Florida Wants Our Water
Some New Yorkers swear the secret to their city’s great bagels and pizza is the water used in the dough — water that flows from clear reservoirs upstate right to their faucets.
It’s a belief that now has two Palm Beach County restaurants locked in a legal battle involving technology they claim can make water out of the tap here in South Florida taste like New York City drinking water.
The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Delray Beach is accusing Mamma Mia’s Trattoria & Brick Oven Pizzeria in Lake Worth of misappropriating technology developed by the bagel restaurant to “Brooklynize” its water.
Strange stuff to be sure, but look the for the dog that didn’t bark: How did this article go out without a quote from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz? Someone on the Beep’s staff is probably clearing out his desk right now. [Via]