From bust to boom - My Daddy's Cheesecake reaches new heights

Monday, August 23, 2004

The lights are almost always on at My Daddy's Cheesecake these days. The first employee flips the switch at 4:30 a.m., arriving to start the baking for the day. Those fluorescent bulbs buzz and rattle through a day of production and packaging, beyond the retail store's closing at 6 p.m. The last worker out cuts the circuit at midnight. Four and a half hours later, the cycle starts anew.

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