{Restaurants} Think Outside the Bottle

“At the White Dog Cafe, our mission is to serve not only customers, but also our employees, community and natural world. When I realized the harm done to nature by the bottled water industry, it was an easy decision to join the Think Outside the Bottle campaign and stop selling bottled water.  Not only is it unnecessary to burn fossil fuels and generate carbon emissions by shipping water long distance and a waste to use disposable bottles, but I also reject a system which robs other communities of their water resources.  We have our own clean water supply, which comes right out of our taps.”

~ Judy Wicks, owner and founder of Philadelphia’s White Dog Cafe and a national leader in the local, living economies movement.

Photo: serving tap water in Chez Panise Jim Wilson/The New York Times

From celebrity chef Mario Batali’s Del Posto in New York City to Alice Water’s Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, restaurants are now serving tap instead of bottled water.

The shift reduces waste and encourages more sustainable eating habits by serving local safe, clean and reliable water from the tap instead of its high priced, bottled alternative.

What’s more, restaurants are supporting public water systems by serving tap water. It sends the message that our local tap water is the best in the world and is good enough for America’s finest restaurants.

{How to} Think Outside the Bottle

Join a growing list of restaurants from all over the country that are choosing to provide tap over bottled water OR if you are a restaurant-goer, take this pledge to your favorite restaurants!  Click here to download the Restaurants pledge card Do you own or work in a restaurant that wants to turn on the tap? Email us at activistnetwork@stopcorporateabuse.org

Judy Wick’s Tips for Going Bottled Water Free:

1. Wine carafes are an elegant and simple way to serve tap water.
2. Soda water from our soda fountain is a fine substitute for sparking bottled water.
3. Be sure to register your restaurant as a bottled water free establishment. You’ll receive a window decal and free advertising for your restaurant.
4. Given the sheer number of restaurants in the U.S. alone, restaurant owners have a real opportunity to affect change on a massive scale.

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