The Cheesecake Factory

I've been a fan since 1990, but, this time was slightly disappointing for me.  I had the Sunday Brunch Green chile carna(something or other).  The pork was extremely dry and the tortilla chips were all soggy when the dish arrived at my table.  I was hungry so I ate a bit of it and decided to just save room for the good stuff!  I had the Adams special cheesecake (Peanut butter cups/Butterfinger/OMG).

The waitress was super sweet, attentive and got a nice tip out of it!

A restaurant chain I would probably never have intentionally walked into to have dinner at back home in Cali..... became my birthday dinner spot.  I hear this is the only Cheesecake Factory in Minneapolis?  Or.. Minnesota??!!!

Well, nonetheless, I had a great meal!  I had their chicken something... it was crispy on the outside and served with asparagus and mashed potatoes!!  The mashed potatoes were my fave and their rye bread, of course!

One of my friends ordered the kobe burger, but since they cooked it wrong, it took another 15 minutes or more for her dish to come out.  The rest of us were almost done by then.  The manager was extremely kind though.  He came out himself to apologize and made sure that her meal was on the house and a free cheesecake too.

For a "family restaurant" though, I found it a little awkward how they were playing baby-making music when the restaurant already had some dim lighting........

Haha
Had a great meal.

I'm not against or above going to a chain restaurant. Is it always a first choice?  No,  some of the chains have some guilty pleasure foods.

Today's visit- wow. Probably the best and most flavorful chicken salad I've ever tasted. The bread was lightly buttered and toasted. The chicken salad was nice size bites of chicken with a really flavorful blend of whatever was in it and had almonds in it. I almost wanted to order one to go because I rarely get out that way.

My friends pasta chicken carbonara looked really good,too.

I rarely ever order dessert, but we both ordered. She got the strawberry short cake and I ordered the apple crisp, both were huge.

Service was great. Place gets quite packed.

Only complaint was the water. Their tap water has an icky after taste. So I had to order a mineral water.