Like all chains, some are just better than others. The OG near me stinks.
That may be true, but you just might have better taste buds than me. When my mother cooked spaghetti, she mixed tomato soup and ketchup for the sauce. She cooked the hell out just about everything , because that was the way my father liked it. When I moved out of the house and made my own spaghetti using store-bought sauce, I was amazed at how delicious spaghetti was.
In short, aside from a few dishes, just about everything I've eaten in restaurants surpassed my mother's cooking...especially Italian dishes. Now maybe you come from a part of the country where Italian cooking is common and standards are higher. But all I can say is OG beats my mother's cooking of Italian dishes hands down.