Flood closes Croydon pickle place for now, doesn’t stop community service

Gabby Favoroso is determined to forge ahead after a burst pipe in the apartment above forced the sudden closure of Giovanni’s Dillicious Pickles early last week.

Hours after wading through ankle-deep water on Feb. 9 to assess the damage sustained at her Croydon business, an alert prompted Favoroso to check her security camera footage, and what she saw in just a few seconds of video that night reminded her why the restaurant’s survival mattered.

With the footage pulled up on her phone, Favoroso watched a familiar face look into the camera pleading, “Goddess, I’m thirsty. Help me.”…

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