It’s that time of year again when everyone is asking one thing: When is Columbus getting an Olive Garden?

Another winter is coming to a close, and as we start into spring, visions of fresh-baked breadsticks, endless salads, and tasty Italian dishes are coming back to us. The thought of delicious meat-based tomato sauce buried under a small mountain of cheese leaves a cannoli-sized hole in our hearts as we realized that it’s another year without an Olive Garden in town.

Darden Restaurants, owner of the Olive Garden brand, has responded “We do not know when an Olive Garden will be in Columbus, but once it’s there, then you will be family.”