Oceanfront dining area enhanced with Chinese quartzite
With 150 locations throughout the country, The Cheesecake Factory has grown to be a leader among “upscale casual dining” restaurants. The concept was inspired by Evelyn and Oscar Overton, who started a small mom-and-pop shop in Detroit, MI, in the late 1940s to sell homemade cheesecakes. In 1971, the Overtons moved their cheesecake business to Los Angeles and opened a 700-square-foot store called “The Cheesecake Factory.” Only eight years later, the couple’s son, David, branched out and opened The Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, CA, which over time flourished into a successful chain of restaurants. One of the standout franchises in the restaurant group is the Marina Del Ray, CA, location, which offers its diners oceanfront views. And to further enhance the overall dining atmosphere, the restaurant recently underwent a renovation of its outdoor patio and downstairs bar and kitchen, including new Chinese quartzite floor tiles.
“It is an old building with a unique location,” said Grady Bryant of Grady’s Floor Covering in Hacienda Heights, CA, the installer for the project. “It is right on the beach. The Cheesecake Factory has been in there for years. They had remodeled the upstairs interior bar at one time and redid the multi-levels of wood decking. When they got to the outside area and downstairs bar and kitchen, they decided to start with the patio. They wanted quartzite from the beginning. It holds up well with traffic and staining.”