Cheesecake Factory in DC’s Friendship Heights is closing

After 34 years of serving its titular dessert on Wisconsin Avenue, the Cheesecake Factory in D.C.’s Friendship Heights will close its doors next month. It comes as the neighborhood has drastically changed over the last five years with numerous retail closings and a shift to residential properties.

“It was certainly a disappointment. We’ve had actually some really good news in Friendship Heights lately, so we were frustrated to hear bad news mixed in,” said Tom Quinn, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the area, about the Cheesecake Factory closure.

“The restaurant’s been there for a long time,” he continued. “But hopefully we’ll find a new tenant that will also work for the space.”

The last day of business for the Cheeseca

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