Seltzer guy

I remember seeing something about him on 'Walk Around Brooklyn,' or something (PBS program). If I remember right, he's one of the last of his kind...

...as far as getting in to contact with him... nope, no idea.

Try this:

GOMBERG SELTZER WORKS
718-257-9369

http://www.ediblebrooklyn.net/pages/articles/spring2006/pdfs/shleppingSeltzer.pdf

http://www.nypress.com/print.cfm?content_id=10119

How much does that cost?

what's the difference, why is old fashioned special? i want to know!

"Old-fashioned" seltzer is in those pressurized, glass squirty bottles. You know, like the ones in classy black and white movies. Taste-wise, it's not much different, but they do recycle the bottles (some have been in use for over 50 years!) and, well, it's just kind of fun to have around. Plus you support some really nice guys -- it's a dying service.

If I remember correctly, it's about $2 a bottle and a bottle is probably about 1.5 liters.

brooklynred87 wrote: "Old-fashioned" seltzer is in those pressurized, glass squirty bottles. You know, like the ones in classy black and white movies. Taste-wise, it's not much different, but they do recycle the bottles (some have been in use for over 50 years!) and, well, it's just kind of fun to have around. Plus you support some really nice guys -- it's a dying service.

If I remember correctly, it's about $2 a bottle and a bottle is probably about 1.5 liters.

Thanks! that's kinda what I imagined. Actually I collect vintage seltzer bottles so I can appreciate what you're talking about. You can't imagine how happy it makes me to know these guys are still around!

yes, $20/case, 10 bottles/case, so $2/bottle.

the bottles are 26 oz. all the bottles are very old. some have the original metal tops, others have plastic replacement tops. while the old ones look much nicer, they don't always work. sometimes they leak and other times they don't keep in any pressure which makes getting the seltzer impossible to get out.

one question for those getting delivery. what do you do when you get a defective bottle? I find that Ronnie is kinda surly when I try to get him to replace a defective bottle.