NYC heads, Best Bagels?
Big_Chan
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I used to get down with H&H, run in there and grab a hot everything bagel on the way to the train. But now, it's all about Tal Bagels on Broadway between 91st & 92nd. Tal Bagels is KILLIN' IT! Any other bagel spots you guys are feelin'?
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Los Bagels on 1061 I Street, Arcata California.
http://www.losbagels.com/
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Larupin's Mustard Dill Sauce is so focused right now.
Kossar's
Next move is to match that up w/ some smoked fish from either.....
Murray's Sturgeon Shop
Russ & Daughters
Barney Greengrass
Sorry hommie, but California bagels? Near Humbolt? Do they put weed in 'em?
New York City is the ONLY place in the world to get REAL on point bagels. NO JOKE! The NYC water is part of what makes the bagels so good. The water in NYC comes from up in the catskill mountains and is very good. Folls in Miami with authentic New York bagel shops actually truck down NYC water to make the bagels. Shit is real son!!!!
Aser U CRAZY! You always know the spots! I get down with Barney Greengrass "The Sturgeon King!" Barney Greengrass is bananas! We were there one time and these folls serve cold bortsch in tall glasses. Folls were just drinkin' cold bortsch in the summer. That was funny.
I've seen it before, I'll see it again
Young tenders sayin' "Los, would you be my man (bagel)
I don't know what it is homie. Perhaps it is weed. But those fucking hippies know what's up. You sound like thousands that have come before you. Straight dissing. Then they step in the arena, order, and get all weirdo. OHMYGOD. It's sad. Really. I was friends with this former junkie born-n-bred Brooklyner who had thousands of whore stories as well as bagel stories -- moved to Humboldt to, as he said, "get away from shit" only to fall in love with the bagels.
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And, there is a US Bagel Competition of some kind, and believe it or not, Los Bagels won over New York. I heard it on NPR, so you know, it's fair and accurate. Those hippies are serious...
That's real talk. Former Uncle Tim owned the Italian spot in Kissimmee FL, and had water sent down from NYC to cook his pasta with.
I'm not about bagels though, I'm svelte.
What the fuck are "Green Bagels???"
Ess-a-bagel on 21 St. and 1 Ave. is pretty fucking bomb too
The only place to get a Strata-East bagel is Montreal, specifically St. Viateur bagels:
For a bagel to qualify as a real bagel, it must first be boiled in honey water and then baked in a wood-burning oven. Anybody who has eaten a true Montreal bagel will vouch for this.
Man Chan we eat the same!! I just tried a passion fruit bagel last week! Whoa nice!!! Panera and Einstiens out here in my neck of the woods... I'm sure NOW WHY got the best without a doubt!!!! Shoot even them street cart sabrets are the bomb... Cat Rat Dog on a stick... Shoot just like Rat Shapo!
Dyed for St.Patricks Day I think.
last time I was there I had the borscht, it is a bit weird at first but you get used to it. Not something I would order often though................their nova w/ scrambled eggs and onions is bliss encapsulated on a diner plate. Plus it's places like that which embody nyc, not the foo foo b.s. that's all over east village and les.
danno - dude I know montreal is up on the bagels, but don't judge nyc bagels on any diner dude. Yes a lot of them are lame, but h&h is the real deal. Plus you can't get bialeys in montreal......
the story of the bialy is actually a very touching one, with roots tracing back to the occupation of Poland by the Nazis. A good read....
Good stuff
oh shit, that's right by my new address. thanks, tom.
oh snizzap...
that's right by my new amazing loft space.
slice the brie, tommmy.
somehow, this NEVER gets old to you, does it?
No brie on my bagel, BIALYATCH!
it's your hair. it makes me so fucking jealous.
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YES!! I grew up with those fucking bagels. I had guitar lessons upstairs at the music store next door & i would always eat there afterward. in high school we would go every friday before school...the bagels would be fresh out the oven, all warm and soft. if i remeber correctly my folks are friends with the dude in the middle of this picture.
it's gone a bit downhill...they jacked up their prices recently and nothing there is really a good deal anymore. my friends that worked there don't anymore so i no longer have the hook up.
you from arcata? i'm moving back there for this summer. housesitting for the folks. looking forward to some bagels.
That's awesome!
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Dude is scurred to represent McKinnleyville. Thinks he's all bayified now or something?
I lived in Arcata for a few years. Did you know the dude S*l*m*n who worked there? Red-haired dude.
I'll be in Arcata this summer. We should dig for some raer Garcia test presses...
NO SHIT! That's were I grew up! lived there for the first 18 years of my life! my parents just moved to arcata a couple years ago. it's were I spend most of my time in my youth anyway (McKinnleyville is a fast food chain shit hole). i'll have to hit this dude up, perhaps i know him. although he's likely older than me i would assume.
Rad! i'll hit you w/a pm.