David Tamarkin

Yeah.

I did.

Yes, right.

When I was just a baby, 22 years old, I was living in a studio apartment by myself in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, which was not the Fort Greene, Brooklyn of today.

It was kind of a sleepy neighborhood then.

But there was one restaurant, not just one, but there was one restaurant with huge blinky lights, neon signs, which was, of course, Junior's, which is a very famous restaurant.

And it was right around the corner from my apartment.

And it beckoned me with that neon sign.

And, of course, Junior's is famous for its cheesecake.

You know, it's an iconic cheesecake spot.

It has a sponge cake in the bottom instead of a graham cracker crust.

It's a classic New York-style cheesecake.

And I just thought it was... You know what my dad used to say when he was in... Tickets.

I thought it was tickets.

That's what that means.

That means it's like... Great?

It was great, yeah.

Oh, I love that.

I thought it was amazing.

1872 we have here and which is crazy because, you know, we think of it as a forever thing.