The Cheesecake Factory in downtown San Diego anchors the west end of Harbor Drive with a 250-plus-item menu inside the Seaport Village retail complex near the waterfront. The cheesecake case rotates through more than 30 varieties baked in-house, a scratch-production scale matched along the harbor corridor only by Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop's own confection output two blocks east. The national chain, founded in 1978 in Beverly Hills, now spans more than 200 locations, but this Harbor Drive outpost captures walk-in traffic from Seaport Village shoppers and San Diego Bay cruise passengers docking at the nearby Embarcadero. Full bar service pours California wines and a rotating craft-beer list alongside the dinner menu, with a weekend brunch program that rounds out daypart coverage beyond grab-and-go breakfast spots like Harbor Breakfast farther east on Harbor Drive. Large-party reservations handle multi-course service with dessert pairings drawn from the full cheesecake library for groups celebrating milestones along the waterfront.