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M.D.B. (dovebar@wam.umd.edu) wrote:
: I visited the Cheesecake Factory in Rockville.  This was
: my first trip to a Cheesecake Factory *anywhere*, but the
: problem I experienced there is menu-related and would
: probably apply to any location.  My fiance and I waited
: about an hour to be seated, which I imagine is par for
: the course.  If we were a little hungrier going in, we
: might have left after awhile, but we were also a little
: curious about the place.  

: The problem we had?  The food. It just wasn't very good.
: It wasn't a matter of bad preparation - it just seemed
: that some items just sounded better on paper than in
: reality.  We joked that some of the recipes must've been
: created on computer and not tested adequately. ;)  The
: standard, hard-to-get-wrong stuff was fine (i.e, fried
: calimari), but their more "unusual", signature items
: were another story.  BTW, I had the chicken-and-
: avocado sandwich (Navajo sandwich?)  and my fiance
: had that pasta dish called "[someone's] favorite".

: The chocolate cake was just fine, though. :)

: Anyone with similar experiences?  I know we had a Cheesecake
: Factory thread a very short time ago, but I can't remember
: if this was discussed or not.

: --M.


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I visited the Rockville location just last weekend, because
I was so curious about the CF.  So, I took my boyfriend and friend
there, and decided to treat them out (it was payday).  Well...
the wait was supposed to be 2-2.5 hours, but we lucked out and
only had to wait 1.75 hours (this was late at night, so luckily
Borders was open!).  In my opinion, the food definately
sounded better on paper.  Prices were definately high, but at
least the portions were huge.  I definately liked the cheesecake
though.  Very, very rich.  I will only go back to get dessert.
Does anyone have any thoughts about the numerous ads that were 
printed on the menu?  I thought that it was kind of strange. 

Oh well.  Just my $.02.