Cheesecake Factory

Poll: Where should Vin Scully's voice be heard?

2013-05-17 14:47:00

Readers are talking a lot about a man who talks for a living: Vin Scully. Times data editor Doug Smith's Op-Ed article Tuesday musing on "the voice of L.A." closed with a question: "As far as I'm concerned, the voice of L.A. should be heard every day in...

Sprinkled with smarts

2013-05-04 00:00:00

The gig: Sprinkles Cupcakes, the Beverly Hills chain beloved by bold-faced Hollywood names such as Tom Cruise and Ryan Seacrest, launched in 2005 with six workers, including founders Candace and Charles Nelson. The company has since expanded to 400...

Looking forward to nine more years of Albert Pujols

2013-03-16 16:45:00

TEMPE, Ariz. -- He remembers what he ordered: a chicken wrap. They were together at a Cheesecake Factory. He was 18 and on his night off from setting tables and serving food at the local country club. It was his first date with the woman who would...

Advocacy group slams 'Xtreme' high-calorie restaurant dishes

2013-01-16 13:49:00

Let’s be real here. Anyone who orders a meal with three pieces of breaded chicken, a buttery sauce, and mashed potatoes can’t be much surprised that it’s high in calories. Or that a piece of cake that weighs close to a pound might, as...

The Xtreme Eating Awards: Population control on a plate

2013-01-17 13:48:00

If we truly are what we eat, then please, please, don’t let me be the Cheesecake Factory's bistro shrimp pasta dish. Nor, for that matter, IHOP's country-fried steak and eggs combo, Johnny Rockets' bacon cheddar double burger, Uno Chicago Grill'...

3,120-calorie entree: Extreme or 'life's simpler pleasures'?

2013-01-17 08:42:00

IHOP has a Country Fried Steak & Eggs combo menu item with 3,720 milligrams of sodium. Johnny Rockets’ Bacon Cheddar Double burger has 50 grams of saturated fat. The Bistro Shrimp Pasta from the Cheesecake Factory has 3,120 calories. Each one is...

Crack FDA team deployed to make sure food at inauguration is safe

2013-01-18 13:13:00

With the presidential inauguration days away, the Food and Drug Administration wants to assure us that the food to be eaten amidst all the pomp and circumstance won’t give anyone a nasty case of food poisoning. “This week, at the request...

Hands down, a Rose Bowl tailgate party is hard to beat

2013-01-03 00:00:00

As with many of the arts, there is a protocol for doing the proper kegstand, a heels-over-head staple of tailgate parties and bowl games across the land. It should be attempted only by the fittest and most deviant among us. A helmet would be wise, though...

Sherlock Holmes: A chameleon character with ‘Elementary’ appeal

2012-10-04 13:32:17

The mall issue: Fashion Island

2011-11-20 00:00:00

Location: 401 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. Off East Coast Highway roughly between Jamboree Road and MacArthur Parkway. Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sat.; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sun. Known for: "Overlooking the ocean,...

The mall issue: Westfield Santa Anita

2011-11-20 00:00:00

Location: 400 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. From the 210 Freeway, exit at Baldwin Avenue and head south. Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun. What you'll find: Nordstrom, Macy's and J.C. Penney are the anchors for the 186-store complex,...

Start-ups get 90 seconds to pitch ideas to Tech Coast Angels

2012-04-25 15:46:00

A minute and a half isn’t a lot of time, but for 11 local entrepreneurs, 90 seconds was all they had to pitch their start-up ideas to a panel of judges Tuesday. More than 175 start-ups applied to participate in the 7th� annual Fast Pitch...

The Cheesecake Factory: Frank Ciaccio.

2013-04-15 12:26:00

The Cheesecake Factory's bistro shrimp pasta comes in at 3,120 calories, 89 grams of saturated fat and 1,090 milligrams of sodium, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

2013-01-17 00:00:00

A shrimp pasta dish at the Cheesecake Factory got a dubious award Wednesday from a group that seeks to promote healthful eating.

2013-01-16 19:26:00