Eileen's Special Cheesecake

Eileen's Special Cheesecake opened for business in December, 1975, and arrived in Lower Manhattan on December 4, 1976. Our location at 17 Cleveland Place, opposite Spring and Lafayette Streets, on the corner of Kenmare and Centre Streets, was not even listed on most maps. Cleveland Place has only about five buildings on the street. The Police Headquarters on Centre Street had vacated, and all the area businesses closed up. It was a “ghost town” when we first arrived, but that didn’t bother us as we desperately needed a place to bake for our growing wholesale business. Eileen hadn’t considered the retail aspects of the business until people started knocking on the door of the bakery wanting to buy cheesecake. Eileen's has been featured on Food Feuds!