Restaurant Overview

The Cheesecake Factory story begins in Detroit, Michigan in the 1940’s. Evelyn Overton found a recipe in the local newspaper that would inspire her “Original” Cheesecake. Everyone loved her recipe so much that she decided to open a small Cheesecake shop, but she eventually gave up her dream of owning her own business in order to raise her two small children, David and Renee. She moved her baking equipment to a kitchen in her basement and continued to supply cakes to several of the best restaurants in town while raising her family. With great foresight and intuition, their son David decided to open a restaurant to showcase his mother’s selection of cheesecakes. Somehow he just knew that guests would enjoy a restaurant with an extensive dessert menu. It was 1978 and he opened the first The Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, CA. The restaurant was an immediate success and today there are nearly 200 The Cheesecake Factory restaurants around the world that share the Overton’s commitment to quality and spirit of innovation and hard work.

UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management: Student Accessibility Comments

• Beautiful restaurant and very wheelchair friendly.
• Ramp at entrance.
• Entrance doors are not automatic.
• Most seating is accessible.
• Bar hightop tables are not accessible, but there are low accessible tables in bar.
• Some seating is not accessible due to narrow halls, but there are plenty of seating options.
• Large accessible restrooms.