The Wall-Mart of Restaurants

February 18, 2010

So we went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner a couple nights ago. Because it was cold and that makes us stupid. The place’s menu says it all: five pages of “specialties” — every entre, by the look of it, is considered a specialty; the menu also has advertisements (for other companies) and pictures of food — heck, even Denny’s doesn’t have ads on their menus. When the food got to us, the plates were searing hot, clear evidence of a half hour spent under a salamander, and the spring rolls were rubber. The manager swung by to “make it right”, putting on this practiced casual act that spoke volumes about how often a night, every night, he has to go through the same apologetic song and dance. The sad thing is, we could have gone to Maggiano’s, next door. It’s just as corporate, but at least there the food’s decent.

I’m conflicted about Lost so far this season. Episode 4 was a Locke episode and it dragged. The alternate reality stuff seems like a return to the first/second season flashbacks — boring stuff. Just doesn’t have the edge of the simultaneous timelines of last season. And not enough answers. Or new questions.

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3 Responses to “The Wall-Mart of Restaurants”

  1. David Folmar on February 18th, 2010 7:36 pm

    Wow I thought the Cheescake factory was SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL( Sorry Damn Caps lock, we should really start a petition to get that thing removed, I mean who uses it on purpose ) I guess ther is no sucj =h thing as a good chain restaurant, except maybe Mortons, oh and Fridays, love the flair

  2. greco on February 19th, 2010 5:22 am

    chains are the death of food.

  3. David Folmar on February 20th, 2010 5:35 am

    Actually Mortons is good, so is the Melting Pot, but I was being an ass about Fridays, the food taste like salted shit