What It’s Like To Eat Out Right Now, Cheesecake Factory Edition

OK, so going forward I will 1000% be doing my best to spend all my dining-out dollars at smaller, locally-owned establishments, but if you’ve ever had the bread basket at The Cheesecake Factory, you know why my children (and, okay, me) chose it for our first restaurant meal in…four months? Twenty years? Several decades?

It’s been awhile. I was ready for some food that I did not cook myself.

So for this post, let’s answer all your burning questions about what a Cheesecake Factory experience is l...