The $1,000 Sundae - a second look
Check out
Serendipity3 a New York Ice Cream parlor and restaurant.
Most of their
menu is fairly mainstream but their signature desert is this little item:
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
Golden Opulence Sundae $1,000.00
reservation required 48 hours in advance
Now, let's take a look at conditions in the Kitchen. From the
New York Post:
VERMIN
Serendipity 3 was shut down yesterday after city health inspectors found mouse droppings and cockroaches at the landmark Upper East Side ice-cream shop.
It was the second failed inspection in less than a month for the dessert emporium on East 60th Street, which was found to be in violation of numerous health codes, the Health Department said.
Inspectors discovered a live mouse running around, mouse droppings throughout the restaurant, and more than 100 live cockroaches, the city said in a statement.
Tourists hoping to visit one of New York's most popular sites were frustrated to hear the store had been closed.
"Every time I come to New York, I come to Serendipity," said Carlos Forbes of Brazil. "It's a pity. It's really a pity."
Forbes, who brought along his daughters, Julia, 13, and Laura, 9, for their first trip to the Big Apple, was hoping they could share in his fond memories of the home of the $1,000 Grand Opulance Sundae and $25,000 Frrrozen Haute Chocolate.
The restaurant, which will have to fix the problems and then pass another Health Department check to ensure that it is safe to reopen, declined to elaborate on the cleanup process or say when it planned to be back in business.
Sheesh - TWO filed inspections in one month? I can see a stiff warning and a clean bill on the second go-around but to fail twice is really bad...
Posted by DaveH at November 16, 2007 7:58 PM