Eileen's Special Cheesecake

Eileen has been baking for nearly 40 years as one of New York’s top bakers. She started baking cheesecakes out of her apartment in 1973 after she sampled a cake in a deli and told the owner that her mother’s recipe was the only cheesecake she liked. That very day, the owner told her if her recipe was so good he would have to taste it. The deli owner gave her the ingredients to bake the cake and began placing orders after he sampled her sweet bites. Shortly after that fateful day, Eileen’s sweet success began to grow as she took space in Queens and started her wholesale business. Soon her retail business sparked as passersby began to request her delicious New York style cheesecake, and word of mouth spread. In 1976, she moved operations to its current location at 17 Cleveland Place. Being so close to Little Italy helped her retail business blossom and her warm personality made her an instant hit in the neighborhood. Today, Eileen has been praised as New York’s Best Cheesecake by celebrity chefs, the Zagat Guide, WOR Radio, and nationally recognized food critics. She has been featured on the Food Network’s “Food Feuds” hosted by Michael Symon, and “Throwdown with Bobby Flay,” and the Cooking Channel’s inaugural “FoodCrafters” episode. More recently, she has been featured internationally on UKTV’s “James Martin’s United Cakes of America,” “Maximo en New York” with Argentinian chef Maximo Lopez May, “Street Food around the World” with Ishai Golan, and “Steve Harvey Show”!