Bridger and his grandmother were walking into the Peabody home when Lewis tripped and hit her head on a concrete step. She couldn't get up, she was bleeding profusely, and she had left her phone in the car.
that seems to have made its way to the restaurant chain. And it's not just impacting those cheesecake slices.Over the weekend, Delish Editorial Director
was dining at her local outpost of The Cheesecake Factory with her family and was taken aback by the tiny bread basket presented to them at the start of their meal. "My family noticed it," she tells me—and they're not alone.Saltz noticed that the slices of bread were barely larger than your average spoon. I don't know about you, but that's definitely not what I'm looking for when I need to satiate my carb craving.Other fans of the chain have noticed the changes, too. "As an avid [fan of] The Cheesecake Factory that has been there over 40+ times throughout the years, yes the slices have gotten smaller and I cannot believe no one is truly talking about it," one person commented on
"I feel like I got robbed!" another person noted of the daintier sizes. "Agreed that it has gotten much smaller, will need to explore other options," one person lamented of the chain's portions.Although many people seem to think that The Cheesecake Factory's bread basket is growing smaller, the chain argues that it's just our imagination. Alethea Rowe, Senior Director of Public Relations & Global Branding, tells Delish, "The Cheesecake Factory's complimentary basket of sourdough and 'brown bread' is a beloved part of our guests' dining experience, and we have not made any changes to the portion." Doth our eyes deceive us?
It's possible the iconic carb basket only
smaller because we just can't get enough of that warm, slightly sweet brown bread. The bright side is that you can make some of our Cheesecake FactoryEvery so often, a delivery truck would drive through, dividing the crowd into two tightly packed globs, but most
to drive through Pike Place Market. This made sense to me, since each passing vehicle halted the pedestrian flow.But I was surprised to learn that the open-air market's cobblestone streets are normally open to all cars — the city is testing a ban on cars aside from vendors, delivery drivers, and those with disabilities,
reported in April. The temporary ban began on April 23 and is set to continue until the end of summer.I was lucky enough to inadvertently schedule my trip during the ban. I couldn't imagine what it would be like if cars could freely move through the already crowded market.