Ebinger's Explained

Ebinger's was a bakery in Brooklyn, New York that invented Blackout cake.[1] The original location was opened by George and Catherine Ebinger in 1898[2] on Flatbush Avenue near Cortelyou Street.[3] Contemporaries included other German bakeries such as Drake's and Entenmann's.[4]

They ended up having more than 50 outlets in Queens and Nassau County as well as Brooklyn but as their customer base left New York City for the suburbs, they ended up declaring bankruptcy in 1972. By the time they closed for good on August 26, 1972, they had 54 outlets.[5]

Boycott

In the 1960s, there was an organized boycott of their products because they would only hire white women to work in their bakeries.[6]

References

  1. News: Ebinger's Bakery Still Expanding On 50th Birthday. June 6, 1948. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 22, 2023. 20. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: O’Neill . Molly . The Cake Box From Heaven (Brooklyn, of Course) Is Back . 22 April 2023 . The New York Times. June 5, 1991.
  3. Web site: Brooklyn's Favorite Bakery: Ebinger's . Urban Archive . 22 April 2023.
  4. News: Koenig . Leah . Lost Foods of New York City: Brooklyn Blackout Cake . 22 April 2023 . . August 21, 2012.
  5. News: Kaplan . Morris . Bankrupt Ebinger Bakeries to Close . 22 April 2023 . . August 26, 1972.
  6. Web site: Ebinger Girls, Blackout Cake, and Boycotts: A NYC Guidebook Gives the People's Story . CUNY NYC Graduate Center . 22 April 2023.

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