and go to disney |
| Give the gift card to a teacher or a daycare worker, a crossing guard, or leave it with a note for your mail carrier. Turn your derision into something really nice for someone else. |
| I like their skinny menu! |
| I would save the gift card and get cheesecake to go once a month for the whole year. |
| They have a "skinny" menu that has slimmed down versions of their regular dishes. Their food is not gourmet, but you get a lot for your money and it's great for kids. I like their egg roll appetizers, turkey burger, and of course the cheesecake. |
| OP, also, you sound like such an entitled jerk. |
Okay |
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Thanks again for your input. I ordered takeout of the dishes many of you recommended and for some reason this whole experience was just so fun to me! I loved all the food. I still cannot fathom how they stick so many calories into these dishes? Maybe I just eat way more calories than I realize on a day to day basis.
For those who said it’s great for picky eaters when traveling, I can definitely see how that’s the case and that’s what I will be doing post-pandemic. |
Oh maybe this is what I should have done… |
| OP, glad you enjoyed and I don’t think you sound like a jerk at all. |
| I love their cheesecake. |
| The Santa Fe salad is one of my all time favorite feel good meals. Thanks for the reminder— I haven’t had one in years! Now have a new year’s resolution. |
Also a huge fan of the Santa Fe salad. |
+1. It’s really gross to read threads like this during the holidays, when people who work hard but don’t have a lot of money would truly enjoy a meal or two at the Cheesecake Factory or a similar restaurant. I am truly grateful that I grew up at a time and in a place that will always make me genuinely grateful for what I have, and never entitled or snobby. When I think about how one of our former daycare workers always listed Cheesecake Factory as her favorite restaurant, and cried when we gave her a generous gift card there, and sent us a picture of how she treated her mom there for Mother’s Day…that warms my heart, and DCUM just floors me sometimes. |
Thank you on both counts! |