I kind of feel things are the same here with Mexican restaurants, but I really like Mexican food, so I don't mind that there are so many. I think part of the problem with this Italian place is that it is in the downtown area next to a fancy hotel where the Dow Chemical, Dupont, and Dow Corning executives stay when they are in town. Midland near where I grew up just has this haughty attitude in general because of "Dow". My wife and I used to love Olive Garden. We don't go as much as we used to just because it's so bad for you, but occasionally we still go and though the food is likely not really very "Italian", I don't think it is bad. I think most people are just trying to be more sophisticated than they are. Though we did have a domestic dispute where a guy shot his wife in the middle of the OG near where we live, so it might kind of be a little white trash these days....