Popular Restaurant With "Legendary Menu" and Called a "Best" Place To Work Opens New Stores in FL

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Sometimes, Floridians like to find "hidden gem" restaurants that are family-owned and local treasures. It's nice to support local businesses. Examples are Ms. Vicky's on the River in Holiday and Yellow Dog Eats in Orlando.

With that said, there are sometimes occasions when you'd like to choose a popular chain restaurant because you know exactly what you are going to get.

Florida is getting a new store of a chain restaurant that is quite popular and has also been named as one of the "best" places to work in the nation. Let's have a look:

What's So Special About the Cheesecake Factory and Why Should Floridians Be Excited to Get One?: According to Statista, the Cheesecake Factory ranks 15th out of 207 for national chain restaurants.

And the Cheesecake Factory was named one of Fortune Magazine's 100 "best" companies to work for in 2023 - for the 10th year.

The menu has also been called "legendary" by the publication Vox because it is 20 pages long and contains over 250 menu items.

But of course, what most people care about most from the Cheesecake Factory is its food, service, and affordability.

According to Delish, diners at the Cheesecake Factory can look forward to standouts such as a macaroni and cheese burger, flatbread pizza, hibachi steak, spicy rigatoni, and of course - the classic cheesecake and all of its variations. (Delish highly recommends the Basque variety (which came from Spain.)

The restaurant offers traditional choices such as sandwiches, burgers, pasta, Asian selections, salads, and tacos, and unique items such as fried macaroni and cheese.

Some items are reasonably priced like the flatbread pizzas for $11.50, shrimp scampi and steak Diane for $26.95, spicy shrimp pasta for $22.50, and the original cheesecake for $9.50.

New Stores: A new location is planned for an October 24th opening at the Promenade in Coconut Creek.

In late August, Estero also received a new store.

Two new stores in just a few months may suggest that the restaurant will begin an expansion into Florida, which at this time only has around 20 stores.

The Estero location has earned 4 out of 5 stars on Yelp. Many reviewers are happy to have the chain in their town. Many noted attentive service and flavorful meals, especially the cheesecake.

One reviewer from Fort Myers wrote:

"This new Cheesecake Factory lives up to the tradition of all the Cheesecake Factories I've ever visited - namely: Great service, Great food, and reasonably priced."

Those who took off stars used words like "packed" or "mixed bag." As this location gets the same traffic as a mall, busy times are to be expected.

The author is not affiliated with the Cheesecake Factory or with any other restaurants.