"Just Visiting" wrote in message
...

How do you know the ingredients are in the kitchen? I'd be willing to bet
their pasta dishes come frozen and pre-portioned.


Not as fancy as they would like it to appear, eh?

Doesn't appear fancy to me. In fact not the kind of place I would dine at.

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:09:08 GMT, Just Visiting
wrote:

Ok, I learned that CF doesn't serve Dr. Pepper.... I can hardly wait
to see what I can't order the next time!

OTOH, I see that sbcglobal.net does serve morons.

-- Larry

Goomba38 wrote:

rosie wrote:
I like Cheesecake Factory. They have a varied menu, the service is
good, and the prices are reasonable. *I dislike Dr Pepper.

Rosie

I just went to my first Cheesecake factory lunch a couple of weeks ago
and we enjoyed it enough to return the next day. The service was very,
very good even considering that the place was packed.


How many hours did you have to wait to be seated...???


--
Best
Greg

Julie Bove wrote:
"Just Visiting" wrote in message
...

How do you know the ingredients are in the kitchen? I'd be willing to bet
their pasta dishes come frozen and pre-portioned.

Not as fancy as they would like it to appear, eh?

Doesn't appear fancy to me. In fact not the kind of place I would dine at.


"at"?? I prefer in, but that's neither here nor there. I actually was
impressed with the place as a chain. A HUGE step up from the Applebees,
Ruby Tuesday type fern bars.
I recognize it for what it is and the limitations ....and it still was
very good!

Gregory Morrow wrote:

I just went to my first Cheesecake factory lunch a couple of weeks ago
and we enjoyed it enough to return the next day. The service was very,
very good even considering that the place was packed.


How many hours did you have to wait to be seated...???

30 or so minutes the first day, only about 15 the next (A "Sunday after
church" crowd there even!)

"Goomba38" wrote in message
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Julie Bove wrote:
"Just Visiting" wrote in message
...

How do you know the ingredients are in the kitchen? I'd be willing to
bet
their pasta dishes come frozen and pre-portioned.

Not as fancy as they would like it to appear, eh?

Doesn't appear fancy to me. In fact not the kind of place I would dine
at.


"at"?? I prefer in, but that's neither here nor there. I actually was
impressed with the place as a chain. A HUGE step up from the Applebees,
Ruby Tuesday type fern bars.
I recognize it for what it is and the limitations ....and it still was
very good!


You don't like the fake antiques on the walls of those places? :-)

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I actually was
impressed with the place as a chain. A HUGE step up from the Applebees,
Ruby Tuesday type fern bars.
I recognize it for what it is and the limitations ....and it still was
very good!


You don't like the fake antiques on the walls of those places? :-)


I can't really recall the fake antiques?

"Goomba38" wrote in message
. ..
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I actually was
impressed with the place as a chain. A HUGE step up from the Applebees,
Ruby Tuesday type fern bars.
I recognize it for what it is and the limitations ....and it still was
very good!


You don't like the fake antiques on the walls of those places? :-)
I can't really recall the fake antiques?


Maybe I'm thinking of Friday's, but all these places start to look the same
after a while. I'm talking about the old preppie football team pics, the
fake antique canoe paddles, and all that other crap. Who started that plague
anyway?

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Goomba38" wrote in message
. ..
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I actually was
impressed with the place as a chain. A HUGE step up from the Applebees,
Ruby Tuesday type fern bars.
I recognize it for what it is and the limitations ....and it still was
very good!

You don't like the fake antiques on the walls of those places? :-)
I can't really recall the fake antiques?


Maybe I'm thinking of Friday's, but all these places start to look the same
after a while. I'm talking about the old preppie football team pics, the
fake antique canoe paddles, and all that other crap. Who started that plague
anyway?

Oh yeah.. I call that the "fern bar" type place. Sort of polished wood
and brass, reminding me of the 80's a bit too much. The plants were
always fake at that.
I think they all serve the same fake chicken breasts too.

On Jan 19, 11:09*pm, Just Visiting
wrote:
Ok, I learned that CF doesn't serve Dr. Pepper. Well, they don't serve
fettuccine alfredo on the side either!

Here's a weird one: A couple years ago, I was in a small town in the
Sierra Nevadas at the cafe where all the locals go. It's a converted,
small Victorian house, definitely not a chain. The front yard had
become the front patio, and the weather was unseasonably warm, so we
ate out there.

I was told the house specialty French toast was good, so I was
planning on ordering that. But I noticed blintzes on the menu, and
hadn't had one in years. So I asked the waitress for one on the
side. No it wasn't on the side order menu, but you could get three as
a complete breakfast. The waitress came back and said they couldn't
give me one on the side because they didn't know how much to charge
me.

Oh well, French toast by itself it was.

Ken

"Ken" wrote in message
...
On Jan 19, 11:09 pm, Just Visiting
wrote:
Ok, I learned that CF doesn't serve Dr. Pepper. Well, they don't serve
fettuccine alfredo on the side either!

Here's a weird one: A couple years ago, I was in a small town in the
Sierra Nevadas at the cafe where all the locals go. It's a converted,
small Victorian house, definitely not a chain. The front yard had
become the front patio, and the weather was unseasonably warm, so we
ate out there.

I was told the house specialty French toast was good, so I was
planning on ordering that. But I noticed blintzes on the menu, and
hadn't had one in years. So I asked the waitress for one on the
side. No it wasn't on the side order menu, but you could get three as
a complete breakfast. The waitress came back and said they couldn't
give me one on the side because they didn't know how much to charge
me.

Oh well, French toast by itself it was.

Ken



Try a '5 easy pieces' philosophy. Order 3, hold 2.
Dee Dee

On Jan 21, 8:06*am, "Dee.Dee" wrote:
"Ken" wrote in message

...
On Jan 19, 11:09 pm, Just Visiting
wrote:

Ok, I learned that CF doesn't serve Dr. Pepper. Well, they don't serve
fettuccine alfredo on the side either!

Here's a weird one: A couple years ago, I was in a small town in the
Sierra Nevadas at the cafe where all the locals go. *It's a converted,
small Victorian house, definitely not a chain. *The front yard had
become the front patio, and the weather was unseasonably warm, so we
ate out there.

I was told the house specialty French toast was good, so I was
planning on ordering that. *But I noticed blintzes on the menu, and
hadn't had one in years. *So I asked the waitress for one on the
side. *No it wasn't on the side order menu, but you could get three as
a complete breakfast. *The waitress came back and said they couldn't
give me one on the side because they didn't know how much to charge
me.

Oh well, French toast by itself it was.

Ken

Try a *'5 easy pieces' philosophy. *Order 3, hold 2.
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

Did you see my posting of Jan 20th?

Ken

"Ken" wrote in message
...
On Jan 21, 8:06 am, "Dee.Dee" wrote:
"Ken" wrote in message

...
On Jan 19, 11:09 pm, Just Visiting
wrote:

Ok, I learned that CF doesn't serve Dr. Pepper. Well, they don't serve
fettuccine alfredo on the side either!

Here's a weird one: A couple years ago, I was in a small town in the
Sierra Nevadas at the cafe where all the locals go. It's a converted,
small Victorian house, definitely not a chain. The front yard had
become the front patio, and the weather was unseasonably warm, so we
ate out there.

I was told the house specialty French toast was good, so I was
planning on ordering that. But I noticed blintzes on the menu, and
hadn't had one in years. So I asked the waitress for one on the
side. No it wasn't on the side order menu, but you could get three as
a complete breakfast. The waitress came back and said they couldn't
give me one on the side because they didn't know how much to charge
me.

Oh well, French toast by itself it was.

Ken

Try a '5 easy pieces' philosophy. Order 3, hold 2.
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

Did you see my posting of Jan 20th?

Ken


Hold it between your legs -- laughing -- is that what he said? I couldn't
remember.

It's been a while since I saw that movie. DH watched it while he was
recooping from the flu last week; he had never seen it.

I especially liked the scene where one or the other was arguing about going
into the grocery store. He wouldn't go in if she was going in, too. What
the hell was that all about? Just to show how cantankerous a guy he was?
He really represented the immature male in all his glory, AFAICR.

Dee Dee

(snip)

Oh well, French toast by itself it was.

Ken

Try a '5 easy pieces' philosophy. Order 3, hold 2.
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

Did you see my posting of Jan 20th?

Ken

Hold it between your legs -- laughing -- is that what he said? *I couldn't
remember.

(snip)

He really represented the immature male in all his glory, AFAICR.

Dee Dee- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Dee Dee,

I don't consider him immature, just self-destructive. It's a trait
many men also have. (Come to think of it, maybe Jack was just type
cast.)

For another self-destructive-man-done-good movie, see "All That
Jazz". It's getting a bit dated with the hair and fashion, but self
destruction reigns supreme.

Ken

"Goomba38" wrote in message
...

"at"?? I prefer in, but that's neither here nor there. I actually was
impressed with the place as a chain. A HUGE step up from the Applebees,
Ruby Tuesday type fern bars.
I recognize it for what it is and the limitations ....and it still was
very good!

Anything is a step up from Applebees. Never been to a Ruby Tuesday. They
don't have them here. Maybe we're just lucky...