![]() ![]() The bagel was also hard and crunchy on the outside while on the inside, it was warm, moist, fresh, plushy, and sweet. Besides this, you can see that the bagel was hand rolled with its markings from when it was being twisted still intact and with its imperfect circular shape. The exterior was golden brown, and instead of having a smooth and glossy finish to it, it was unlustrous and had a lot of tiny pocket bubbles on its surface, which gave it a unique look. It was large, roughly 5 inches in diameter. This homemade bagel was different from the kind that most of us have grown up knowing. Even more so, they sell other toppings like smoked fish, but I simply ordered a toasted plain bagel with plain cream cheese. They also have a variety of spreads like bacon scallion cream cheese and tofu. This chic and modern store sells all sorts of bagels from cinnamon raisin to pumpernickel and salt. I went to the one at 30th Avenue in Astoria. ![]() Across New York City, the company has four store locations: three in Astoria, and one in Manhattan. My first stop was Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company. In order to solve this great riddle, I’ve set out to try some of the most famous stores in Queens, including Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company, Bagel Oasis, Utopia Bagels, and Hot Bialys. Everyone has a favorite bagel shop that they swear makes the perfect crisp and chewy dough, but what deli can really boast the title of “best bagel in Queens”? Why? Because it’s a goddamn New York City bagel, and you’re going to eat it surrounded by New Yorkers, breaking your jaw gnawing it, cursing and complaining to the New Yorker next to you.īut, of course, bad bagels are few and far between, and our best are the best in the world.New Yorkers can have pretty strong opinions when it comes to one of their most famous breakfast staples: bagels. The atmosphere is richer, and everything tastes better on a stroll through Prospect Park compared to a drive through Elizabeth.Įven the worst hole-less, machine-made bagel in New York, produced across state lines and stale from a day or more in the back rack of a Midtown deli, is still better than the best bagel in Jersey. There’s a reason people pay a premium to live and eat here (The Post found that three dozen bagels in NJ cost $36, versus $53.25 in NYC). As to NYC’s secret, he agrees the reputation adds mental flavor, and subscribes to the age-old argument: “I think it’s in the water,” he says, adding for effect, “Where is New Jersey, by the way?” “The best bagels are in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan - in that order,” the bagel-maker of more than 31 years tells The Post. “I live in Jersey, so I can say that they don’t have the best bagels,” says Frank Bavaro, owner of Brooklyn’s La Bagel Delight bagel shops, bagel purveyor since 1986. ![]() 1,” says Scott Spellman, owner of Utopia Bagels in Queens. “All I can say is, New Jersey, watch out - because we are definitely No. People not from here are constantly pretending to be, or over-investing their identity in, some vaguely unique aspect of where they’re from - the regional grocery store! Mediocre sports teams! No sales tax! Full-service gas stations! It’s not always fun for outsiders how good New York is at winning - it makes you want to root for the underdog sometimes. I get it, it’s hard letting NYC keep every superlative - biggest, brightest, oldest, tallest, rudest, least sleep, most famous, best bagels. Just because it’s cute to cheer on the underdog doesn’t mean Joisey has a dog in this fight. Sure, many of the same immigrant groups who heralded New York’s bagel tradition are in Jersey, too, but the water here is far superior. ![]() Bagel capital of the world #NationalBagelDay ![]()
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