This 12 months’s sold-out Brooklyn SeltzerFest as soon as once more offered a bubbly ambiance in Trade Metropolis March 15.
Over 1,000 folks attended the occasion that included tastings, comedy, actions, music, and the Third Nationwide Egg Cream Invitational.
The day-long festivities have been hosted by the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum and the egg cream contest was sponsored by Fox’s U-Guess Chocolate Syrup.
“We have been completely blown away by all the bubbling spirit introduced by the day’s over 100
entertainers and distributors who participated on this labor of affection,” stated Barry Joseph, government director of the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum. “Whether or not it was actress Tovah Feldshuh being topped the 2026 Seltzer Queen earlier than spritzing the gang with seltzer, the Locavore promoting particular seltzer-themed merchandise, or a half-dozen retired seltzermen sitting for selfies and story sharing, the day left attendees feeling the fizz.”
Photograph by Yiyi Zhang
Egger’s Ice Cream Parlor on Staten Island took dwelling the trophy for the egg cream competitors, also called the Golden Siphon.
“It was an honor profitable the third annual Nationwide egg cream competitors and competing alongside such nice competitors,” stated Danielle Raleigh, proprietor of Egger’s. “Receiving the award of the ‘Golden Syphon’ was unbelievable, and we’re humbled to hitch the listing of previous winners, Eric Berley from The Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia in addition to Gia & Pete from The Brooklyn Farmacy. The work that the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys put into this occasion is second to none, and none of this might have been potential with out them. We sit up for prominently displaying the golden syphon in Egger’s this 12 months.”
The parlor has been round since 1932.
Different rivals included Tom’s Restaurant, Greenberg’s Bagels, GERTIE and Fishs Eddy from Brooklyn, Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse from Manhattan, the Borscht Belt Deli and Hank Schwartz’s Delicatessen & Appetizing in New Jersey, and Bubbs Seltzer of Texas.
Photographs courtesy of Lamar Salter
This 12 months’s judges have been actress and singer Jackie Hoffman, who was nominated for an Emmy for “Feud: Betty and Joan” and SAG-nominated for present “Solely Murders within the Constructing,” final 12 months’s winner Gia Giasullo of Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain, Dave Roffe of Previous Jewish Males of New York, and Carlo Formisano, often called Carlo the Rooster, who drinks egg lotions not less than 5 days every week.
Different rivals didn’t go away empty handed.
Tom’s Restaurant gained greatest presentation of an egg cream, Hank Schwartz’s Delicatessen & Appetizing gained greatest efficiency within the creation of an egg cream, Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse wont greatest tasting traditional egg cream and The Borscht Belt Deli bought greatest tasting artisanal.
Seltzer fanatics additionally loved limitless tastings from native and international seltzer producers, meet and greets, dwell klezmer from the Seltzer Klezmer Spritz-tacular and
stand-up performances from Kosha Dillz, Anna Roisman, Liz Glazer, and Josh Cahn.
“Now in its second 12 months, Brooklyn SeltzerFest continues to develop as a celebration of the town’s dwelling seltzer heritage—mixing meals, humor, historical past, and efficiency right into a pageant that’s each nostalgic and distinctly up to date,” said the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum in an announcement.
