Originally Posted by violist
Copeland's isn't bad, if you order stuff that doesn't come with a
gloopy congealed sauce.
I have tried Copelands outside of New Orleans and it just isn't the same. It seems more pre packaged tasting when it is franchised. The orginal is right here in my backyard.
Originally Posted by violist
Not been overfond of Cheesecake Factory - the portions aren't all
that great (anyway, you don't get that much of anything you'd
actually want to eat); the service, well, I've gone with a large
Flyertalk party, so let's draw a discreet veil over that occasion,
and otherwise it's merely okay; the food mediocre at best (what was
that London guy thinking, or did he have olde English tastebuds?).
Al Copeland has come up with his own knock off of Cheesecake Factory, which I think is light years above the traditional Cheesecake Factory. His restaurant is called
Cheesecake Bistro. There are two in New Orleans so it is a chain
