Anyone know whats going on with Bagel World on 5th?
Came home from vaca looking for a good Brooklyn bagel.....and found gates down with construction noises inside.
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there was a sign that said they were going to be under renovation for 2 weeks.
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If you were looking for a good Brooklyn bagel, why in the world were you at Bagel World? ick, their bagels are horrible IMO.
Anyway, there was a big sign in the window that they are closed for 2 weeks for reno. -
Bagel World + "good Brooklyn bagel" = oxymoron
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So what are the best bagels on the Slope?
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blevine77 wrote: So what are the best bagels on the Slope?
are we sure we want to open this can of worms again?
IMHO.....
1) AREA Bagels
2) Bergen Bagels
3) La Bagel Delight
please bring your GPS and compass whenever visiting La Bagel Delight, unless you belong to the crowd that thinks that sort of somewhat controlled chaos is just great on a Saturday morning and thinks people like me are just a bunch of weenies. I think that was a fair enough way to put it. -
Oh god.
Bagel Hole.
Small, well done, crispy, chewy, malty. Like they're supposed to be. No faggy "flavors". It's not a muffin or a roll or whatever. It's a bagel. It's not a deli, it's a bagel shop. Probably the last of a dying breed. And the whitefish salad's good too.
The place is too narrow for anything but a single line. The girls there are sweet and won't scoff at any dying need for butter and a schmear on the same bagel. Those guys giving you shit (food and attitude) at La Bagel probably aren't even Jewish. They just play one on TV. So you might as well go where the one white guy knows what he's doing and making sure to pass the expertise down to the Mexican kids.
My mom and dad out on LI (Brownsville/Canarsie and Red Hook/Coney respectively) always request I bring a bag from BH since they're the closest thing available to what they grew up with. Though, apparently the Fairway mini-bagels come in a close second by sheer lack of size. -
noisejoke wrote: Those guys giving you shit (food and attitude) at La Bagel probably aren't even Jewish. They just play one on TV. So you might as well go where the one white guy knows what he's doing and making sure to pass the expertise down to the Mexican kids.
Funny story. I was ordering platters from La Bagel for my son's Bris. I told them I wanted the basic deli fare but no Pork or Cheese. One of the Partners who i was dealing with, who is definitely not Jewish, looked at me as if i just told him i was sleeping with his wife. "NO CHEESE!!" of course, they were able to comply.
you don't need to be jewish to make a good bagel though, although you may need the recipe from one. the neighborhood in queens where i grew up had a bagel store run by russian jews who made the best bagels. well, probably close to 20 years ago Koreans bought the place and have continued to make the best bagels out there. -
bagel hole, what bagels were like before they added steroids. Small, crisp on the outside soft inside, usually hot out of the oven. Not the rolls with a hole in the middle that people have started to confuse with bagels.
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I don't remember if the guy who owns/runs BH is Jewish or not. But, yeah, of course, it ultimately doesn't matter. Of course, it can't hurt. But the larger point is the problem with many restaurants and bakeries etc is that they're inspired by finding a successful business formula not a successful food formula. (Burgers, cous cous, shoes, ATM... who cares?)
What matters is a recipe, a technique, an aesthetic and giving a damn. -
noisejoke wrote: Oh god.
This.
Bagel Hole.
Small, well done, crispy, chewy, malty. Like they're supposed to be. No faggy "flavors". It's not a muffin or a roll or whatever. It's a bagel. It's not a deli, it's a bagel shop. Probably the last of a dying breed. And the whitefish salad's good too.
The place is too narrow for anything but a single line. The girls there are sweet and won't scoff at any dying need for butter and a schmear on the same bagel. Those guys giving you shit (food and attitude) at La Bagel probably aren't even Jewish. They just play one on TV. So you might as well go where the one white guy knows what he's doing and making sure to pass the expertise down to the Mexican kids.
My mom and dad out on LI (Brownsville/Canarsie and Red Hook/Coney respectively) always request I bring a bag from BH since they're the closest thing available to what they grew up with. Though, apparently the Fairway mini-bagels come in a close second by sheer lack of size. -
doldrums wrote: bagel hole, what bagels were like before they added steroids. Small, crisp on the outside soft inside, usually hot out of the oven. Not the rolls with a hole in the middle that people have started to confuse with bagels.
And this. -
Terrace Bagels is great. Especially their flat mini bagels.
" A dozen of flagles please" -
Terrace Bagels is almost as good as Bagel Hole. The mini bagels there are actually better than the regular ones (closer to original true bagel size).
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I'm gonna finally check out Terrace and their mini-bagels, at very least out of respect for Carnivore, Katbka and others I've noted in the past who deemed it worthwhile. Also, I need to add to my fatness.
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I'm touched, nj!
If you haven't tried Bagel Hole, you should try that first, though.
Also, you should get some bialys from Coney Island Bagels and Bialys. Don't get bagels there though. Just bialys. -
What, exactly, are "faggy flavors"?
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8thandPrez wrote: What, exactly, are "faggy flavors"?
D'Oh! I need to read more carefully! Don't know how I missed that.
I think s/he meant things like blueberry bagels and such, although I can't support his/her choice of words. -
I agree, that was an unfair characterization. Not a nice word. Anti-gay, anti-female, anti-effete or anti-sensitve, whatever, is no way to make a negative connotation. I apologize, sincerely.
How about SHITTY flavors? (I have no reluctance in implying such a comparison is intended to be a negative one. However, if you like these "flavors", more power to you and your vendor and I make no judgment on your person. Taste is taste.)
Blueberry, dreaded Asiago (oy vey), ugh... I guess I'll have to accept egg, pumpernickel and cinnamon raisin, but I'd rather not. Sweet flours that don't crisp up and differentiate texture is to me rather against the point of what a bagel is. Nobody's taking my Everything from my cold, dead (and fat) hands.
Blueberry??? REALLY? -
Where is Bagel Hole located? Can't believe I missed that one in my 1+ years here. I've been going to La Bagel, which is okay, but it's no Bagel Boss (moved from LI -- those are still my favorite bagels anywhere).
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Bagel Hole is easy to miss, after all, it is a hole in the wall.
It's on 7th Ave and 13th street, in the same block with Union Market and a bike store. -
Terrace Bagels is my favorite-it is worth going out of my way for. Second to that would be Bagel Hole-though, their bagels are rather small-but, they are good! Then le Bagel Delight.
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The clarion calls goes out for trying Terrace then - but perhaps only the small ones?
LTS - I think small is part of the reason better bagels are better.
blevine77 - Which Bagel Boss? Where you from on the Island? At Bagel Hole never be afraid to ask for well done! -
Noisejoke -- I grew up in Baldwin, so we went to the one on Merrick Rd. in Oceanside all the time. Before moving to the Slope, I lived in Garden City and used to go to the one on Old Country Rd. in Carle Place.
Can't wait to check out the Bagel Hole! -
bagel world
kevin costner's worst cinematic endeavor
ever -
Wait a second! That's not even a pun.
And at least Costner knew he had to boil 'em. -
noisejoke wrote: I agree, that was an unfair characterization. Not a nice word. Anti-gay, anti-female, anti-effete or anti-sensitve, whatever, is no way to make a negative connotation. I apologize, sincerely.
spend a few years in Miami (or, hell, around an Einstein's franchise) and you'll no longer find the concept of guava or green chile bagels strange.
How about SHITTY flavors? (I have no reluctance in implying such a comparison is intended to be a negative one. However, if you like these "flavors", more power to you and your vendor and I make no judgment on your person. Taste is taste.)
Blueberry, dreaded Asiago (oy vey), ugh... I guess I'll have to accept egg, pumpernickel and cinnamon raisin, but I'd rather not. Sweet flours that don't crisp up and differentiate texture is to me rather against the point of what a bagel is. Nobody's taking my Everything from my cold, dead (and fat) hands.
Blueberry??? REALLY? -
J0518 wrote: spend a few years in Miami (or, hell, around an Einstein's franchise) and you'll no longer find the concept of guava or green chile bagels strange.
HERESY!!! -
Carnivore wrote: [quote=J0518]spend a few years in Miami (or, hell, around an Einstein's franchise) and you'll no longer find the concept of guava or green chile bagels strange.
HERESY!!!
when i first moved back to this area in 2001 and i walked into a bagel place, i really wondered where all the flavors were. just one of those out-of-towner things.... -
Dunkin Donuts, regular glazed rolled in salt is darn tasty. My kids love em.
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