No Guns At Cheesecake Factory: Officers Asked To Leave Tacoma Restaurant

TACOMA, WA - A group of Department of Corrections officers were asked to leave the Cheesecake Factory at the Tacoma Mall recently because they were carrying their sidearms, according to reports.

The officers showed their badges, but management still asked them to leave - although the managers were reportedly very polite about it.

One of the officers, Miriam Nichols, told KIRO Radio that she was "a little floored" by the incident.

The Cheesecake Factory did respond, saying that uniformed officers are allowed to carry in their restaurants, and explained the Tacoma incident as a "miscommunication."

It's been a tough week for Puget Sound Cheesecake Factory restaurants. On Tuesday, the federal government announced it was suing the company over a situation at the Seattle location, where a deaf employee was allegedly not given proper accommodations.

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