The Cheesecake Factory, renowned for its extensive menu selection and delectable desserts, has announced the opening of several new locations in 2025, including one in Texas.
While the newest location is set to open late this year in Cypress (north of Houston), there’s still no word whether the restaurant chain will ever come to the Sun City. Texas has 19 Cheesecake Factory restaurants, including in San Antonio, Dallas, Austin and Corpus Christi, and Lubbock.
The El Paso Times reached out to Berk Communications, which handles media inquiries for Cheesecake Factory, asking if the chain could ever make its way to the borderland.
Click here to read the company’s response.
So, if you’re in the mood for those crispy avocado eggrolls or the Chicken Madeira (the most popular dish), how far would you have to travel?
What’s the nearest Cheesecake Factory to El Paso?
While Texas has more than a dozen Cheesecake Factory locations, the closest is in the state over, about 271 miles away in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This translates to a 3-hour and 48-minute drive. The restaurant is also the only Cheesecake Factory in the Land of Enchantment.
In Texas, the closest location is in Lubbock, which is a little more than 330 miles away, meaning you’ll have to drive about five hours and 20 minutes.
When did the original Cheesecake Factory open?
According to the Cheesecake Factory website, in the 1940s, Evelyn Overton found a recipe in her local Detroit newspaper that inspired her “original” cheesecake.
Overton and her family moved to Los Angeles and opened the Cheesecake Factory Bakery in the early 1970s, selling only cheesecakes.
A few years later, in 1978, Overton’s son, David, decided to open a restaurant in Beverly Hills to showcase his mother’s cakes. “There was a line out the door opening day,” the Cheesecake Factory website says.
Cheesecake Factory menu
The Cheesecake Factory is renowned for its extensive menu, which boasts over 250 dishes and more than 40 cheesecakes and desserts.
In March, the restaurant chain added 23 new menu items, including Chicken & Jalapeno Fritters, Chicken Shawarma, Double Smash Cheeseburger, and Thai Stir Fried Noodles. About a dozen menu items were also removed.
Check out the entire menu here.
Cheesecake Factory restaurants near me
To find the nearest Cheesecake Factory near you, here’s the restaurant chain’s location finder.
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