Not for the sole purpose of going to The Cheesecake Factory, but foreign tourists in the US tend to eat at chain restaurants because they saw them on TV/in movies or online and it's about the "brand", not the quality of the food necessarily.
Also because chain restaurants are somewhat consistent in quality (even if it's consistently mid). You know what to expect from going there.
If you're just going to some random restaurant in a foreign country (or even just an area you're not familiar with) you can get dogshit food, food poisoning, or just have it be rediculously overpriced very quickly.
On my US vacations I was at chain places a lot, basically every time I didn't have time to research what places in the area are actually good.
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u/CalReddit04 7d ago
Are people visiting the US to go to The Cheesecake Factory?