The Cheesecake Factory Bakery

In the late 1940’s, Evelyn Overton opened a small cheesecake shop in Detroit. In order to raise her two small children, David and Renee, Evelyn gave up the shop and moved her baking to her basement kitchen, where she continued supplying local restaurant clients with her cakes. Then in 1972, with her children grown, Evelyn and her husband Oscar decided to move the business to Los Angeles. Oscar concentrated on selling cakes and building new accounts while Evelyn baked and managed the office. Finding that Los Angeles loved Evelyn’s cheesecakes as much as Detroit, their reputation and sales grew! A larger, new and improved bakery was born, creating over 20 varieties of Evelyn’s delicious cheesecakes and other incredible desserts which were sold to wholesalers from Santa Barbara to San Diego and eventually out-of-state. In 1978, the Overtons founded their first full-service restaurant, "The Cheesecake Factory^®", which opened in Beverly Hills. Today, Evelyn and Oscar’s son, David carries on the same commitment to quality, entrepreneurial spirit, energy and creativity that his parents inspired.