The Christmas Factory: An Endorsement

It's one thing to go to a restaurant because the food is good. It's another to go because you like the ambience. But that's how I feel about the Cheesecake Factory, which every year plays the single best holiday music of any store or restaurant I patronize. It's like they somehow got a copy of my Very Marty Christmas mixes and put them all on shuffle. No kidding. They play Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas," Stevie Wonder's big tunes ... all the classics, plus some not as good but still enjoyable ones like Kelly Clarkson's "My Grown-Up Christmas List." And this year, to up the ante, they even have a holiday-themed cheesecake with peppermint candies. No, I didn't have that when I went to the Factory Saturday night, but I almost did. I may just have to go back to try it. But anyway, that's another endorsement from me: The Cheesecake Factory at holiday time.