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The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Downtown Spokane Olive Garden closing for good today

A sign placed outside the downtown Spokane Olive Garden this morning announced that the business was closing permanently today. The restaurant’s 80 employees were notified of the closure this morning, said Olive Garden communications manager Hunter Robinson. “We do hope to place most of them in the two other Olive Gardens we have in the area,” Robinson said. Employees that do not transfer will be offered a severance package, he said. Restaurant locations are always being evaluated and the downtown Spokane location wasn’t meeting performance expectations, said Robinson. The restaurant opened in the old City Hall building at 221 N. Wall in 1990, occupying space on the first floor that used to be a fire station.