The Cheesecake Factory

About The Cheesecake Factory

Oscar and Evelyn Overton always dreamed of owning a successful family business. An excellent cook, Evelyn’s passion for baking led to the creation of her original Cheesecake, a hit with everyone who tried it. By the early 1950s, while raising her two young children, David and Renee, Evelyn converted their basement into a professional bakery and supplied her original cheesecakes to the best local restaurants in her hometown of Detroit. In 1972, once their children were grown, Oscar and Evelyn decided to move their business westward. Using the last of their savings, they opened a small bakery in Los Angeles to sell their signature cheesecakes. They called it The Cheesecake Factory®. The original cheesecake inspired their son David to create an original restaurant, unique to this day, and in 1978, he opened The Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, California.