Monk's proprietor Tom Peters gets proactive about water following a chemical spill and lack of information from the City of Philadelphia.

"Monk’s Cafe is closed on Monday, but owner Tom Peters was in the office early in the morning, waiting on a callback about a whole-restaurant water filter to purify the bar’s tap water supply. His plumber is on standby for a same-day install, but the $5,000 filter probably won’t arrive in time for Tuesday’s service. So Peters had brought in three 5-gallon glass carboys filled with water from his home in New Jersey, and Monk’s cooks had set aside three big stockpots of water on Sunday night." 

Read more in the Philadelphia Inquirer article by Jenn Ladd. 

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