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There's a debate on twitter about middle American chain restaurants https://twitter.com/MeWeFree_/status/1302674868677292034 But as several people have pointed out the Cheesecake factory doesn't belong in this grouping because its at a higher price point and markets itself as more of a "special occasion" restaurant, at least to middle class suburbanites (yes I know you think you're too "good" to eat two daily servings of calories in a single meal in a tacky approximation of an Egyptian palace. Hold the elitism. I'm talking about Middle America and people who aren't lying to themselves here.) I think a better comparison would be the Rainforest Cafe. They're both mainly located in malls and they're both "special occasion" places for people who don't want to/can't afford "special occasion" place prices. I think Cheesecake Factory wins on food. It's a bit more expensive but its tastier, there's more options, and its enough food to get me another meal out of it if I take it home. Rainforest Cafe definitely wins on ambiance though. There's no way fake Egyptian columns could ever hold a candle to eating chicken tenders next to a gorilla statue while a white noise machine plays over the PA every 5 minutes.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Eating chicken tenders next to a gorilla statue while a white noise machine plays over the PA every 5 minutes. Please don't doxx my home, op
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Sep 7, 2020 00:53
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I knew a guy who was a mechanical engineer and worked at Applebees as a bartender some weekends. He didn't give a poo poo about the job or Applebees so long story short I used to get really drunk for free at Applebees.
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Sep 7, 2020 00:59
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I've never ate at either of them. I think the rainforest is a too long of a flight just to go to some cafe.
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Sep 7, 2020 01:00
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The_Continental posted:I knew a guy who was a mechanical engineer and worked at Applebees as a bartender some weekends. He didn't give a poo poo about the job or Applebees so long story short I used to get really drunk for free at Applebees. Everytime I hear about people going to Applebees the story involves them getting very drunk. Seems like the chain to do it at.
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Sep 7, 2020 01:01
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Cheesecake factory is hardly a special occasion place, when I was in college that's where my friends always wanted to go and it was obnoxious
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Sep 7, 2020 01:04
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Pick posted:Cheesecake factory is hardly a special occasion place, when I was in college that's where my friends always wanted to go and it was obnoxious Who What Now posted:I've never ate at either of them. I think the rainforest is a too long of a flight just to go to some cafe. BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Everytime I hear about people going to Applebees the story involves them getting very drunk. Seems like the chain to do it at.
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Sep 7, 2020 01:15
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For despicable normie food, I think my favorite probably Red Robin
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Sep 7, 2020 01:18
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Red Robin has weird rear end touch screen ordering system now so that you don't have to interact with a waiter but the waiter brings you your food anyway. It makes no sense to me.
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Sep 7, 2020 01:19
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which one has the better ranch dressing OP
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Sep 7, 2020 01:28
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old spaghetti factory or gtfo op
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Sep 7, 2020 01:31
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The Rainforest Cafe in Sawgrass Mills is dingy and in a poor state of repair. The food was lousy. Whereas Cheesecake Factory is reliably mediocre everywhere you go.
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Sep 7, 2020 01:33
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Red Robin has weird rear end touch screen ordering system now so that you don't have to interact with a waiter but the waiter brings you your food anyway. It makes no sense to me. There's pay-to-play games and stuff on there so it's another way for them to burn an extra hole in your wallet via an unattended kid or your own bored drunkenness. The Voice of Labor posted:old spaghetti factory or gtfo op If we're talking about terrible overrated food served in tacky as gently caress establishments that Boomers can't get enough of I think Cracker Barrel deserves a seat at the table too.
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Sep 7, 2020 01:43
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Cheesecake Factory is the big-box store of restaurants
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Sep 7, 2020 01:46
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rainforest cafe is where you take 5 little kids so you can ignore them for 45 minutes. cheesecake factory is where your entire family takes grandma for her birthday so everyone's satisfied with a ton of leftovers. plus loving cheesecake how is this even a question op???
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Sep 7, 2020 01:48
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the food at rainforest cafe sucks massive rear end HOWEVER....the ambiance is truly 5 star
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Sep 7, 2020 01:51
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Crusty Nutsack posted:rainforest cafe is where you take 5 little kids so you can ignore them for 45 minutes. cheesecake factory is where your entire family takes grandma for her birthday so everyone's satisfied with a ton of leftovers. plus loving cheesecake I have not gone to rainforest cafe since I was a little kid and am relying on those memories.
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Sep 7, 2020 01:56
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Do Americans really go to chain restaurants for special occasions beyond children's birthday parties? E: Also we have or had a place here called the Cheesecake Shop but all they sold were cheesecakes. Does the Cheesecake Factory sell things other than cheesecakes? Funky See Funky Do fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Sep 7, 2020 |
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Sep 7, 2020 01:58
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The Voice of Labor posted:old spaghetti factory or gtfo op 
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Sep 7, 2020 02:00
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I think there was only a TGIF and then a Ruby Tuesday's where I was when growing up, and I definitely preferred the former.
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Sep 7, 2020 02:01
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I have not gone to rainforest cafe since I was a little kid and am relying on those memories. my memories of rainforest cafe include animatronic gorillas, a "rainstorm," and a giant fish tank arch you walked under to get to the dining area. they were all pretty cool but I have a feeling today's kids are not as easily impressed
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Do Americans really go to chain restaurants for special occasions beyond children's birthday parties? 1. Yes. Especially if they're lower-middle or working class. I wouldn't but my grandma from the Appalachian mountains absolutely would. It very much depends on what kind of American you are. 2. Do you know how when Gordon Ramsey first goes to a new restaurant he always complains about how many menu items they have and tells them to cut it down to a page? The Cheesecake factory has over 250 non-Cheesecake items. Their menus are double digit pages, its on expensive printed binders so they can re-use them and they sell ad-space to non-Cheesecake factory businesses help pay for their enormous fancy menus. BIG FLUFFY DOG fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Sep 7, 2020 |
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Sep 7, 2020 02:07
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the one time I went to the rainforest cafe was the one within walking distance from disneyland a few years ago, and they made the single best steak I've ever had in my life I was not expecting it at all and I would not expect it again if I went back. I knew as soon as I took one bite, this is a good, good, good, good, good, good, good motherfucking steak.I completely shut out my family's dinner table chatter and just tried to be present for the unbelievably good steak, a grateful and aware presence for every bite like a buddhist monk I may or may not agree that cheesecake factory is slightly tastier than applebees
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Sep 7, 2020 02:11
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:1. Yes. Especially if they're lower-middle or working class. I wouldn't but my grandma from the Appalachian mountains absolutely would. It very much depends on what kind of American you are. 1: I see. How unfortunate for them. 2: I do not know. I find cooking shows tedious, dull, and had I the desire to hear a loud boor yell at service staff I'd visit this "Cheesecake Factory".
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Sep 7, 2020 02:19
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I haven't been in years but I remember cheesecake factory's food being incredibly bland, especially for the price. Like 200 items and it all tasted the same. You sure get a fuckload of it though! TGI Fridays and Chili's both had 2 for 1 beers with decent beer on tap so I could at least get my drink on.
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Sep 7, 2020 02:46
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i need a mod to edit in Dick's Last Resort into the poll because a chain restaurant whose theme is the waiters are really mean and inappropriate to you its really nutso.
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Millennials are rightly driving these places out of business but if I had to choose one I guess I would pick bonefish grill. It's ok.BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:i need a mod to edit in Dick's Last Resort into the poll because a chain restaurant whose theme is the waiters are really mean and inappropriate to you its really nutso. I wandered into the the Wiener's Cirle wandering around Chicago one night not knowing what I was getting in to. It was..an experience. Whooping Crabs fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Sep 7, 2020 |
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Sep 7, 2020 03:00
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i've never seen a cheesecake factory that wasn't obscenely crowded. somewhat adequate food in large portions really isn't worth that hassle.
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Sep 7, 2020 03:26
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Where is the Golden Corral option? All you can eat steaks!
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Sep 7, 2020 03:31
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i've never seen a cheesecake factory that wasn't obscenely crowded. 
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Sep 7, 2020 03:40
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Sometimes my girl wants to go shopping at the mall and she brings me with her because she just likes to go places with me. But I dont like shopping, so I tell her that Im gonna go "do my own thing" while she shops. "My own thing" is getting horrendously stoned with a vape pen and eating garbage at Cheesecake Factory while she buys clothes that she probably wont ever take the tag off of. God bless America
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Sep 7, 2020 04:42
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All of those restaurants in the OP are garbage, this isn't even a "well you can make better food at home" post it's a "you can get better food by eating out of a loving trash can, those places are all that bad" post
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Sep 7, 2020 04:47
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The biscuits at Red Lobster are legit
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Zugzwang posted:The biscuits at Red Lobster are legit so true this is the best copycat recipe I've found for them: https://www.thrillist.com/recipe/nation/cheddar-bay-biscuits-thrillist-recipes so loving good
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Sep 7, 2020 04:57
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i've never seen a cheesecake factory that wasn't obscenely crowded. somewhat adequate food in large portions really isn't worth that hassle. have you been to one recently?  quote:Having already failed to make rent payments on time in the spring, The Cheesecake Factory has been facing financial troubles since the start of the crisis.
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Sep 7, 2020 05:07
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Being in a rainforest cafe is definitely more embarrassing. "VOLCANO!!!!!"
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Sep 7, 2020 05:13
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So does Cheescake Factory actually have good, you know, cheescakes?
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Sep 7, 2020 05:16
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Listen OP the Doughboys have eaten at all these lovely American chains and the Cheesecake Factory made the platinum plate club so there’s your answer buddy
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Sep 7, 2020 05:21
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Mordja posted:So does Cheescake Factory actually have good, you know, cheescakes? It’s alright but seriously overpriced
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:Sometimes my girl wants to go shopping at the mall and she brings me with her because she just likes to go places with me. But I dont like shopping, so I tell her that Im gonna go "do my own thing" while she shops. "My own thing" is getting horrendously stoned with a vape pen and eating garbage at Cheesecake Factory while she buys clothes that she probably wont ever take the tag off of. Get a divorce
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