If you can stand the tacky decor, huge portions (even if you order "Buca Small") and nothing-special food, Buca di Beppo, coincidently located right across the street from Olive Garden, is good. They do have a lot of coupons (I came with a $10 gift card they mailed to my house.) and if you're just ordering something average like spaghetti and meatballs or calamari it is worthwhile. The food is okay, and it beats mall stuff any day. They have nice bread too. But I still like Olive Garden more.
Let me affirm the previous reviewer's positions: I don't see what's so great about this place. It is just so gaudy inside. Like they have a picture of someone peeing in the bathroom and a whole room dedicated to Pope John Paul. This former Chi-Chis just isn't that great.
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