Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory is a chain restaurant available throughout the United States.

It all started in the 1940s, Evelyn Overton found a recipe in her local Detroit newspaper that inspired her “Original” cheesecake. Everyone loved her recipe so much she decided to open a small bakery, but eventually gave it up to focus on raising her children, David and Renee. She moved her baking equipment to her basement kitchen and continued to sell cakes to some of the best restaurants in town.

In 1972, Evelyn and her husband Oscar moved to Los Angeles to try one last time to have their own business. With the last of their savings, they opened The Cheesecake Factory Bakery and began selling Evelyn’s cheesecakes to restaurants throughout L.A.

Their son David decided to open a restaurant in Beverly Hills in 1978 to showcase his mother’s cakes. Somehow, he just knew that a restaurant with an extensive dessert menu would be a hit. There was a line out the door on opening day. More than forty years later, many say the line has never stopped!

We have enjoyed many locations but we have found the one in Orlando to be the most consistent quality. The portions are large to split entrees to save money and have variety. We have enjoyed the pastas, burritos, sandwiches, appetizers and more.

On our most recent trip we enjoyed a fettuccine Alfredo (we requested to add sun-dried tomatoes and a chicken salad sandwich, Caesar salad and soup combo.

Many are conveniently located in malls so head in after a long day of shopping.

Remember as a boomer travelling you will want to limit the size of portions and budget so splitting entrees here is definitely helpful.