Pearl Street Cheesecake Factory to close

BOULDER — The Cheesecake Factory Inc. (Nasdaq: CAKE) on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder is closing, laying off 96 employees.

The restaurant, which has been operating in Boulder for 19 years, will shutter its doors on Jan. 11, the company said in a letter to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Layoffs are expected to occur on Dec. 29. Cheesecake Factory, whose address is 1401 Pearl Street Suite 100, filed a WARN notice with the state to report the layoffs.

The positions affected will be seven managers, 28 servers and runners, 13 bussers, one…