CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., Oct 19, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (Nasdaq:CAKE) today
announced the opening of its 98th Cheesecake Factory restaurant on
October 18, 2005 at The Mall at Green Hills in Nashville, Tennessee.
The restaurant contains approximately 10,600 square feet and
approximately 300 seats.
To celebrate the opening, The Cheesecake Factory hosted a benefit
on October 15, 2005 for Gilda's Club of Nashville, a non-profit
organization dedicated to providing people living with cancer, and
their families and friends with social activities, lectures, workshops
and networking groups. The ticket price for the event included
cocktails, appetizers, a sampling of several entrees, live music and
the Company's signature cheesecakes. The Cheesecake Factory, along
with its vendors, underwrote the event in order to donate 100% of the
proceeds from ticket sales, which were in excess of $30,000, to
Gilda's Club of Nashville.
About The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates 98 upscale, casual
dining restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory(R) name that offer an
extensive menu of more than 200 items with an average check of
approximately $16.60. The Company also operates a bakery production
facility that produces over 50 varieties of quality cheesecakes and
other baked products for the Company's restaurants and for other
leading foodservice operators, retailers and distributors.
Additionally, the Company operates five upscale casual dining
restaurants under the Grand Lux Cafe(R) name; one self-service,
limited menu "express" foodservice operation under The Cheesecake
Factory Express(R) mark inside the DisneyQuest(R) family entertainment
center in Orlando, Florida; and licenses two bakery cafe outlets to
another foodservice operator under The Cheesecake Factory Bakery
Cafe(R) name. For more information about The Cheesecake Factory
Incorporated, please visit www.thecheesecakefactory.com.
SOURCE: The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
Jill Peters, 818-871-3000