CHELSEA, MANHATTAN — In a city where you can get your shirt dry-cleaned and a slice of pepperoni on the same block, two businesses are at war — and it all smells like trouble.
On one side: Laundry Project 23, a sleek, high-end laundromat where your clothes are cleaned so gently they probably whisper “thank you.”
On the other: Pizza Studio, slinging hot, cheesy, glorious pies just steps away. Sounds like a match made in New York heaven, right?
Wrong.
According to the laundromat, their customers’ freshly pressed outfits are coming out of the dryers smelling less like fabric softener and more like extra large sausage and onion. Not exactly the scent you want at a wedding or job interview — unless you’re applying to be a pizza mascot.
The owners of Laundry Project 23 claim the pizza place’s oven fumes are sneaking through the walls and sabotaging their squeaky-clean operation. They say customers have started noticing that their $30 dress shirts come back smelling like a late-night food truck.
So, what’s a laundromat to do? Sue, of course!
They’re asking a judge to press pause (and maybe the “delicate cycle”) on the pizza-making until the smell situation gets sorted. Their position: “If we wanted garlic on our socks, we’d go to Olive Garden.”
Meanwhile, Pizza Studio hasn’t said much — maybe they’re too busy baking to respond. Or maybe they think “Eau de Mozzarella” should be the next big cologne.
Only in New York can a battle between spin cycles and pizza crusts make headlines. Stay tuned for the next episode of Law & Order: Special Smells Unit.
Sources: nypost.com , tv503.com/?p=27062
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