In 1979 by Aubrey Good and Doug Rogers opened the first Cheddar's Casual Cafe in Arlington, Texas.

By 2003, Cheddar's generated $150 million in revenue from 42 restaurants in 13 states[6] and Brazos Private Equity Partners made an initial investment to grow the company that year.

[6][7] In August 2007, the company recruited Kelly Baltes from Darden Restaurants to serve as CEO.

Throughout his career, he has held various roles of increased responsibility with Darden Restaurants and Brinker International, Inc.[9] In 2015, the company changed its name to Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen.

[10] In 2017, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen acquired forty-four franchised units located in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia from their "largest franchisee" Greer Companies, who is based in Kentucky.