The menu at Olive Garden is n’t limited to constructs like serving sizes . The soups , salad , breadsticks , and alimentary paste bowls there hang freely , and once a year , the Italian - inspired eating house chain read this generosity one pace further . AsMarketWatchreports , the Never stop Pasta Pass from Olive Garden is back , and this year , select customers will have the opportunity to advance to a lifetime selection .

Olive Garden bring in its Never finish Pasta Pass in 2014 , and concisely after the special whirl became useable , buyerscrashedthe website . The passes have promptlysold outevery class since , and it ’s not unusual to see them resell on eBay for multiple times the original price .

The Never Ending Pasta Pass costs $ 100 , and it ’s good for limitless soup , salad , and breadstick and straight-out pastas and sauces from Olive Garden ’s Never Ending Pasta Bowl fare from September 23 to November 24 . This twelvemonth , Olive Garden fans front for a alimentary paste pass that ’s rightfully never - ending can offer the offer for a few hundred dollars excess . For $ 500 , patrons can buy a lifetime pass that concede them all the straight-out items mentioned above with no expiration date . Both passes can only be used by the person whose name appear on the bill .

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On Thursday , August 15 at 2 p.m. ET , 24,000 of the nine - workweek alimentary paste passes will go on sale at Olive Garden’swebsite . The mountain pass has sold out in seconds in past year , so the company advocate get to a computer at least five minutes before sale time to increase your chance of snagging one . The lifetime pass is even more exclusive : The $ 400 upgrade will only be provide to the first 50 people who purchase the $ 100 passing play . After they have the electronic mail let them make love they ’re eligible , they will have just 48 hours to answer . If any of the first 50 masses decline , Olive Garden will extend the offer to the next early buyer in line of descent .

Olive Garden ’s unlimited choice may be the range of mountains ’s M.O. , but they can bea headachefor employees . The host providing all those refills and 2d servings are often make a only single cup of tea ’s Charles Frederick Worth of cash — so if you ’re lucky enough to insure a Never end Pasta Pass , remember to tippytoe well .

[ h / tMarketWatch ]