Cupcakes on display at the Magnolia Bakery February 19, 2010 at Rockefeller Center in New York. The cupcake, a small, round cake that fits in the cup of a hand, has replaced bed-and-breakfasts and restaurants as the eldorado for entrepreneurs, with some of the boldest eyeing conquests abroad. A traditional dessert in America, the cupcake is nothing new, but in recent years it has morphed into a must-have gourmet treat, popularized in part when a heroine on the trend-setting television series "Sex and the City" ate one in a 2000 episode. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)Cupcakes on display at the Magnolia Bakery. (Photo/Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mice don’t just eat cheese – they apparently eat cupcakes too.
As 1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reported, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene inspected the Magnolia Bakery, at 401 Bleecker St. in the West Village, and reported five critical violations.
READ MORE: 1 Injured In Manhole Fire In Midtown; FDNY, Utility Crews On SceneThe department said it found mouse holes and mouse feces, and reported finding evidence of live rats, mice and flies. The department also found contaminated food, and food that was not protected from a source of contamination.
