The Mojo’s main man (and manager), Corey, wrote OTBKB to clarify some of the information in her piece about the Mojo and to assure everyone that there will continue to be be soft service ice cream at the Mojo.

First, I want to say that Corey is the de-facto face of the Mojo Cafe. I have the sense that as long as he’s the manager, he will insure that the Mojo continues to be the vital community coffee (and ice cream) spot it has always been. Here’s what Corey had to say:

It’s not that we are looking to upset the children of Park Slope or force
their parents into ordering $2 ice cream from what some call Maggie
Mooch. We are, however, looking to stay above water, calling Park Slope our
home and pay what is put here in the blog: "sky-rocketing Seventh Avenue rents."

I must say that I personally have had coffee from around the
neighborhood and they just aren’t as good as ours. I’ve had cheesecake
from other places and they just arent as good as ours ( ask the 500
people worlwide who believed Marion Burros — food section editor of the
New York Times — and ordered a cake online after having never tried a
piece).

I’ve worked here 6 years and I’ve had ice cream from other shops,
comparable yes, but not as good, and that is why we decided to keep the
ice cream cakes(which are all made fresh on the premises).

The myth is
that we have been a Carvel franchise since being sold a new to owner,
but we havent; we were selling premium(which was made here on the
premises) ice cream that was better than Carvel’s. To really move
foward as the home of the Slope’s best coffee and the world’s best
cheesecake, we had to produce an ambiance that would makes people feel that they
are getting a quality product, and I believe most people would agree
that they dont go into Haagen Daz for a great cup of coffee.

Having
said that I look foward to seeing all of you for our grand re-opening
party on Saturday March 4th. C’mon down. There’s free samples.

Oh, parents and kids: I forgot to mention that Mojo will be serving ice cream:
chocolate and vanilla soft serve only. I know its a far cry form the 16
hard flavors in addition to the soft serve , but we aren’t mean monsters
and we don’t hate kids, we just had to compromise. We are looking to pay
the $96 a square foot and rising rent. So if you love our soft serve
ice cream, or if you feel like Maggie Moos and Haagen Daz are just too
much then come on down and get a cup or cone after school.