I've been to Giordano's in Chicago. I've been to Giordano's in Indianapolis. I've been to the restaurant that has the Giordano's name in Champagne, but Giordano's it is NOT!
The server was clearly frazzled from being the only one there. When she left halfway through the meal we got the bartender as a server whose attention was split into two different places. The bruschetta was all tomatoes, no balsamic or basil, and on soggy toast. The cheesy garlic bread was all parmesan? and no mozzarella? or provolone. The pizza was not served "burn your tace off" hot.
And the server did not serve us the first slice per protocol; blasphemy!
I'd rather finance a three hour trip to Chicago for the real thing than drive an hour to the next town for this.