Where to go for Bagels

bigguy

I got hooked on Bagel World and La Bagel Delight in PS (I like Bagel World better). Where does a guy go for a good bagel around here?

brookfetish

I'm from the Midwest so, by default, I know NOTHING about true bagels.

That being said, I like Bergen Bagel.

How's that for a recommendation?

sweet tea

i'm from the south, but opinionated as all hell. and i like bergen bagels. not as much as i like absolute bagel on the uws, but who wants to schlep on the weekend?

(now, an absolute bagel plus the cream cheese from russ and daughters requires some pre-planning but is the ne plus ultra, if we're ready to talk ne plus ultra.)

whyfi

BrookFetish wrote: I'm from the Midwest so, by default, I know NOTHING about true bagels.

Ditto, but that wouldn't keep me from gnawing your arm off for a sweet bagel... why only savory bagels out here?!?! Mmmm... blueberry bagel with wildberry cream cheese from Brueggers... 8)

alafairnadia

what about the bagel joint on washington?

carnivore

WhyFi wrote: [quote=BrookFetish]I'm from the Midwest so, by default, I know NOTHING about true bagels.

Ditto, but that wouldn't keep me from gnawing your arm off for a sweet bagel... why only savory bagels out here?!?! Mmmm... blueberry bagel with wildberry cream cheese from Brueggers... 8)
Blueberry bagels are an abomination.

carnivore

Most complete bagel thread:

http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=369

bigguy

Has anyone tried the place on Washington? I looked in one time but it didn't have that real bagel place feel for me. I think it's at Bergen or so.

whyfi

Carnivore wrote: Blueberry bagels are an abomination.

Maybe NY blueberry bagels are, but Midwest blueberry bagels aren't! Midwest bagels are more chewy on the outside (less crusty), and they're a little lighter on the inside, so it works. So, if you're going to judge based on NY criteria, yeah, you'll find them horrible... BUT, if you enjoy it for what it is, they're great.

whyfi

alafairnadia wrote: what about the bagel joint on washington?

Is this in reference to the blueberry bagel comment? If so, where on Washington?

alafairnadia

WhyFi wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]what about the bagel joint on washington?

Is this in reference to the blueberry bagel comment? If so, where on Washington?

er, I like bberry bagels, so not in response to that. there's a bagel joint somewhere on washinton, toward atlantic. haven't been - wrong direction for me most mornings as I live btwn st. johns and sterling and walk to the B - but I think sje has said it's decent.

carnivore

WhyFi wrote: Maybe NY blueberry bagels are, but Midwest blueberry bagels aren't! Midwest bagels are more chewy on the outside (less crusty), and they're a little lighter on the inside, so it works. So, if you're going to judge based on NY criteria, yeah, you'll find them horrible... BUT, if you enjoy it for what it is, they're great.

By all means enjoy it for what it is. But what it is isn't a bagel. :roll:

vanilla

BigGuy wrote: Has anyone tried the place on Washington? I looked in one time but it didn't have that real bagel place feel for me. I think it's at Bergen or so.

http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2749

whyfi

Carnivore wrote: By all means enjoy it for what it is. But what it is isn't a bagel. :roll:

I guess that we'll have to agree to disagree - I don't think that there's enough of a divergence in either ingredients or method of preparation to classify it a new species...

drano

WhyFi wrote: [quote=Carnivore]Blueberry bagels are an abomination.

Maybe NY blueberry bagels are, but Midwest blueberry bagels aren't! Midwest bagels are more chewy on the outside (less crusty), and they're a little lighter on the inside, so it works. So, if you're going to judge based on NY criteria, yeah, you'll find them horrible... BUT, if you enjoy it for what it is, they're great.

heh...Just get a muffin already.

sterling2000

I like the early morning weekend scene at Prospect Perk (Sterling/Flatbush) and the salt-o-the-earth owner who is always quick with a free bagel for the tots...good coffee, pastries and bagels...

carnivore

sterling2000 wrote: I like the early morning weekend scene at Prospect Perk (Sterling/Flatbush) and the salt-o-the-earth owner who is always quick with a free bagel for the tots...good coffee, pastries and bagels...

Their bagels are from Bagel Hole.

laura

Drano wrote: [quote=WhyFi][quote=Carnivore]Blueberry bagels are an abomination.

Maybe NY blueberry bagels are, but Midwest blueberry bagels aren't! Midwest bagels are more chewy on the outside (less crusty), and they're a little lighter on the inside, so it works. So, if you're going to judge based on NY criteria, yeah, you'll find them horrible... BUT, if you enjoy it for what it is, they're great.

heh...Just get a muffin already.

When I was a student in Michigan in the late 70's I used to go to the Bagel Fragel, a fragel being a cinnamon raisin bagel deep-fried and coated in cinnamon sugar. I'm sure I'd be disgusted by them now, but at the time they were great.

whyfi

laura wrote: When I was a student in Michigan in the late 70's I used to go to the Bagel Fragel, a fragel being a cinnamon raisin bagel deep-fried and coated in cinnamon sugar. I'm sure I'd be disgusted by them now, but at the time they were great.

:shock: Even I'm not sure what to make of that... although I'm sure that it would be warmly welcomed at the MN state fair if they put it on a stick... (you can find just about anything deep-fried on a stick at the MN state fair... pork chops, alligator, corndogs (not to be confused with pronto-pups, which are also available), cheese, candy bars...

laura

WhyFi wrote: corndogs (not to be confused with pronto-pups)

I've never heard of pronto-pups, how are they different from corndogs?

whyfi

laura wrote: I've never heard of pronto-pups, how are they different from corndogs?

Same thing, really, but sticklers like to point out that there's a difference in the breading. Corndogs have a corn meal batter, pronto-pups have just regular batter.

carnivore

WhyFi wrote: Same thing, really, but sticklers like to point out that there's a difference in the breading. Corndogs have a corn meal batter, pronto-pups have just regular batter.

Is that what you're supposed to use to get the taste of lutefiske out of your mouth?

laura

WhyFi wrote: Same thing, really, but sticklers like to point out that there's a difference in the breading. Corndogs have a corn meal batter, pronto-pups have just regular batter.

Well I'm all for sticklerism!

whyfi

Carnivore wrote: Is that what you're supposed to use to get the taste of lutefiske out of your mouth?

Eh?
I've never tried it, but I would think that lutefisk is one of those things where either you love it or you hate it... so if you're the type to eat it in the first place, I doubt that you'll mind if it lingers... :?

carnivore

WhyFi wrote: [quote=Carnivore]Is that what you're supposed to use to get the taste of lutefiske out of your mouth?

Eh?
I've never tried it, but I would think that lutefisk is one of those things where either you love it or you hate it... so if you're the type to eat it in the first place, I doubt that you'll mind if it lingers... :?
Never tried lutefiske? What kind of Minnesotan are you, anyway?

whyfi

Carnivore wrote: Never tried lutefiske? What kind of Minnesotan are you, anyway?

The Filipino/Irish kind... :shock: I'm sure that there's some lutefiske in my future, now that I done married a Swede...