Cheesecake Factory Shakes Up Menu: How IL Restaurants Are Affected

CHICAGO, IL — In an extensive overhaul of its massive menu, The Cheesecake Factory is dropping more than a dozen items and replacing them with nearly two dozen new selections.

The Cheesecake Factory is widely known for its large and diverse menu, which has more than 250 items. The restaurant chain revamps the menu yearly to entice diners to return.

As part of the change, Cheesecake Factory is doing away with 13 menu items:

• Everything Flatbread Pizza
• Mushroom Burger
• Seared Ahi Tuna Salad
• White Chicken Chili
• Spicy Cashew Chicken
• Bistro Shrimp Pasta
• Fried Shrimp Platter
• Petite Filet
• Factory Combinations
• Loaded Mashed Potato Omelette
• Taco Dorados and Eggs
• SkinnyLicious Lemon Herb Parmesan Chicken
• SkinnyLicious Spicy Shrimp Pasta

In the place of those items on The Cheesecake Factory menu are 22 new food and drink options:

• Grilled Asparagus

• Honey Roasted Carrots

• Charred Sugar Snap Peas

• Chicken & Jalepeno Fritters

• Asian Cucumber Salad

• Ahi Tuna and Shrimp Seviche

• Chicken Shawarma

• Mortadella Panino

• Double Smash Cheeseburger

• Thai Stir Fried Noodles

• Thai Stir Fried Noodles With Shrimp

• Seared Tuna Tataki Salad

• Grilled Brazino

• Skinnylicioius Brazino

• Steak Frites

• Spicy Ginger Beef Tenderloin

• Grilled Steak and Eggs

• Kids' Strawberry Shortcake

• Yuzu Crush

• Yuzu Drop

• Margarita Verde

• Japanese Whiskey Sour

The Cheesecake Factory has about 200 restaurants in the United States and Canada, including six locations in Illinois:

• Chicago - 875 North Michigan Avenue
• Lincolshire - 930 Milwaukee Avenue
• Oak Brook - 2020 Spring Road
• Orland Park - 304 Orland Square Drive
• Schaumburg - 53 Woodfield Road
• Skokie - 4999 Old Orchard Center