Junior's

Junior's

Junior's is a restaurant at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn (386 Flatbush Avenue). The restaurant also has an outlet inside Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan and one in the Times Square area. The restaurant was founded by Harry Rosen in 1950.Citation
last = Asimov
first =Eric
author-link = Eric Asimov
title = Harry Rosen Is Dead at 92; Junior's Restaurant Founder
newspaper = The New York Times
year =
date =1996-10-11
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E4DA133EF932A25753C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
] According to the restaurant, it was named Junior's after Rosen's two sons, Walter and Marvin.Citation
last = Barron
first =James
author-link =
title = Provenance of Junior's Cheesecake Is Questioned
newspaper = The New York Times
year =
date =2006-05-09
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/nyregion/09juniors.html
] In 1982, Governor Mario Cuomo declared May 27th as Junior’s Restaurant Day. According to GO Brooklyn, "At the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb avenues in Downtown Brooklyn, there has been a diner run by the Rosen family since 1929. In 1950, the name was changed to Junior's, and it has been serving its famous cheesecake and other goodies ever since. The interior of Junior's was modernized in 1983 after a major fire in the restaurant. The diner was recently featured in the Brooklyn Public Library's children's book of Brooklyn landmarks, "Brooklyn Pops Up."Citation
last =Greenwald
first =Josh
author-link =
title = Historic Bites
newspaper =The Brooklyn Paper
pages =
year =
date =2001-03-12
url =http://www.go-brooklyn.com/html/issues/_vol24/24_10/oldeats.html
]

Rosen worked with Master baker, Eigel Peterson, on the Rosen family's recipe to create the cheesecake known today as "The World's Most Fabulous Cheesecake" based on a recipe that was in the Rosen family for three generations.

In 1981, when the restaurant caught on fire, a crowd of people watching the firefighters started chanting "Save the Cheesecake!" Citation
last =Johnston
first =Laurie
author-link =
last2 =Oreskes
first2 =Michael
author2-link =
title = New York Day by Day
newspaper = The New York Times
pages =B-3
year =
date =1982-08-10
url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D13FD3A5D0C738DDDA10894DA484D81
] Citation
last =Quindlen
first =Anna
author-link =Anna Quindlen
title = About New York; City or Borough, Dodgers or No Dodgers, Brooklyn is Brooklyn
newspaper = The New York Times
pages =B-5
year =
date =1983-05-25
url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70E1FF7355C0C768EDDAC0894DB484D81
] Citation
last =Kennedy
first =Randy
author-link =
title = In Brooklyn, Passing the Torch of Success
newspaper = The New York Times
pages =
year =
date =1997-02-19
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E6D61E3FF93AA25751C0A961958260
] However, the fan base is not limited to Brooklynites. A Kuwaiti prince was known to have taken several Junior's cheesecakes back with him. The delight of critics, the cakes have been sold nation-wide through various outlets, including the television shopping network, QVC.

References

External links

* [http://www.juniorscheesecake.com Official site]
* [http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/about/about.asp Timeline of Junior's history]


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