barbie gee wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2014, Pete C. wrote:
>
> >
> > George Leppla wrote:
> >>
> >> Becca and I were on a short road trip and we decided to have lunch at an
> >> Olive Garden. I hadn't been to one in over 20 years.
> >>
> >> I was surprised... the food was pretty good! I had pasta and a 5 Cheese
> >> sauce with Italian sausage. The sauce was fine... and the sausage was
> >> excellent. Salad and bread "sticks" were also good.
> >>
> >> We prefer to eat in local places when we can rather than the large chain
> >> restaurants, but this turned out to be much better than I expected.
> >>
> >> George L
> >
> > OG has been busy lately trying to turn around their brand which was
> > getting stale. There food is better now, but of course it's still a huge
> > challenge to try to entice former patrons back in to give them another
> > try. OG may have reacted in time to save the brand, I think RL reacted
> > with too little too late and will eventually close down.
> >
>
> Here in Chicago, the first Olive Garden just opened and the crowds are
> huge. Around here, you had to drive to a suburb of Chicago to find an
> Olive Garden, so this one is a big deal.
>
> Most of the news covering the opening has been weird, but this article
> isn't too bad:
> <http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2014/09/24/the-scoop-on-what-really-matters-about-the-first.html>

Not sure why OG would be a big deal, I believe you've had the Macaroni
Grill and Magiano's twins for some time, both of which are better than
OG.