Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.

Fox News’ resident sports commentator Clay Travis has been busted for exaggerating the time he spent at The Cheesecake Factory. Travis, 47, joined the conservative pile-on about former President Barack Obama’s comments that Donald Trump had made the White House look “like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory.

The sketch sees Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) defending his Liberation Day tariffs outside the White House before calling on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (played by Andrew Dismukes) to hand him “the really big piece of cardboard.”

One day the takes will end. But not today. Here’s the latest from the front lines of America’s dumbest new culture war.

Cheesecake Factory delivered a beat-and-raise Q3, yet shares declined mid-single digits post-earnings. Read why CAKE stock is upgraded to Buy.

Cava, Shake Shack and The Cheesecake Factory top a new analysis ranking restaurant chains by home values near their locations nationwide.

"The only thing bigger than the menu is the list of President Trump's accomplishments."

Former company leaders are applying David Overton’s approach to operations, talent, and menu development at businesses of their own.