"If you’re eating at Beverly Hills, it’s because you want to tell someone you went to the original The Cheesecake Factory location (that, or the hostess at South Beverly Grill just quoted you two hours for a table). History aside, this branch doesn’t offer much to live up to its glamorous zip code. The relatively small space on Beverly Drive—obscured by a big tree out front—is dark, dreary, and bizarrely low-energy. Perhaps most shockingly, there’s nothing that nods to the history of the place. At least put up a plaque." - brant cox, cathy park, garrett snyder