Drinking carbonated water for health dates back to the ancient Greeks, and seltzer has been a New York City staple since the 19th century. In colorful glass siphon bottles designed to keep the bubbles bubbly, seltzer was a staple of cocktail bars, slapstick comedy routines, and especially the dinner tables of Jewish immigrants, who made seltzer their own. Today, these glass bottles are mostly found in antique stores–but one company still fills, maintains, and delivers traditional siphon bottles: Gomberg Seltzer Works in Brooklyn, also home to the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum.

OHNY Members are invited to an exclusive tour of the seltzer works and seltzer museum with Alex Gomberg, a fourth-generation seltzer man. Visitors will see the seltzer production process, learn how the glass bottle siphons keep seltzer bubbly, and try an egg cream made the only proper way.

This tour is not currently ADA accessible due to construction on site.