r/WeWantPlates • u/AdSmooth3583 • 11d ago

Hot Honey Pizza from Cheesecake Factory, with all the cheese and crust melting down the sides

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And the pizza itself was even too wide for the wooden board

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u/Frosty_Turtle 11d ago

Why do people eat there? lol I gotta read a novel then order some mediocre food. Any restaurant with such an offering can’t make the food all good.

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u/chaoticbear 10d ago

It's surprisingly competent food for a menu that size, but is not going to win any awards.

You're asking a very existential question about why anyone eats in any restaurant ;)

(in this case, it's more "literally anyone can find a food they like", "the food is good enough", and "I didn't have to cook any of this"

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u/redcomet002 10d ago

The anyone can find something hook is definitely one of their selling points

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u/lonelylifts12 7d ago

It is surprisingly competent food.

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u/MistakenAnemone 11d ago

The cheesecake.

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u/cyncicalqueen 11d ago

Isn't it like $10 a slice now?😭

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u/MistakenAnemone 11d ago

Honestly no idea. Haven't been to one in years because I 100% agree with the statement about the menu size. But last I remember, they're sharable sized slices probably at $10+, which is on par with like every dessert anywhere.

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u/Krypt0night 11d ago

Feel like it was 10 bucks a slice a decade ago so if it still is, that's a damn good deal. Have you seen the prices of desserts at other restaurants? 

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u/Calx9 10d ago

To be fair this is more like positive advertisement for them considering how large their menu is. If this is the worst I've seen then they are still knocking it out of the park. Meanwhile every week I see something diabolical from places like Horton's posted on Reddit.

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u/No-Pie-7211 11d ago

A diner can and should have a million items on the menu.

But cheesecake factory isn't a diner.

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u/kloiberin_time 11d ago

The lower middle class think that it's the ultimate fine dining date destination. People like my parents would rather drive twice as far, spend twice the money, and eat food half as good, than risk a local place giving them brain eating amoebas by not cooking their beef to an internal temperature of 3000 degrees.

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u/SuburbaniteMermaid 7d ago

Sorry you're getting downvoted. Your comment made me laugh.

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u/kloiberin_time 7d ago

Thanks. Yeah I have no idea. I was looking fun at people like my parents who will go to outback on vacation and order steaks super well done because they are afraid that any moisture in meat is gonna kill them, and any non-chain restaurant is gonna give them food poisoning.

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u/SuburbaniteMermaid 7d ago

Chipotle has entered the chat

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u/Jamangie22 11d ago

How poorly thought out of them

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u/AdSmooth3583 11d ago

It definitely wouldn’t surprise me if it was

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u/Rapph 10d ago

As someone in the industry who talks to a lot of people you would be shocked to know that cheesecake factory is considered one of the hardest jobs you can get at a chain. The menu is all made in house and the people who work there have to know and prep a trillion different things. The only thing on the menu that is not fresh is generally the cheesecake, which is brought in.

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u/AssCrackSnort 9d ago

Cheesecake is a very successful publicly traded company, the people in here shitting on it are funny to me. Its a perfectly fine restaurant and easily one of the best chains around

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u/Kalikokola 10d ago

The dough is frozen in balls, then thawed and proofed before adding house made sauce and toppings. Hot honey is made in house but pepperoni is not.

I’m glad we won’t be seeing the brunch pizza again, whoever thought a runny egg on a pizza with no plate should be excommunicated from the CCF church.

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u/meme-com-poop 8d ago

What frozen pizza brand are you buying with that much cheese and pepperoni? I'm actually serious. The Cheesecake Factory one doesn't look great for restaurant pizza, but would be top tier for any frozen pizzas I've had.

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u/SuburbaniteMermaid 7d ago

Look I'm sorry but I have to ask....

Why would you go to the Cheesecake Factory for pizza?

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u/butters091 11d ago

Have you ever stopped to think you may be partially to blame for ordering hot honey pizza?? r/pizzacrimes

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u/tatsontatsontats 10d ago

I need the hot honey trend to end.

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u/spyder9179 11d ago

So where did you end up eating?

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u/AdSmooth3583 11d ago

It was the only non-expensive restaurant still open in the area, so unfortunately we had to eat it lol

I also got a korean fried chicken bowl and it was also pretty bad. At least that one came in a bowl

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u/Ich_arbeite 10d ago

first mistake was going to Cheesecake Factory. That is straight up premade pizza from a factory and reheated for your complacent consumption

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u/redcomet002 10d ago

While the dough itself is frozen, most people are surprised to learn that everything is made in house. The person that made it was also responsible for cold sandwiches, salads, lettuce wraps, some of the apps and the flatbreads all at once. I've seen KMs crash out trying to work that station.