Case study: Pizzeria and bagel store entrepreneur brings real New York pizza and bagels to Virginia Beach with New York WaterMaker
Virginia Beach-based, Brooklyn Bagels and Brooklyn Pizzeria, has brought New York pizza and bagels to Virginia Beach, courtesy of New York WaterMaker’s patent-pending water source replication system.
Restaurant owner and native New Yorker, Charlie Cohen went from owning six tire shops throughout Hampton Roads to opening up a bagel shop and a pizzeria. Since moving to Virginia, Charlie missed authentic New York pizza and bagels. So, after 15 years in the auto industry, he followed his passion. And he is no stranger to the restaurant business—his family has owned restaurants in New York for the last 42 years. Additionally, his wife, Shannon also grew up in the restaurant business, her grandparents owned a cafeteria in downtown Portsmouth, VA for over 30 years.