(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Cheesecake Factory coming to Ridgedale in Minnetonka
The popular chain plans to bring its 30-plus varieties of cheesecake to the shopping mall sometime this fall.
June 26, 2017 at 8:09PM
Fifteen years after Minnesota's first outpost of the Cheesecake Factory landed at Southdale in Edina (pictured, above, in a 2005 Star Tribune file photo), a second one is opening. This time, the chain is going into another shopping center, and no, it's not the Mall of America.
It's Ridgedale in Minnetonka.
The glitzy, gigantic restaurant will land on the shopping center's upper level, at the mall's east end, and will include a patio. No specific opening date yet, at least beyond "this fall."
The Cheesecake Factory, which started nearly 40 years ago, now operates nearly 200 locations nationwide, serving a menu of 250-plus dishes, along with more than 30 varieties of cheesecake.
Ridgedale has added a number of new restaurants in the past few years, including Kona Grill, Redstone American Grill, Ruscello and Field Day by Good Earth.
The season for cardamom bread, comfort food and a dish as bright as Bentleyville’s holiday lights.
