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We already briefed you on cheaper, possibly better ways to spend your New Year’s Eve than paying $400 for a view of the ball drop and all-you-can-eat Olive Garden in Times Square.

But: Given the outpouring of headlines today stating that Olive Garden’s big NYC NYE party does not include breadsticks, and the ensuing outcry that an Olive Garden event — let alone a $400 New Year’s Eve buffet — would dare not to have breadsticks, we wanted to be sure you knew that we just heard from an Olive Garden rep and they will have the breadsticks. All clear.

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