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  • Опубликовано: 30 май 2024
  • New York cheesecake institution, Junior's, has been slinging out towering slices since 1950. But in recent years, the company has faced pandemic closures of its restaurants, skyrocketing ingredient prices, and a cream cheese shortage.
    We visited the New Jersey factory to see how Junior's third generation is keeping tradition alive amid shrinking margins.
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  • @c.i.t.yenglish
    @c.i.t.yenglish Год назад +7954

    His refusal to change the recipe is the most important takeaway. So many foods these days just don't taste right because of fillers

    • @dmark8993
      @dmark8993 Год назад +148

      Not to mention the size difference

    • @MistressGlowWorm
      @MistressGlowWorm Год назад +68

      If you have a good thing why rock the boat?

    • @Toqom
      @Toqom Год назад +338

      @@MistressGlowWorm Usually by the third generation they don't have that heart in the company and simply want to squeeze money out of their new cash cow, frequently ruining the business, this guy seems different.

    • @underratedunity1528
      @underratedunity1528 Год назад +32

      Yup totally, I have so much respect for him for that

    • @McBuggs.
      @McBuggs. Год назад +40

      If it ain't broke, don't fix it! 🥰✌

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan Год назад +4882

    I'm sorry for causing the shortage by eating all the cream cheese

  • @user-eh2jk6mf9s
    @user-eh2jk6mf9s Год назад +954

    Kudos to the man. He does not budge, unlike many, and he would not change the recipe. A good recipe is so precious. We still keep Great-grandma's recipe for bean stew (it smells divine despite only adding some fried red pepper, flour and spice) and tomato sauce recipe. We make about 250 jars of it each autumn and every time it is gone by same time next year.

    • @lazymoon2392
      @lazymoon2392 Год назад +17

      its relatively easy to get through hard times when you are selling a product that have been already selling itself for decades. Customer loyalty is really insane in USA when its about certain products that kinda represents the American identity as far as i can see from outside of it. And i've met many Americans valuing a well-made batch of cheesecake like they value a bald eagle :)

    • @idahobeef
      @idahobeef Год назад +2

      Recipe pls???

    • @creamcheness1115
      @creamcheness1115 Год назад +4

      This reminds me of my great nana’s cream puff recipe. It’s been passed down four generations now.

    • @TFLUFFY.
      @TFLUFFY. Год назад

      @@lazymoon2392 idc if a cheesecake is good enough to make you orgasm if its gonna double in price over a shortage i can go without lol

    • @lazymoon2392
      @lazymoon2392 Год назад +1

      @@TFLUFFY. u a wise person my friend.

  • @travel9two557
    @travel9two557 Год назад +80

    Damn the fact they in supermarkets is definitely what saved them during COVID-19. I’m from Brooklyn and anytime it’s a holiday I always go grab a cheesecake at juniors. It’s my mother’s favorite. Downtown BK has changed and renovated a lot over last 10 years but nobody can touch the original juniors on dekalb and Flatbush ave. 👏🏾

  • @asuban
    @asuban Год назад +1274

    I love how enthusiastic this man seems to be about his family business. Those cakes look really good! I love that he has kept the original recipe. Call that a respect to our elders.

    • @TheOriginalSubscriber
      @TheOriginalSubscriber Год назад +4

      Nah he sounds like he’d be terrible to work for, sounds closed minded and thick headed
      Dude looks like he’s making a lot of money yet complaining about prices, he should be paying luxury prices for luxury foods.

    • @ZS89908
      @ZS89908 Год назад

      @@TheOriginalSubscriber you sound like you'd change the recipe in a heartbeat. and the credibility and history of Juniors would soon diminish from that.

    • @z-7918
      @z-7918 Год назад

      all I heard was him complain about prices his parents didn't had to pay back then (inflation), hes just lucky he can work for his already established company from his father. yall blind and either you have to grow up or you don't realize how the world is turning

    • @asuban
      @asuban Год назад

      @@z-7918 sorry that you see it that way. Sometimes when we are feeling negative, we only pick up on stuff like that. Hope the inflation is not hitting you hard. Stay strong 💪

    • @deanrideout1275
      @deanrideout1275 10 месяцев назад

      ❤😊

  • @dia9491
    @dia9491 Год назад +838

    I had my first Juniors cheesecake when I was 4 years old. I’d never had a cheesecake before and it made me love them. I hope you continue to do well Juniors. Much respect for keeping the recipe and not changing it.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад +3

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @TheBootyWarriorUnstoppable
      @TheBootyWarriorUnstoppable Год назад +3

      @@AN-jw2oe I thinks it's a light sweet

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад +3

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

    • @user-cm2ib8hb4u
      @user-cm2ib8hb4u Год назад +30

      @@MarkasTZM let people eat what they want to eat. cheesecake or not, if they like it, let them be ffs

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      @@TheBootyWarriorUnstoppable thanks!

  • @tonysmith7502
    @tonysmith7502 Год назад +166

    I worked 7 years for a company in Sanford Fl that makes cheesecakes from August to mid December the plant runs 7 days a week, pushing out an average of 135,000 cheesecakes a day they have 5 mixers that are bigger than two refrigerators they mix the crust in mixers that you could stand up in and not see over the top
    Here are some examples of things they use
    48,000 lbs of flour in 2 days
    48,000 lbs of sugar in 3 days
    24 pallets of cream cheese in 1 day

    • @eminbey3382
      @eminbey3382 Год назад

      Teşekkürler sağolun arkadaşlar

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 Год назад +10

      It's mind-boggling to think farmers produce so much food - day after day, month after month.

    • @J0lker
      @J0lker Год назад +2

      @@ROGER2095 yeah exactly, and to think it's only for a single cheesecake plant...

    • @Dreyden-
      @Dreyden- 6 месяцев назад +1

      That's a lot of Cheesecake.

  • @HerrGreencoat
    @HerrGreencoat 15 дней назад +2

    That's a great CEO. He is so invested in the company, he knows the process and the people. How it always should be.

  • @user60521123
    @user60521123 Год назад +651

    My god I’m hungry now. I think I went into a trance every time they showed the filling being dispensed.
    I’ve never been to Junior’s but I’m glad they are weathering rough times and keeping a family business going.

    • @McBuggs.
      @McBuggs. Год назад +8

      I wanna have one of those strawberry cheesecakes fer dinner pleeze!

    • @sonyabladesbooty3890
      @sonyabladesbooty3890 Год назад +5

      They employ hundreds

    • @boohere2
      @boohere2 Год назад

      I have heard of Junior's before.It's actually on my list to eat at when I go to New York sometime. The cheesecakes do look good, some of them. I am more found of the chocolate ones. I wonder how they are compared to the Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes? The Cheesecake Factory makes some epic cheesecakes.

    • @jrdguitar3003
      @jrdguitar3003 Год назад +2

      I feel you brother.

    • @andrewspringer9254
      @andrewspringer9254 Год назад

      Terrible comment.

  • @robeyhines8149
    @robeyhines8149 Год назад +1077

    I work at Whole Foods, and we sell a vast majority of products as Junior’s! We sell their carrot cakes, red velvet, cheesecakes, and chocolate fudge cake (sometimes when we get that one in). A fun fact about the strawberry/raspberry swirl cheesecakes. To do the factory swirl, they asked the employee with the most unique swirl to replicate it with technology that copied the template of that swirl exactly through a computer to replicate it for the machines.

    • @seththorpe8460
      @seththorpe8460 Год назад +147

      They then fired said employee as they were no longer needed...

    • @segfault-
      @segfault- Год назад +2

      Wow what that is so awesome 😂

    • @midniterose7193
      @midniterose7193 Год назад +48

      @@seththorpe8460 Exactly, and for sure that person was one of many hand swirlers of the production line that he has no use for now. He comes across as the typical pompous blow hard that cares about nothing more than widening his profit margin way before loyalty to employees that have been loyal to him and were a massive factor in how those cheesecakes became "famous". Smh 👎

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад +17

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

    • @sethflix
      @sethflix Год назад

      @@seththorpe8460 Exactly.

  • @SnOwOkie
    @SnOwOkie Год назад +5

    3:36 "we don't do jiggly, we do juniors" 💀

  • @Dsinatra3
    @Dsinatra3 Год назад +229

    I’ve only tried juniors cheesecake twice and that’s when I found them in Costco. I’ve never been a fan of cheesecake until I tasted that one and it’s literally the best thing I ever ate for desert. I bought 2 of them and ate them all by myself. I still dream of that cheesecake

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад +5

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @Dsinatra3
      @Dsinatra3 Год назад +14

      @@AN-jw2oe nooo it’s just right. I’m mostly carnivore so I don’t like too sweet

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад +2

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

    • @Dsinatra3
      @Dsinatra3 Год назад +11

      @@MarkasTZM I never ate because it’s from New York I just tried it cause I never really liked cheesecake and wanted to give it a shot. And honestly it became my favorite but I’ve never been to New York but now I want to try and authentic one. Where should I go.

    • @Elhastezy888
      @Elhastezy888 Год назад +2

      @@Dsinatra3 I love your post!!😆 now I really really want to try one of these specifically.
      If you want to try one of the kind that this other poster is talking about just get a cheesecake made with ricotta cheese.
      That's the difference, Ricotta cheese.
      If you find a restaurant or bakery or place that makes the cake with ricotta you will be experiencing what MarkasTZM is speaking about (or as close to it as you can get)👍🏼

  • @renin5570
    @renin5570 Год назад +136

    Great to see Gob Bluth finally left the magic behind to focus on the family business

    • @charlied8355
      @charlied8355 Год назад +13

      You expect a guy in a 5000 dollar apron to pay 3 bucks a pound for cream cheese?! Come onnnnn

    • @D_veraz
      @D_veraz Год назад

      bzzzzzz

  • @chrisshelp1172
    @chrisshelp1172 Год назад +57

    We need a Junior's here in Idaho! I love the fact that they've remained true to their recipe. My Grandmam always said "Never, ever skimp or take shortcuts on a good recipe. It just ruins it."

    • @PostUp_Time
      @PostUp_Time Год назад

      *IF YOU DONT THINK THEY FOUND WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS, DO YOU WANT TO BUY A BRIDGE? WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT SOMEONE TO SAY? WE CUT COSTS BY DOING XXXX*

    • @_Spacecraft
      @_Spacecraft Год назад +1

      Would love one in Idaho. We get them shipped a couple times a year lol.

    • @Norinia
      @Norinia 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@PostUp_TimeDo you wanna calm down a bit, buddy? He’s just saying an innocent and true fact.

  • @mimusic1853
    @mimusic1853 Год назад +49

    Great behind the scenes footage. Thanks for uploading these types of educational videos!

  • @ABlueDahlia
    @ABlueDahlia Год назад +314

    Juniors is the only cheesecake I've ever spent money on to have them shipped to me. And they were absolutely delicious.

    • @THEHORSELOVER235
      @THEHORSELOVER235 Год назад +3

      I wish there was one near me

    • @troll2637
      @troll2637 Год назад +17

      @@THEHORSELOVER235 I wish I was in the right continent. And my country isn't bankrupt.

    • @zhinkunakur4751
      @zhinkunakur4751 Год назад +1

      @@troll2637 srilanka or Pakistan?

    • @troll2637
      @troll2637 Год назад +4

      @@zhinkunakur4751 Sri Lanka.

    • @walterwhite9520
      @walterwhite9520 Год назад

      how did a cheesecake without a crust taste? 😄

  • @thekingtroll2
    @thekingtroll2 Год назад +123

    I still use my grandmothers recipe. She gets a long pan and puts down a graham cracker crust. She then makes her cheesecake. She bakes it about 40 minutes and pulls it out. She has sour cream, some sugar and lemon juice mixed together. She tops the cheesecake and puts it back in the oven. Once it is done you not only have to let it cool, it is best served when it comes out of the fridge ice cold. With a sour cream topped cheesecake, you don't need to top it with fruit or anything else. There is never one piece left after a family reunion and last time we made 4 of them. Cream cheese in Ohio is about $1.59 for two bricks, 8 ounces each.

    • @jimmymisle910
      @jimmymisle910 Год назад +6

      can you share how you make it - details please - thanks

    • @MsXynex
      @MsXynex Год назад +4

      sour cream cheesecake sounds awful. in fact i bet your family cheesecakes really gross

    • @swarnavasamanta2628
      @swarnavasamanta2628 Год назад

      @@MsXynex cream is naturally a little sour due to fermentation you dumbfuck, it tastes sweet because we add sugar to it.

    • @mavlnt
      @mavlnt Год назад +11

      @@MsXynex sour cream cheesecake done right is amazing, however it does take some skill to do it right

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад +3

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

  • @TabithaQuantiaAI
    @TabithaQuantiaAI Год назад +19

    I’d never had a cheesecake before and it made me love them. I hope you continue to do well Juniors. Much respect for keeping the recipe and not changing it.

  • @brettrichardson7924
    @brettrichardson7924 Год назад +20

    Alan seems really proud of his families work and his business, never had their cheesecake before but will have to try one now.

  • @stooge81
    @stooge81 Год назад +189

    Definitely a unique cheesecake. Love the fact that the base is sponge cake (not graham crackers...although equally delicious). I've made the Junior's classic cheesecake recipe with the strawberry topping. Lots of steps but worth it.

    • @sneaky_krait7271
      @sneaky_krait7271 Год назад +3

      As I don't live in US, I want to try and make that cake myself once too. It look so fluffy and good

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад +3

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

    • @stooge81
      @stooge81 Год назад +22

      @@MarkasTZM Don't hold back on your opinion. I'm sure you'd disagree, but everyone I know -- including my pastry chef friends -- refer to what you're describing as Italian cheesecake (Torta di Ricotta) and it often contains fruit or candied fruit. It's native to Italy and made all over the world, even NY. Millions of native New Yorkers eat cheesecake, and they get it from Junior's, Lindy's (now closed, RIP), Eileen's, etc. I know this because I lived in NYC and still have family there. So pull up a chair, take a chill, and enjoy yourself a nice piece of creamy NY cheesecake made from Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese. It's delicious.

    • @melissakibler4966
      @melissakibler4966 Год назад +1

      Wholy shit only 2 pounds of cream cheese and almost 2 cups of sugar!? I use 2 pounds of cream cheese in my recipe but only 1 cup of sugar!! Plus I add 1/2 cup of sour cream, that's what makes it extra creamy! 🧡🤗✔

  • @tiffanylee3634
    @tiffanylee3634 Год назад +36

    I had juniors when i went to new york and I have to say it lived up the hype, it was totally worth every penny.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад +1

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @miaomiaou_
      @miaomiaou_ Год назад

      @@AN-jw2oe it’s not too sweet, that’s the best part ;)

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      @@miaomiaou_ thank you!

  • @burropoco
    @burropoco Год назад +22

    As an Englishman these whole cheesecakes are still about 5x larger than we typically have in the UK and the individual portions are 3x. This video reminds me of my trips to NY. Such a great city.

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 Год назад

      Like the German said, it's a whole meal. And he wasn't even talking about the cheesecake slice with a milkshake served under it!

  • @neenyk1810
    @neenyk1810 Год назад +5

    I loved it when the chef said. I will never change the recipe.

  • @jakerson181
    @jakerson181 Год назад +9

    They are legit. No trip to New York is complete for me without at least one stop for lunch or dinner at Juniors. And the cheesecake is the best.

  • @lepkeb2252
    @lepkeb2252 Год назад +49

    My mother used to throw political fundraising breakfast at juniors and they would gift her with cheesecakes to take home.
    Simply the best cheesecake you can get.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

  • @JayJay-qu4nw
    @JayJay-qu4nw Год назад +283

    Hope he's paying them enough to demand a "tough worker ethic"

    • @JimboJuice
      @JimboJuice Год назад +24

      PROFITS SROPPED 6%!!!!

    • @haraldzimmermann3274
      @haraldzimmermann3274 Год назад +25

      The robots seemed to be very happy to have the opportunity to work for him! And yes, i could see the difference between a happy bot and a unhappy bot with both eyes opend!

    • @yaboikwebin9677
      @yaboikwebin9677 Год назад +3

      @@JimboJuice FOR REAL! Some people don't understand how incentive for running a business works lol.

    • @JimboJuice
      @JimboJuice Год назад +31

      @@yaboikwebin9677 I know, thats a whole 3 less yacht trips.

    • @tuckerbugeater
      @tuckerbugeater Год назад +17

      @@yaboikwebin9677 How would he run his business without cheap illegal alien labor?

  • @jacquelineallen-gunn7615
    @jacquelineallen-gunn7615 10 дней назад

    "Juniors Strawberry Cheesecake" is an unforgettable experience. One slice and you're in for life. I moved from the area 17 years ago to N. Carolina and I actually order various cakes from time to time. No one does cheesecake better!!

  • @sleeksalmon
    @sleeksalmon Год назад +5

    Thank you for staying "true" to your amazing product. Thats when you know its not just about money, its about pride in product. WE ALL APPRECIATE YOU! This is sooooo rare now days.

  • @thedominion6643
    @thedominion6643 Год назад +58

    3:26 he seems pissed that he can't sign-off on the internal temp being safe just by eyeballing it

    • @chillout8185
      @chillout8185 Год назад +24

      “They take food temperatures for safety, but I can see- with my eyes” Truly the quote ever

    • @joshs3775
      @joshs3775 Год назад +37

      Dude had a few sayings that I bet the employees have to hear 10x a day

    • @Thehouseoffail
      @Thehouseoffail Год назад +10

      He did. I'm now under the impression that he doesn't believe in food safety and has been fined for negligence before.

    • @Username-le4eq
      @Username-le4eq Год назад +4

      I guess he's boasting how he have seen these cakes for millions of times since he was a kid that he knows wether they are cooked or not

  • @gothnate
    @gothnate Год назад +57

    Why in the Hell would anyone want to hack a cream cheese producer? Of all the things they could have gone after...

    • @RadicalEdward_115
      @RadicalEdward_115 Год назад +21

      Think it was more about attacking kraft

    • @aberdeenflyers7441
      @aberdeenflyers7441 Год назад +1

      They are very Krafty

    • @Trixtah
      @Trixtah Год назад

      It was a ransomware attack. Something gets into a business IT system and locks up all their files and databases etc - company can't do business for long if they can't do their accounting or ordering or accept orders. Then the hackers send a message for the business to pay a ransom - millions, sometimes - for the hackers to provide a code that will unlock everything. So it's very lucrative.
      The most bizarre thing about it is that most of these ransomware hackers seem to be pretty "ethical" extortionists - nearly all the time, when a business has paid up, they get their data back. However, like any kind of ransom, law enforcement is telling businesses to not pay these ransoms. If you have good backups and good IT people, you should be able to get your data back. Then again, if you had really good IT people, it'd be less likely for the attack to succeed in the first place.
      So don't click on random email attachments, people! And don't pick up random USB drives you find lying around outside the office and plug them into your office PC! (Yes, I worked at one place where some security testers left 8 USBs lying around outside, and 7 of them got plugged into office PCs. This convinced the bosses to allow us to prevent USB devices from being read on most PCs.)

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 Год назад +1

      Some people just want to watch the world burn..

    • @ShadowKylar
      @ShadowKylar Год назад +1

      Any company where constant up-time is valuable is a good target. the product doesn't matter, just the fact that downtime is costing someone thousands of dollars makes it an opportunity for ransomware.

  • @OntarioAndrews415
    @OntarioAndrews415 Год назад +5

    This guy knows his business inside and out. And he seems to care deeply. Business is business and he does what he's gotta do to stay afloat.

  • @firedude5135
    @firedude5135 Год назад +9

    A profit loss of 6% on $110 million? Yea I'm confident he's still doing just fine personally...

    • @patrickbateman1660
      @patrickbateman1660 Год назад +6

      Of course the owner is. While the workers earn minimum wage being eaten in to by inflation.

  • @courtneypuzzo2502
    @courtneypuzzo2502 Год назад +190

    Jr's was the first cheese cake I ever had at age 9 in 1994 mine was strawberry still my favorite flavor though I also love Caramel turtle cheese cake and Carrot

    • @genxx2724
      @genxx2724 Год назад +1

      I’m a purist, too. I think the different varieties overpower the flavor of the cheesecake.

    • @alessandroromero5693
      @alessandroromero5693 Год назад

      Wait u wer 9 in 94 wtf lol

    • @maxh4651
      @maxh4651 Год назад +4

      @@alessandroromero5693 so what?

    • @alessandroromero5693
      @alessandroromero5693 Год назад

      @@maxh4651 lol wats good doggy u didn't like wqt I expressed or wat

    • @maxh4651
      @maxh4651 Год назад +2

      @@alessandroromero5693 yea keyboard warrior thats why i said the words “so what” to you. What are you confused about

  • @alphaownsyou
    @alphaownsyou Год назад +6

    I don't even like cheesecake or strawberries. But I would tear into that strawberry cheesecake, looks amazing!

  • @sbdiaries
    @sbdiaries Год назад +6

    Hello Alan we are really pleased you are continuing with your grand father's recipe❤️.
    It was great to the whole process from start to finish as we both love mouthwatering cheesecake 😋.
    Greetings from 🇬🇧 Beth and Simon ❤️🔔🙋👍

  • @AUNZAnon
    @AUNZAnon Год назад +55

    WOW! Their whole cheesecakes start at $60 USD each, or $95 AUD. that's CRAZY prices. Nearly double the price we'd pay for similar cheesecakes here in Australia. How can Americans even afford them at those prices?

    • @nobodycares6817
      @nobodycares6817 Год назад +37

      We can’t. Even before inflation started to hit such highs, a lot of people were in debt. Anecdotally, it seems that a lot of people start to lose grasp of the weight that debt has and they start to get comfortable. Comfortable enough that they often make frivolous purchases, such as an expensive cheesecake, even when the money isn’t there.

    • @zhwanz.5526
      @zhwanz.5526 Год назад +20

      Lmao that's a whole week of groceries for me. I'm sure the cheesecake is amazing but that's way too expensive.

    • @AUNZAnon
      @AUNZAnon Год назад +2

      @@nobodycares6817 same here in Australia and NZ. I expect the same happening in Europe a d other countries too. Its not just isolated to the US, although your inflation is a lot higher than ours right now.

    • @lukasnel4828
      @lukasnel4828 Год назад +12

      I mean you generally share a cheesecake between people.

    • @missssophisicated6742
      @missssophisicated6742 Год назад +2

      If u want it you'll find a way

  • @shamekastephens6688
    @shamekastephens6688 Год назад +6

    Brooklyn native here. By far the best cheesecake ever. When I was pregnant, I lived off of their salmon, mashed potatoes and pancakes. Shipping a cake to myself for my birthday this year.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

    • @deanrideout1275
      @deanrideout1275 10 месяцев назад

      😊😊

  • @hpowe1
    @hpowe1 Год назад +15

    I just bought my first Junior's cheesecake from Publix this week. Now I understand why it was so small. I didn't think about the impact of inflation on their production but I completely get it now. I should have known since we ran out of cream cheese in this part of the state and the price of eggs has gone through the roof! Though I still prefer buttery graham cracker with NO cinnamon on the bottom of mine, I can respect keeping the recipe as it was created. This is still, by far, the best cheesecake I've ever had.

  • @PrincessEzeofor1
    @PrincessEzeofor1 Год назад +3

    “We don’t do giggly, we do Juniors” 🗣Talk that talk hunni!!!

  • @wickedzayyy
    @wickedzayyy Год назад +4

    I’ve realized I’ll watch anything insider posts

  • @mariacorrales6386
    @mariacorrales6386 Год назад +4

    As a young girl, I worked at Juniors when it was located in Brooklyn. Until this day, family and friends beg me to share their recipe. Lol Lol

  • @xbrandi12345x
    @xbrandi12345x Год назад +2

    Yesterday RUclips showed me a video on how to make Philadelphia style cream cheese at home. We are too reliant on things that are made for us, instead, maybe we should be making some of this stuff ourselves.

    • @SheSweetLikSugarNSavage
      @SheSweetLikSugarNSavage Год назад

      Amen.❤ I'll be making my own cheesecake thanks. We purchase tons of processed foods because we work too much. But we work too much because we purchase tons of processed foods. Its a cause and effect pattern. 🙄 Ignorance is bliss.

  • @DWilliam1
    @DWilliam1 Год назад +1

    Been going to Juniors for almost 50 years. It’s still great.

  • @leewhite-graham753
    @leewhite-graham753 Год назад +7

    Had first Junior's Cheese cake YEARS ago. Fabulous.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад

      Juniors sucks

  • @richard09able
    @richard09able Год назад +27

    I gained 5 pounds just by watching this. So delicious 🤤

    • @richard09able
      @richard09able Год назад

      A juniors cheesecake has been ordered off Amazon of all places, for me I know lol. I do not intend to gained 5 pounds I’m only having one slice amongst friends. Free marketing for juniors cheesecakes . 😝

  • @HBB4Fun
    @HBB4Fun Год назад +3

    This was so good I went online and ordered a cheesecake just in time for Thanksgiving!!! Ty!!!!

  • @anthonyjesse5880
    @anthonyjesse5880 Год назад +3

    Love the fact he won’t change recipe! Support this company :)

  • @asproutingpot
    @asproutingpot Год назад +4

    What a chill guy

  • @Niroshmm
    @Niroshmm Год назад +4

    I never ate cheesecakes 🎂 but what I like the most is the attitude of the owners of this company.

  • @Trust3
    @Trust3 Год назад +1

    Was lucky to get one as a gift from a friend, it was absolutely the best I ever had!

  • @FraserAtSea
    @FraserAtSea Год назад +2

    Ah, I was JUST telling a friend about Junior's - I remember the night I discovered them in NYC just off Times Square - amazing!

  • @Amanda-zn7ox
    @Amanda-zn7ox Год назад +99

    Impressive how long they have lasted. God, I miss cheesecake so much. I have a double whammy of gluten and lactose intolerance, so I can never try one of these amazing cakes without pain and suffering. I might at least see if I can find them in my local Stop & Shop, since he mentioned them as a retailer.

    • @plantahari
      @plantahari Год назад +7

      you can try a gluten-free vagene cheesecake. not the same thing but there must be good recipes out there that should scratch the itch.

    • @chupawup4517
      @chupawup4517 Год назад +1

      Im not sure if they easy to come by where you are but my mother is lactose intolerant and has a pill she can take when she's invited somewhere that doesn't have many vegan/dairy free options. Has come in handy for a few events she's been to where you'd expect more variety but yeah it works.

    • @ExplodingVolcano777
      @ExplodingVolcano777 Год назад +1

      There’s lactose pills. I pop em when I’m inviting cheesecake to my belly 😅

    • @briieme
      @briieme Год назад

      You can get a pretty decent dupe with coconut based cheesecakes.

    • @Amanda-zn7ox
      @Amanda-zn7ox Год назад

      @@chupawup4517 I have tried the pills before, but I think my lactose intolerance is different from the conventional. I do have prescribed medication for it, but it can still hurt despite it.

  • @devibaebie8860
    @devibaebie8860 Год назад +8

    This here is an incredible example of how to successfully modernize, you don't replace all the humans so you don't have to pay them, you use technology to make the amount of work you want done actually doable. Then you give your employees everything they need financial & benefits wise so they want to show their value and work to your standards. It's crazy but these folks are aware of how lucky they are to even have a non gig based job right now.

    • @isaiahc8390
      @isaiahc8390 Год назад

      This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
      Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
      Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

  • @crystalgrose
    @crystalgrose 10 месяцев назад

    “We don’t do jiggly, we do Junior’s.” Love it!!!! ♥️♥️♥️

  • @calebwhite6173
    @calebwhite6173 Год назад +5

    Going to buy one now!!!!! Keep it up!!

  • @JJRush_
    @JJRush_ Год назад +28

    I just ordered 2!!! They will be here Wednesday and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @kartofle123
      @kartofle123 Год назад +1

      So lucky! I live in Canada and unfortunately they don't deliver here.

    • @holeindanssock156
      @holeindanssock156 Год назад +2

      Hilarious. Your gonna love them even more seeing this. Lul.

    • @lex-is9ge
      @lex-is9ge Год назад +3

      why would you wanna have a cheesecake baked several days ago? just go to a good cafe and get a fresh one

    • @kartofle123
      @kartofle123 Год назад +7

      @@lex-is9ge Not everybody lives near a cafe or bakery that bakes cheesecake. Where are you supposed to go if you live in rural Montana?

    • @JJRush_
      @JJRush_ Год назад

      @@kartofle123 I'm so sorry😭😭😭😭

  • @eddy73
    @eddy73 Год назад +41

    I’ve actually ate their cheesecake. They are very delicious! 😋 😍😍😍

    • @Username-le4eq
      @Username-le4eq Год назад +10

      @Arpad Toth so what as long as you don't eat them everyday

    • @ichigokurosaki7454
      @ichigokurosaki7454 Год назад +2

      @Arpad Toth soft

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

  • @angelaescoffery7728
    @angelaescoffery7728 Год назад +1

    I grew up on Junior..Best cheese cake in the world..I only eat Junior cheese cake for the last 40 years..I haven't meet any better cheese cake in the world..keep up the good work.

  • @urfavspacecadet
    @urfavspacecadet Год назад +1

    This has been my favorite cheese cake for YEARS!!!!!

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 Год назад +11

    Golden Girls fam, where you at?!

    • @DavidWilson-px9rj
      @DavidWilson-px9rj Год назад

      What do blonde chicks have to do with cheesecake?

    • @noko1340
      @noko1340 Год назад +1

      @@DavidWilson-px9rj Honey..

  • @j-sonS
    @j-sonS Год назад +30

    I've had it numerous times and it's good. Very basic and very good.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @j-sonS
      @j-sonS Год назад

      @@AN-jw2oe not on the sweeter side. Costco is way sweeter. It's like they are cheap with the sugar and gave it enough so it's considered dessert.

  • @richardschindler8822
    @richardschindler8822 Год назад

    I lived a short distance from Juniors in Brooklyn and as a special treat I’d walk over there, have a great meal, and of course finish it off with a piece of there cheesecake. Man I miss those days. I retired and moved away so now it’s only a memory.

  • @julietteoscaralphanovember2223
    @julietteoscaralphanovember2223 Год назад +5

    I live 15 minutes from their factory and they have an outlet retail store where you can buy all kinds of cakes and cheesecakes that are slightly imperfect for such cheap prices and it's soooo good!! You can get a 10" cheesecake for $9!! The slight imperfections are cosmetic only, like a few crumbs from the crust might get on top, just a few crumbs, I can deal with that!! Lol!!

  • @carolines3953
    @carolines3953 Год назад +15

    I love Juniors. I’ve eaten in the Brooklyn and Times Square restaurants many times. I always bring international visitors to Juniors. And love that they ship (or I can buy it at Costco). 😋

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 Год назад +6

    I didn't know Michael Keaton made cheesecakes

  • @GratDuForloradeArgumentet
    @GratDuForloradeArgumentet Год назад +1

    Creds to all those hard workers working a soul crushing job like that

  • @angelaouderkirk3117
    @angelaouderkirk3117 Год назад

    I have the Juniors Cheesecake Book. I have been making cheesecakes from this book for 14 years now. People love these cheesecakes. They are wonderful to make and eat!!!

  • @amykins9870
    @amykins9870 Год назад +6

    A locally owned and operated Mexican restaurant is harder to come by after the pandemic than it was before!! I waited tables for a Mexican rest off and on over a 15 year period. Never have I seen him disappointed with his food because of the cost of everything from delivery charges to plastic to go bags. But especially bacon. He buys very thin cut cheap bacon for pollo ala crema. I feel bad for him, his food has always been muy bueno!! Prayers for all business owners etc. Especially population like Ukrainian who face many many hardships not just supply shortages.

  • @kenc2257
    @kenc2257 Год назад +9

    Wow. Never even heard of Junior's (only been to New York once, and that was upstate New York, not NYC)--their cheesecake does look exceptionally delicious.

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

    • @copperlocks1
      @copperlocks1 Год назад

      @@MarkasTZM I know that , But I still love Juniors total Crap Cakes!! 😂😂🤷‍♀🤷‍♀

    • @razeka62
      @razeka62 Год назад

      @@MarkasTZM you are all over making the same comment. But guess what? It wouldn’t stop the masses that are in love with Juniors cheesecakes. To each his own.

  • @kingofme8863
    @kingofme8863 Год назад +16

    I order online since moving out of state .... Strawberry is number 1 for me 😍 I wish they never closed their Boca Raton location, but I can understand.

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry Год назад

      If the cheesecake is so damn good, he wouldn’t of had to close down the Boca Raton location Junior is is a delicious cheesecake, but there is nothing that special about them in this day and age

    • @ThatOneCatGamePlayer
      @ThatOneCatGamePlayer Год назад +2

      @@yell0wberry Cool opinion bro

    • @ThatOneCatGamePlayer
      @ThatOneCatGamePlayer Год назад +1

      @@yell0wberry Also, nice wording bro, it makes you sound rude as hell.

    • @AN-jw2oe
      @AN-jw2oe Год назад

      Is it on the sweeter side, or on the less sweet side? For instance, Costco’s in house cheesecake is WAY too sweet for me. Thanks!

    • @MarkasTZM
      @MarkasTZM Год назад

      To all who do not live in New York, JUNIORS IS NOT NOT NOT NEW YORK STYLE CHEESECAKE. No one in New York eats or likes cheesecake made with cream cheese. Cream cheese cheesecake is something that people who are not from New York think is from New York because New York Jews Bagels Cream Cheese or whatever reason. All real good New York Cheesecake is Italian Style and made with ricotta cheese NOT cream cheese. Millions of Juniors are sold to idiots from out of state who have been bamboozled into thinking New Yorkers eat that Juniors garbage. Juniors is total crap.

  • @justinjoo8691
    @justinjoo8691 Год назад +7

    9:24 "We have a 72 year history of making cheesecake the exact way we're doing exactly the same way forever"
    *Cuts to robots*

  • @alphabusinessconsult
    @alphabusinessconsult Год назад +2

    It's great to see their ability to adapt. They make great cheese cake too!

  • @Divedown_25
    @Divedown_25 Год назад +3

    Big changes done there in 2015 with new factory and machinery… but still no compromise on the recipe. Secret to success, never give up quality

  • @pooja_2023
    @pooja_2023 Год назад +3

    All that cream cheese cake is doing is mesmerizing me... Yummy! 😋😋😋

  • @sanaaaaddd
    @sanaaaaddd 20 дней назад

    I love how he wants to keep his heritage and he added a few modern things

  • @litergod
    @litergod 3 месяца назад +1

    Never heard of them before, but I'll definitely be looking for Juniors at the supermarket.

  • @edenduh7552
    @edenduh7552 Год назад +13

    I want to work for a person like that who cares so much about what he does

  • @queenjoyfulyouttubechannel
    @queenjoyfulyouttubechannel Год назад +6

    Wow congratulations to the jr keeping their business up I'm proud for them in strawberries cheese is my favorite 😍

  • @jesusislove4803
    @jesusislove4803 Год назад +2

    My all time wish: I would really love to get a whole box of Junior's cheese cake flavors...some day.

  • @robertviragh6527
    @robertviragh6527 Год назад

    The cakes looked so yummy! Mouth-watering video.

  • @aminad6903
    @aminad6903 Год назад +4

    Interesting that it was in the news that farmers were having to throw out ridiculous amounts of milk, yet there was a cream cheese shortage! Cream cheese is so simple to make, making it in-house would have been a great way to help profit margins. (I make cheese, yogurt and cream cheese at home, super duper simple.)

    • @jodyengelhard
      @jodyengelhard Год назад +1

      Simple indeed, until you need 1000s of tons a day. The electricity used whilst making all that cream would be insane.

    • @aminad6903
      @aminad6903 Год назад

      @@jodyengelhard if that were true, buying cream cheese would be cost prohibitive, since the company they buy it from has to both pay their electricity bill and make a profit. They could have also opted to use a co-packer.

    • @TheGamingSyndrom
      @TheGamingSyndrom Год назад

      there will be a reason why this decades old company does it their way, instead of listening to some idiot on youtube who watched a video on economics once

    • @aminad6903
      @aminad6903 Год назад +1

      @@TheGamingSyndrom why do you feel the need to mock me just because you disagree? I had a major dairy manufacturer as a client once who found greater success employing a co-packer so no, I’m not an idiot who watched an economics video but nice try trolling. The method works whether you agree with it or not.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    • @FigaroHey
      @FigaroHey Год назад +2

      No doubt your fresh cream cheese tastes dramatically better than that cold library paste Kraft puts out. Freshly homemade cream cheese is pure. Here in Poland it's made from cream and a culture. Period. No milk (the main ingredient in Philadelphia 'cream cheese') and no carob bean gum to make up for the scant cream content. Put that in your cheesecake and the flavor and quality will improve.

  • @bestbeech52
    @bestbeech52 Год назад +8

    I wish I could taste these cheesecakes, they look divine! I live in the UK tho so I can only dream 🙃

  • @allen2zulu
    @allen2zulu Год назад +1

    6:08 7-inch cheesecake, $30 😂😂😂

  • @lisaviviano1568
    @lisaviviano1568 Год назад

    And here I pictured all of these moms carefully baking each cake!

  • @warriorswings
    @warriorswings Год назад +3

    "Tough work ethic" my ass lmao for that he better be paying his workers enough to give a shit.

  • @harrietcooper8774
    @harrietcooper8774 Год назад +3

    Wow! That was fabulous! So interesting! And such an incredible business!!

  • @cookingwithbabe
    @cookingwithbabe Год назад +1

    Great video 🙌

  • @orawal
    @orawal Год назад

    one word for all such owners/chefs/makers - passion!

  • @Rick-bu9po
    @Rick-bu9po Год назад +4

    As a New Yorker born and raised and still residing, Eileen's makes the best cheese cake.

  • @devinbutler3271
    @devinbutler3271 Год назад +3

    “We don’t do jiggly we do junior’s” 😂

  • @axlewavey4144
    @axlewavey4144 Год назад

    I need to try this!! Looks so delicious!!

  • @ralphs3012
    @ralphs3012 Год назад +2

    Yes, you are correct. The people always want a cheesecake.

  • @musicmanmatt87
    @musicmanmatt87 Год назад +6

    He seems like he would be a terrible boss. But I like that he's sticking with the original recipe.

  • @ItsHammer
    @ItsHammer Год назад +4

    “Can’t make cheesecake without cream cheese”……… speak for yourself. You can’t make YOUR cheesecake without it maybe, but you can definitely make cheesecake without cream cheese. Mascarpone, ricotta, soy, quark, paneer, all yield delicious cheesecake if you know what you’re doing.

    • @robertfoley7688
      @robertfoley7688 Год назад +1

      I made a honey/ tofu cheesecake once. The texture was completely different, but it tasted great.

  • @sshah2545
    @sshah2545 5 месяцев назад

    Smart man. Lower profits, rising costs, doesn’t change a thing.
    He will be successful for decades to come. All the luck to him

  • @abracadabra974
    @abracadabra974 8 месяцев назад

    This is great work

  • @boris2997
    @boris2997 Год назад +4

    I love Juniors cheesecake 😋 😍 I wish I had some right now 😩 😫

  • @typsyk.capone2916
    @typsyk.capone2916 Год назад +3

    Fun fact: 5 million cheesecakes a year is just under 14 thousand cheese cakes a day 🤧

  • @theraddadinvestor1000
    @theraddadinvestor1000 Год назад +1

    Nice to see you on here, uncle Jason!

  • @mcoutant8964
    @mcoutant8964 Год назад +2

    I love Junior’s cheesecake … it’s the best.