12 NYC Restaurants That Are Pretty Much Fancy TGI Fridays, Ranked - New York - The Infatuation

"How similar is it to TGI Fridays? More of an upgraded Cheesecake Factory, but that’s splitting hairs. Similar to TGI Fridays, this Upper West Side restaurant plays chicken with your appetite. Stop by Maison Pickle at brunch, and you can get a stack of challah french toast dripping maple syrup with a slab of fried chicken pinned to the top. The food can feel excessive, but sometimes that’s what life demands. Choose from a patty melt, shrimp scampi, or a tomahawk steak, and finish with a slab of 24-layer cake." - bryan kim