Serendipity 3 is a restaurant located in Manhattan. The New York restaurant offers a wide variety of breakfasts, pastas, sandwiches and desserts, including the record-setting $25,000 Frrrozen Haute Chocolate. The restaurant was closed by the Health Department in November of 2007 after failing two straight inspections due to rodent and fly infestations.
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World Record
The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate dessert is priced at $25,000 and is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive dessert. It consists of a slushy mix of cocoas and frozen milk with five grams of edible 24-karat gold and shavings from a La Madeline au Truffe. It is served with a gold spoon that the customer is free to keep.
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Featured in the John Cusack film Serendipity
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Was frequented by Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe
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Located between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Manhattan
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Named after the The Three Princes of Serendip
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Has a general store inside
