$$$$Price: Expensive • American • Pasadena
Cheddar's Casual Cafe is a chain of American restaurant that serves up Southern cuisine in a pleasant, relaxing atmosphere. The first Cheddar's was opened in 1979 by Aubrey Food and Doug Rogers, who wanted to create a place where people could enjoy the flavors of a home cooked meal, even if they weren't at home. Everything in Cheddar's kitchen is made from scratch, a fact which is prominently displayed on the sign as guests enter.Cheddar's menu mostly consists of traditional American cuisine. That features quite a range of flavors, though, as the tastes and palates of people from around the United States vary widely. A good example of this is Cheddar's Favorites section of the menu, which has s country fried steak, New Orleans pasta, Key West chicken & shrimp and Gigi's baked spasagna, a combination of a classic spaghetti & meatballs with an oven-baked lasagna.