Originally Posted By: Jerkules
It isn't just the water. I'm sure NYC Papa John's sucks as bad as Indiana Papa John's, but it is the water that separates NYC baked goods (pizza, bagels, bread) from elsewhere. I saw a news segment once on a bagel guy in Florida that set up a mini treatment system to try and make the water there like NYC's. All the old retired New Yorkers in his area made the shop a success.


Is that the Brooklyn Water Bagel Co.? Larry King has a big stake in it and whenever he's on a show he pimps some 14 stage water machine they use to make things taste just like in Brooklyn. And they're HQ'd and most of the locations are in Florida.
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