“We break all the rules and kind of do the impossible,” says David Overton. “Everybody would say, ‘You have to have a small menu.’ We have a large menu. We make every single thing from scratch every day in every restaurant — we commissary nothing."
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David and Sheila Overton attend an Ernst & Young event in 2012 when he was named an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Overton and officials of Mexican restaurant operator Alsea prepare to open a Cheesecake Factory unit in Guadalajara in 2014.
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The restaurants range from 7,200 square feet in Midwestern cities to 20,000 square feet in the Honolulu location, which remains the highest volume unit in the company. Sales average $10.7 million per restaurant.
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Overton has served as CEO since the company went public with five restaurants in September 1992. The chain has grown to 207 upscale casual-dining restaurants, including 193 Cheesecake Factory restaurants, 13 Grand Lux Cafes and one RockSugar Southeast Asian Kitchen.
