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I like absolute bagels, and westside market bagels on the UWS. Zabars makes a good one too. Harlem just got a bagel shop called Bo’s bagels which is getting good reviews. Must go.
Thanks for the reply everyone! (: exactly the answers i was looking for.
Is there any particular borough that has a higher concentration of "bagel culture"? And do people usually buy them from food carts or inside businesses with leased building space?
I'm going to assume that Manhattan is the "inventor" of the bagel craze with all pedestrians rushing to work during rushhour, therefore bagels are easier to grab and go, possibly even walk while you eatting without making a mess or holding too much food.
There are a lot of Jews in NYC that is why the bagel culture is a thing here.
The best bagel is a fresh bagel. When I was growing up, my family would always ask which bagels were still warm and get those. Sometimes you can toast an older bagel and it will be okay but it's not the same. I never get bagels from a non-bagel shop.
Fresh or toasted sesame seed bagel w/cc is my go to fav for bagels. NOT great for those trying to lose weight! Lately though....I've been craving and giving in but my cardio game is strong so.....
Ever since i was a child, i'v constantly been hearing how New York is home to the best bagels on Earth. But can they really be that different than the bagels i myself pick up from The Ralph's Club bakery? I really gotta make a trip out to the East Coast and try out for myself
Feel free to also comment below places i "must" try out as a bagel noob.
NYC water and Jews. That is something the rest of America does not have.
I would argue, there is no such thing as a bagel if it is NOT boiled.
That's a good point, but I think the problem is that much of the rest of the country thinks of a bagel that is NOT boiled, because that's what they are being sold out there in flyover country.
This is from an article on bagels from the Atlantic:
"The mass-market bagel world, led most prominently but not exclusively by Lenders, left behind much of the real work. Hand shaping shifted to machine rolling; boiling was switched to the less time consuming steaming; bakeries opted out of stone ovens in favor of standard steel."
So I do think part of the problem with some of the bagels that some people are eating and think of as bagels is that they are not made using the hand rolling and boiling methods.
After reading this thread, I noticed two different bagel place in Astoria yesterday, one called Bagel Berry and the other Brooklyn Bagel that both have very large signs on the window proclaiming that they have "Hand rolled, water boiled bagels." My conclusion is that they are stating these two qualities because they know that some or many other places don't hand roll the dough and don't water boil the bagels.
Ever since i was a child, i'v constantly been hearing how New York is home to the best bagels on Earth. But can they really be that different than the bagels i myself pick up from The Ralph's Club bakery? I really gotta make a trip out to the East Coast and try out for myself
Feel free to also comment below places i "must" try out as a bagel noob.
There are a lot of Jews in NYC that is why the bagel culture is a thing here.
Actually, I'd like to have a fresh bialy.
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