Mice Photographed in Window at Junior's Cheesecake

by Sarah LeTrent, Posted Oct 21st 2009 @ 1:30PM

mouse photographed at junior's cheesecake

Mice love cheese, no matter what its form.

The Brooklyn, N.Y., cheesecake institution Junior's, founded in downtown Brooklyn in 1950, prides itself as "New York's Best Cheesecake," but it's now scrambling to clean up its reputation after photographs posted on the Internet over the weekend show some rodents enjoying a snack in the bakery's window display.

"This has been my family's lifework for 60 years and we have always been committed to ensuring the healthiest environment for our customers," owner Alan Rosen said in a statement issued to Slashfood. "As soon as this alleged isolated incident was brought to our attention on Sunday, we took immediate action to determine the cause. It was addressed professionally, and I can assure you the problem is being fully remediated."

Junior's distributes their famed dessert outside of New York, but those cheesecakes are made and stored in a factory in Queens and not from the Brooklyn branch.

The photographer, under the username Rachel Rae, added two cents to the situation on the message board. "So, unless you like extra chocolate sprinkles on your strawberry cheese cake I would steer clear."

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Filed Under: On the Blogs, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: cheesecake, juniors, juniors cheesecake, JuniorsCheesecake, mice, mouse trap fail, MouseTrapFail, rodents

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Reader comments (Page 3 of 3)

10-23-2009 @12:01AM wonmillion said... You really think that they didn't know this already.
They Knew they had a rodent problem but kept it hush hush. But the thing i really don't understand is that how the hell did the mouse get into the refrigerator?
Cheese Cakes suppose to be refrigerated until ready to be eaten.
Yall can call it what ever yall want on here, but i call it disgusting.
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