Eileen's Special Cheesecake
Born from a family recipe tested in a SoHo apartment kitchen, Eileen's Special Cheesecake has anchored downtown Manhattan since Eileen Avezzano opened her bakery at 17 Cleveland Place — "our lucky corner" — in 1975. Steps from Little Italy, the shop became a neighborhood fixture, and its World Trade Center kiosk kept baking for rescue workers after September 11th.
Eileen's daughters, Holly Maloney and Bonnie Ponte, now run the women-owned, family bakery, with staff who've stayed more than 40 years. Food & Wine named it one of the best cheesecakes in America, writing that you can't talk about New York cheesecake without mentioning Eileen's. Its hand-pressed, fruit-topped cheesecakes are shipped nationwide on Goldbelly, straight from that same lucky SoHo corner.
Born from a family recipe tested in a SoHo apartment kitchen, Eileen's Special Cheesecake has anchored downtown Manhattan since Eileen Avezzano opened her bakery at 17 Cleveland Place — "our lucky corner" — in 1975. Steps from Little Italy, the shop became a neighborhood fixture, and its World Trade Center kiosk kept baking for rescue workers after September 11th.
Eileen's daughters, Holly Maloney and Bonnie Ponte, now run the women-owned, family bakery, with staff who've stayed more than 40 years. Food & Wine named it one of the best cheesecakes in America, writing that you can't talk about New York cheesecake without mentioning Eileen's. Its hand-pressed, fruit-topped cheesecakes are shipped nationwide on Goldbelly, straight from that same lucky SoHo corner.
