National Pasta Day 2019: Metro Atlanta deals and specials (plus 15 more ways to celebrate)

An array of pasta from Olive Garden.

An array of pasta from Olive Garden.

Love pasta? Who doesn’t? Celebrate your favorite carb delivery system this Thursday, Oct. 17, with National Pasta Day deals at metro Atlanta restaurants. All deals are for Oct. 17 only unless otherwise noted. Customers are advised to check with locations ahead of time to ensure they’re participating in National Pasta Day promotions.

Applebee's. Get new pasta and grill combos for $9.99. Includes one grilled entree paired with your choice of one select pasta dish.

Various locations, applebees.com/en

Carrabba'sCarrabba's Italian Grill is celebrating all weekend long - Oct. 17-20 - by offering their sautéed to order Spaghetti Pomodoro and Linguine Positano with soup or salad for $10.

Various locations, carrabbas.com/locations

Colletta. The restaurant will be offering $12 spaghetti and meatballs all day.

900 3rd St., Alpharetta. 678-722-8335, collettarestaurant.com/

Instacart: Spend $15 on Knorr Pasta Sides via Instacart and save $5 on your order or unlock free delivery through Oct. 27.

Macaroni Grill: The online-only Feast for Five deal is available Sunday to Thursday starting at 4 p.m. for the month of October. For $25, get a choice of spaghetti bolognese or chicken fettuccini alfredo, Cesar salad and rosemary peasant bread. For online orders (pickup or delivery). In addition, for the entire month, first responders get a free Mom's Ricotta Meatballs and Spaghetti with each visit.

Various locations, macaronigrill.com/

Olive Garden: The Never-Ending Pasta deal is back through Nov. 24. Get unlimited pasta plus soup or salad and breadsticks starting at $10.99.

Various locations, olivegarden.com/home

Your Pie. Your Pie launched its pasta menu last month and will celebrate National Pasta Day by offering pasta entrées for $3.14 all day long. The menu includes build-your-own options as well as offerings such as Meatball Marinara and Cheesy Alfredo. Click here for a list of participating locations.

Various locations, yourpie.com

15 more ways to celebrate National Pasta Day: 

1. Check out the AJC Fall Dining Guide: The Noodle Edition for everything you need to know about pasta and noodles in metro Atlanta, from where to find Italian noodles to where to eat pho and ramen

2.Check out the winner of the recent AJC poll on the best places to get pasta in metro Atlanta

3. Try some of our favorite places for pasta in metro Atlanta

4. Make these recipes for black pasta from local restaurants

5. Visit these 11 metro Atlanta restaurants to try black pasta

6. Mac and cheese counts! Get it at these metro Atlanta restaurants

7. Make this winter squash agnolotti, previously on the menu at No. 246 in Decatur

8. Learn to make Watershed's Georgia shrimp spaghetti

9. Make Common Quarter's crab spaghetti

10. Make this bread crumb spaghetti at home

11. Whip up this spicy pasta dish

12. Make fennel sausage pasta for a quick dinner

13. Cook up pasta recipes from the new cookbook "Bianco: Pizza, Pasta and Other Food I Like"

14. Test your pasta shape knowledge with this quiz

15. Vegan? Try these 7 recipes

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