Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen is the Irving, Texas-born casual-dining chain (founded 1979, acquired by Darden Restaurants in 2017) famous for making everything from scratch — including the honey butter croissants, the first of which is served free with every dine-in visit. With 165+ locations concentrated in the South and Midwest, Cheddar's offers generous portions at below-average casual-dining prices while maintaining a genuine commitment to house-made cooking that most chains at its scale abandoned decades ago.
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