do you have some sort of a job oh yeah i'm a waitress at the cheesecake factory there's more
to this restaurant chain than just their namesake cake and a connection to the big bang theory so
grab a fork and dig into these 10 secrets the cheesecake factory doesn't want you to know
i love cheesecake you're lactose intolerant i don't eat it i just think it's a good idea
a detroit basement take him to detroit given that it's called the cheesecake factory it's nice to
know that it all began with a cheesecake let's go back to the 1940s in detroit michigan and a lady
named evelyn overton evelyn saw a cheesecake recipe in the newspaper and after making a few of
her own personalized adjustments to said recipe had a hit on her hands everyone who tried her
cheesecake loved it so much so that she actually opened a little shop in her basement where she
sold the cakes she would eventually give up her business to raise her kids but she never forgot
about it years later after her kids were grown up evelyn and her husband packed up and moved out to
los angeles this thing's going all the way to los angeles buddy all right city of angels and it was
there in the city of angels in 1972 that she got back in the cheesecake game when she opened the
cheesecake factory bakery a business that she managed to build up to a pretty decent size she
had about 20 different kinds of cheesecakes at that point and she would sell her desserts to a
number of restaurants all around the city of los angeles made fresh on-site except for the
cheesecakes it's the same food as the cafeteria only fresh if you watch pretty much any restaurant
makeover show one of the first things the chef making over the restaurant will say is that the
menu is too big well it's pretty obvious that the cheesecake factory has never watched one of those
shows if you've been to the cheesecake factory then you are aware of the ridiculous size of their
menu if you've never been then allow us to paint a picture for you we're talking 21 pages and over
250 items the menu is like a novel but unlike those boring novels they make us read in high
school this one is filled with mouth-watering meals and of course lots of cheesecakes
the point is there's a lot of food to choose from given the largeness of the menu you might
be surprised to learn that all of it is made fresh as one server pointed out on reddit everything is
prepared fresh daily if it's a sauce that can't be altered for the dish it is still a fresh sauce
most everything on the menu is modifiable because they have a scratch kitchen interestingly enough
though their namesake cheesecakes aren't made on site they are made at their bakeries in california
and north carolina they are then frozen and shipped to the restaurants original recipe look
at the panel on your right and tell me your recipe original the original of anything isn't always the
best version of said item i mean as cool as the first iphone was how many of you would trade in
your iphone 13 for the original 2007 version however when it comes to the cheesecake they
serve at the cheesecake factory that original cake evelyn overton baked all the way back in the 1940s
is the one you are eating today when you visit any of the restaurant's locations not literally
of course they are baking new cheesecakes but according to overton's son david they are still
using his mom's original recipe he has said that they haven't changed his mother's recipe
they just make new ones with new things inside and try to make it as good as she did oh it's the
best it was the best i would not miss it for the world good cheesecake is just five ingredients he
continued it's all about how you mix them and we can probably all agree that the way they mix them
is pretty darn awesome this is the o.g cheesecake for a reason and while we do want a new iphone
every year we don't ever want them to change that cheesecake recipe leave with sauce you see what i
see i see a hair you see too much there's a lot of everything at the cheesecake factory a lot of
menu pages a lot of cheesecakes and a whole lot of sauces as well what's a lot how about over
a hundred different sauces they should almost be called the delicious sauce factory since they have
so many to choose from spicy peanut sauce lemon garlic aioli soy ginger sesame sauce marinara
sauce and buttermilk black pepper dressing are just five of the options you'll find on their
menu for various appetizers and entrees and if you like any sauce and wish you had a bottle
of it in your fridge well guess what you can take the sauce home with you now if you've ever been to
a cheesecake factory you might be thinking that you don't remember a display case with hundreds
of bottles of sauce for sale and that might be true but here's something super cool most people
probably don't know of course you can purchase a cheesecake to take home we all know that however
as one server explained you can buy any sauce at the store dude shut up that is awesome sauce just
visit the bakery and make your request yep that's right if you want any one of the over 100 sauces
all you have to do is ask and they'll package it up for you to purchase and enjoy at home they
are worldwide they're everywhere the cheesecake factory has fans and locations from america to
china including restaurants in canada qatar kuwait and saudi arabia while the chain got
its start in beverly hills it has since moved way outside the 90210 zip code first they headed out
of california with a restaurant in washington dc in the 1990s after that they continued to expand
across the country and in 2012 they headed outside of america's borders for their first international
location a 300-seat restaurant in the dubai mall in 2016 they opened in shanghai the company's
first foray into canada happened in 2017 with the opening of their toronto location they are
currently sitting at over 200 locations around the globe and they have no plans of stopping
in fact they have plans to expand even further into the middle east asia and latin america in
the coming years welcome to mexico the cheesecake factory is saying to the world i know you want me
and they're giving the people what they want it looks like cheesecake is a universal language
make it at home hey i don't need your help okay lady i can do it myself so you're craving the
cheesecake factory coconut macaroon cheesecake cups they're cajun jambalaya pasta the chicken
taquitos or the cinnamon roll pancakes what do you do well you could hop in the car and drive on over
to the closest cheesecake factory or you could stay home and make it yourself and no you won't
have to guess or reverse engineer the recipe all you have to do is head on over to the cheesecake
factory website and look it up that's right the chain has made recipes for a number of their most
popular dishes available with ingredient lists and full step-by-step instructions although if
you're thinking that you'll now be able to make cheesecake factory cheesecakes at home
think again while the company does want to give customers what they want and are willing to give
away some secrets their cheesecakes aren't one of them but there is some good news on that front
while you can't have the recipe to make the cheesecakes yourself you can still enjoy them
in the comfort of your own home without having to go to a restaurant to get them can you say home
delivery that's right you can order a cake and have it shipped right to your door premium food
and gift retailer harry and david is the company behind this service all you have to do is call
them go to their website or even go old school and order via their catalog it's that easy while not
every single cheesecake flavor is up for grabs via this service there are definitely going to
be at least a few of your favorite selections to choose from menu changes we'll have the
while the cheesecake hasn't changed since evelyn overton's original recipe back in the 1940s the
menu at the cheesecake factory has gone through plenty of changes over the years and continues to
do so even today it's okay we aren't going to change the school menu okay everything's fine
while the initial concept of the cheesecake factory was as a dessert restaurant the factory
continued to add savory items over the years eventually growing into a full-scale eatery
now you'd think that with over 250 items on a menu that there would be no real need to change
the selections given that even regulars to the restaurant will always be able to find something
that they'd never tried before but the cheesecake factory isn't a restaurant that likes to rest on
its laurels maybe that's why drake loves the place so much but regardless of drake's love for the
joint the factory has had a policy in place for years now wherein they update their menu twice a
year now we aren't sure how many plates they add and or remove but they like to keep things fresh
and new and this is one way of doing that so if you've been to the cheesecake factory a couple
times and figured there was no reason to go back because you knew what was on the menu think again
they have a skinny menu i need to eat 10 000 calories a day to maintain muscle mass no one
orders cheesecake because it's low in calories in fact we wouldn't want a cheesecake to be low
calorie if we're eating cake it's because we want cake calories and all the problem is that it isn't
just the dessert menu that features high calorie counts anyone who's been to the cheesecake factory
knows that they don't skimp on their serving sizes and that you are certainly going to get your
money's worth of food it wouldn't hurt if you had a few extra holes in your belt you could use at
the end of the meal beyond the size of the meals the factory has also never skimped on calories
per plate either we are talking an average of 1400 calories per sandwich with their highest caloric
dish clocking in over 3 000 calories that's that's that's crazy but after receiving some backlash
and negative reports on those high calorie numbers the cheesecake factory made an attempt to address
the reports by introducing their skinnylicious menu back in the mid-2010s as the name suggests
these are cocktails salads appetizers and specialty dishes that offer lower calorie
numbers than the regular menu selections they all come in at under 590 calories and some of the
delicious looking items include the skinnylicious crispy chicken sandwich with sriracha mayo and the
lemon garlic shrimp the bread bread makes your fat bread make you fat who doesn't love bread you like
bread yeah have some we all probably know someone who spent half the pandemic making their own bread
also the arrival of the bread basket at a restaurant is sometimes the most exciting
part of the entire night and while the arrival of the cheesecake might be more exciting at the
cheesecake factory the bread basket is no doubt a close second and one reason for this has got to be
the chain's honey wheat brown bread it's a fan favorite and one that many wish was used as the
bread for their sandwiches as well well the good news is that it can be you see while it doesn't
specifically say so on the menu a little known cheesecake factory sandwich hack is the fact that
you can ask for your sandwich to be made on the honey wheat brown bread and from what we've heard
the restaurant is generally very accommodating to such a request allow us to recommend you try this
hack with their club sandwich the bread goes particularly well with this sammy bon appetit
they donate extra food i'm gonna make a donation one of the saddest things to see is the dumpster
behind a restaurant filled with food that's still good which has been thrown out it's such a waste
especially since there are so many hungry people in the country who could use a meal but can't
afford one well the cheesecake factory is trying to do its part to change that for years they've
been donating excess food to the community which they have a lot of given that they have such a
large menu and make everything fresh daily but getting that excess food to where it needs to be
isn't as easy as it sounds sometimes there's so much that finding non-profits able to take it all
has been a challenge so in 2020 they introduced a zero food waste technology platform that has
helped them expand and grow their donations we're talking over 400 000 pounds of food provided to
soup kitchens after-school programs shelters etc the company also got together with doordash
and provided over 20 000 meals to healthcare workers during the summer of 2020 during the
first wave of the pandemic wow so good say what you will about the company but one can't deny
that providing food to those who need it is a good deed that deserves to be praised bravo
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