If you’re in Japan, there’s a “bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.” In Paris, the “birthplace of a famous steak sauce still keeps its recipe a secret.” And in New York City? The Brooklyn Seltzer Museum.
“In 2024, what was once a small subsection of amazing restaurants, bars, food museums, vending machines, candy-makers, and more soared to more than 1,000. That’s why, for the first time ever, we’ve split our list of all-stars into two. There’s our list of wondrous places, as well as these Gastro Obscura spots we couldn’t get enough of.”
Out of more than 1,000 new places, the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum was named as one of Gastro Obscura’s 24 Favorite New Places.
Mind. Blown.
Based on a version of the review they gave us just a few days ago, they described us as such: “Around the turn of the 20th century, there were hundreds of “seltzer men” lugging 60-pound cases of glass bottles around the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Today, while carbonated water is a multibillion-dollar business, the old-school production methods are increasingly rare. The Gomberg family, who’ve been in the business since 1953, opened this by-appointment-only museum inside their seltzer factory to give visitors an inside look. Visitors can check out the century-old carbonator, order a real egg cream, or spritz their friends with pressurized water.”
Woot! Happy new years, y’all!
Make it seltzer…
