Olive Garden Restaurant Coming to Cleveland, Tennessee

Abby Greenhill
Back in the summer of 2010, there was talk of several new restaurants that were considering opening up shop in beautiful Cleveland , Tennessee . While out and about on Sunday, I rode down a street with an interesting name, Mouse Creek Road . Developers have been prepping the site for what may be a strip mall and there is now a sign indicating that Buffalo Wild Wings will be opening a restaurant there. That's cool, there are Buffalo Wild Wing locations in Chattanooga , but it will be nice to have one in Cleveland .

Today, the Cleveland Daily Banner announced that another restaurant has applied for and paid the permit fees and has requested electrical service from Cleveland Utilities. The restaurant, part of a chain, is the Olive Garden. They applied for the permit yesterday, but have not picked it up yet. The new Olive Garden is said to be a $1.250 million project.

Drawings indicate that the building will be 7,537 square feet, will have 132 parking spaces, including 5 accessible spots. There are two Wal-mart stores in Cleveland . The new Olive Garden will be located in the northeast corner of the Wal-Mart on Paul Huff Parkway and Keith Street , the north end of town.

It is an area that has several chain restaurants including O'Charley's, Applebee's, Ryan's and Panera Bread. It is a heavily traveled road, as not only is there a Wal-Mart, but also Lowe's, a Home Depot and the Bradley Square Mall.

Personally, I have never even been inside of an Olive Garden restaurant. My husband has been to one, so he will probably like to try the new location when it opens. I know that the Olive Garden is a popular chain, and they would not be opening one in Cleveland if they didn't think it would fly.

Cleveland , Tennessee is growing by leaps and bounds with lots of new business. Besides Amazon's new distribution center, Wacker Chemie just broke ground and Whirlpool is building a new facility and all of this adds to the economy of our city and county. New people moving in need new restaurants. There is currently a Longhorn Steak House under construction, across from Logan 's Roadhouse, which is a short distance from where the Olive Garden will be built.

The Olive Garden is owned by Darden Restaurants, Inc. and they are the largest casual dining restaurant company in the world. Ok, Olive Garden, Cleveland , Tennessee is waiting for you!

Olive Garden's future home
4499 Keith Street NW
Cleveland, Tennessee

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Abby is a retired Administrative Assistant. She is a pet lover who has many years experience as a dog owner. She loves to take road trips anywhere up and down the East Coast and tries to stay current on ne...  View profile

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  • Theresa Wiza5/15/2011

    I can already guess it's going to be one very popular place. Every time Olive Garden builds a new one, people flock to it like geese.

  • Maria Roth5/9/2011

    I love Olive Garden. :)

  • Nancy Tracy5/2/2011

    You'll go once out of curiosity and -- knowing you -- will whip up something better for half the price the next time you get the yen for penne.

  • Patricia Sicilia4/28/2011

    Olive Garden is a decent restaurant. Try it . You'll like it.

  • Jenny Heart4/27/2011

    My daughter once to go there for her birthday. Can't wait!

  • Michael Segers4/26/2011

    Yummm...

  • Thomas Lane4/25/2011

    Olive Garden's OK, but, if I were there, I'd want to check out that Wild Wing place first.

  • Sarah D.4/23/2011

    looooooooooove olive garden!!

  • Jeanne Baney4/22/2011

    I don't get the fascination with Olive Garden. I never choose it, but go occasionally with others. It's not bad, but just not great.

  • Marcia Robinson4/21/2011

    Love the Olive Garden. Go with friends and have an even greater time.

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