I never heard of them either, but looked up what restaurants we could use our Macaroni Grill gift card at.
Chilli's and Maggiano's were our choices. Since we aren't big fans of Chilli's we thought we'd give the Italian place a try. So glad we did. I don't usually go on about restaurants but this one was just fabulous for a chain especially.

This is a little thing, but I loved that they didn't pressure us to do an appetizer, salad, wine, etc... Even their desserts (which are huge) are offered in sample sizes and for a reasonable price. Our waitress made sure we knew how large the servings were before even asking us about aps, and she later offered us refill drinks to go since she knew we were driving back to Pittsburgh.

The one we went to is in King of Prussia and there is one other one is in downtown Philly. If you are in the Philly area I would give it a try. It was casual enough for the kids to be happy but felt fancy/adult enough to feel like we had a meal out and not just someplace to make the kids happy. KWIM?

YES it is delicious there. We have one 10 minutes away from us in NJ.

For those in NJ there is one in Hackensack near Paramus on Rt4 at the Riverside Square Mall and it looks like one in Bridgewater NJ.

Yup! Loved Maggiano's in Chicagoland!