New York's new superstar baker, Dominique Ansel, reopens after a brief shutdown

JEANETTE SETTEMBRE

He’s got the oeil of le tigre.

Cronut king Dominique Ansel isn’t letting a little mouse take a bite out of his rich success. After his SoHo bakery was shut down last week for “severe mouse infestation” the reigning “It” boy of American pastries returned Tuesday — and promptly likened himself to the ultimate screen underdog, Rocky Balboa.

“Everything we do is looked at under a microscope,” Ansel told the Daily News as he showed off a “Rocky”-inspired version of his celebrated croissant-donut hybrid and greeted a long line of customers.

“I grew up watching ‘Rocky,’ ” he said. After the Health Department closure, “I remembered him saying, ‘It’s not about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward ... that’s how winning is done.”


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