Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Chula Vista occupies the I Street frontage at the edge of the Chula Vista Center Mall parking lot, placing the Darden Restaurants chain within the Broadway corridor's densest retail zone. The location shares its customer base with the surrounding shopping anchors at Chula Vista Center, drawing the same walk-in traffic that circulates between the mall's interior and its perimeter dining options. Founded in Orlando in 1982 and now operating more than 850 locations nationwide, this outpost runs the same commissary-to-kitchen pipeline that stocks imported Italian ingredients across every unit. Catering pans scale to office luncheons and group events, a grab-and-go format that serves the same visitor base staying at Holiday Inn Express San Diego South and other hotels near the I-5 freeway corridor. The Lasagna Classico layers house-made meat sauce, ricotta, and mozzarella between sheets of fresh pasta, baked in a high-heat oven until the cheese cap reaches a uniform golden crust.