureSep 11, 2026 7:00 AMHe’s One of Just 50 People With Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass. You Choose What He Eats NextBraden Sinclair has turned his love affair with the restaurant chain into an interactive trove of dietary data.Photograph: Bonnie DurhamCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyEveryone knows that when you’re at Olive Garden, you’re family.But in the 44 years since the casual Italian-American restaurant chain was founded, few have embraced it with the ardor that Braden Sinclair has. In fact, way back in his Little League days, a coach named him “Breadsticks.”“I had to go to Olive Garden for my birthday, ate too much, missed an entire game,” Sinclair tells WIRED.
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