Home of $25,000 Dessert Closed Due to Pests

Remember a little earlier this month I blogged about a New York restaurant creating a 25,000 dollar dessert? (Original story found here: New York Restaurant Creates World's Priciest Dessert) Well, it seems that they may have spent a little too much on ingredients, and not enough on pest control. Ther restaurant, called Serendipity 3 has failed it's second health inspection due to a small infestation of mice and roaches, and has been temporarily closed down. Here's the story from Yahoo!News:

Mice, roaches close home of $25,000 dessert

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches.

Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side failed its second consecutive health inspection in a month on Wednesday night after health officials found a live mouse, mouse droppings in multiple places, flies and dozens of live cockroaches, the Heath Department said.

"We're rectifying it as quickly as we can," said owner Steven Bruce, adding the restaurant would then be allowed to reopen.

Serendipity 3 set a Guinness world record on November 7 for the most expensive dessert when it partnered with luxury jeweler Euphoria New York to create "Frrozen Haute Chocolate," a blend of 28 cocoas fused with 0.2 ounces of edible 23-karat gold.

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