Consolidated "Bagels" thread
May 17, 2006, 3:31 pm
#16
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Originally Posted by wahooflyer
As a native New Yorker now living in the South, I find it very difficult to get good bagels anywhere outside the NYC area. By "good" I primarily mean chewy, with (optional) strong-flavored, plentiful toppings such as garlic, onion, or salt. Every bagel I've had here in Richmond has the consistency of white bread or a kaiser roll with a hole in it.
I've been to 48 states in my lifetime but have only found two bagel bakers in the entire country, not including NY/NJ/CT, that make true New York-style bagels.
The two places on my list with good NY-style bagels outside NY are:
Bodo's Bagels, Charlottesville, Virginia - all boiled the old-fashioned way, fresh in store, with a good variety of toppings/flavors
Marty's New York Bagel Deli, Anchorage, Alaska - yes, Alaska of all places. Found this gem in an Alaska visitor's guide and checked it out just this past week while in Anchorage. Bagels are a bit on the small side, but have the correct consistency and are also boiled in store. Brought a baker's dozen home to Virginia to eat.
There are bound to be others, and that's where your input comes in! Let us know where you get your bagel fix outside NYC.
I've been to 48 states in my lifetime but have only found two bagel bakers in the entire country, not including NY/NJ/CT, that make true New York-style bagels.
The two places on my list with good NY-style bagels outside NY are:
Bodo's Bagels, Charlottesville, Virginia - all boiled the old-fashioned way, fresh in store, with a good variety of toppings/flavors
Marty's New York Bagel Deli, Anchorage, Alaska - yes, Alaska of all places. Found this gem in an Alaska visitor's guide and checked it out just this past week while in Anchorage. Bagels are a bit on the small side, but have the correct consistency and are also boiled in store. Brought a baker's dozen home to Virginia to eat.
There are bound to be others, and that's where your input comes in! Let us know where you get your bagel fix outside NYC.
^ Bodo's Bagels are goooood. Some friends who were attending UVA for college took me there and they were to die for. So good.
May 19, 2006, 9:31 pm
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In the Atlanta area, the Palace Bakery located in the Toco Hills shopping center (just northeast of the city limits of Atlanta) has the best bagels I've found in the area.
To be perfectly fair, though, the attached restaurant has a local following but is pretty awful for anything other than their bagels. Your best bet is to get a sackfull of bagels from the bakery counter to go.
To be perfectly fair, though, the attached restaurant has a local following but is pretty awful for anything other than their bagels. Your best bet is to get a sackfull of bagels from the bakery counter to go.
May 19, 2006, 9:52 pm
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Believe it or not, until a few years ago bagels were unknown in Israel!
Today, there are several places where you can get acceptable bagels but the best are at Tal Bagels in Tel Aviv. They also have great shmears to put on them, including excellent chopped liver.
Today, there are several places where you can get acceptable bagels but the best are at Tal Bagels in Tel Aviv. They also have great shmears to put on them, including excellent chopped liver.
May 21, 2006, 7:00 am
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Originally Posted by wahooflyer
I've been to 48 states in my lifetime but have only found two bagel bakers in the entire country, not including NY/NJ/CT, that make true New York-style bagels.
May 21, 2006, 7:20 am
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Even farther away from NYC...
Don't laugh but... really far away from NYC you can get some almost decent bagels in Germany at Bagel Brothers (Hannover, Hamburg, Leipzig and probably some others). Not NY bagels, but bagels...and I've waited 20 years for them here! They even have ETs, although the waitress don't even know what ET means (for the non-NYers, EveryThing). Can't tell you how many times I stank up my luggage and 1/2 the plane with the garlic bagels we carried from NY to Europe.
May 21, 2006, 11:00 am
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Is Hoboken far enough outside NYC...
A place called "The Bagel Smashery" has good pressed bagels (I love the garlic
http://www.bagelsmashery.com/history.html
There's also UPtown Bagels in Hoboken, which has two or three locations. Bagels are good, but service can be surly.
A place called "The Bagel Smashery" has good pressed bagels (I love the garlic
http://www.bagelsmashery.com/history.html
There's also UPtown Bagels in Hoboken, which has two or three locations. Bagels are good, but service can be surly.
May 22, 2006, 2:04 pm
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Originally Posted by tdo-ca
Just have H & H FedEx some to you. They keep nicely in the freezer and are better, even after time in the air, than most "local substitutes."
Living in Hawaii has lots of advantages, but access to NYC deli food isn't one of them.
May 22, 2006, 2:37 pm
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Originally Posted by keeton
In the Atlanta area, the Palace Bakery located in the Toco Hills shopping center (just northeast of the city limits of Atlanta) has the best bagels I've found in the area.
To be perfectly fair, though, the attached restaurant has a local following but is pretty awful for anything other than their bagels. Your best bet is to get a sackfull of bagels from the bakery counter to go.
To be perfectly fair, though, the attached restaurant has a local following but is pretty awful for anything other than their bagels. Your best bet is to get a sackfull of bagels from the bakery counter to go.
RLG - too bad you don't live in HNL...I could bring some ATL bagels to you later this week...
May 22, 2006, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by RLG
Who's H&H? Do you have contact info or a website?
May 22, 2006, 7:46 pm
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Originally Posted by tdo-ca
You wouldn't happend to have a good source for bialys would you?
May 23, 2006, 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by RLG
Looks interesting.
You wouldn't happend to have a good source for bialys would you?
You wouldn't happend to have a good source for bialys would you?
http://www.hhmidtownbagelseast.com/
and Kossar's on Grand
http://www.kossarsbialys.com/
May 24, 2006, 12:27 pm
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Originally Posted by sangster
^ Bodo's Bagels are goooood. Some friends who were attending UVA for college took me there and they were to die for. So good.
Honestly ... Bodo's is for Virginians, not ex-pats from NY.
May 24, 2006, 1:26 pm
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Originally Posted by tdo-ca
The midtown H&H has 'em
http://www.hhmidtownbagelseast.com/
and Kossar's on Grand
http://www.kossarsbialys.com/
http://www.hhmidtownbagelseast.com/
and Kossar's on Grand
http://www.kossarsbialys.com/
May 24, 2006, 8:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Tenerife
Don't laugh but... really far away from NYC you can get some almost decent bagels in Germany at Bagel Brothers (Hannover, Hamburg, Leipzig and probably some others).
May 25, 2006, 7:28 pm
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Originally Posted by miki
How about Noah's New York Style Bagels in Seattle? I think they deffinately have the best outside of NYC. They have three locations that I can think of off the top of my head.
One on Broadway in Capitol Hill.
One on Queen Ann Ave. in Queen Ann
and One in University Village in the QFC.
One on Broadway in Capitol Hill.
One on Queen Ann Ave. in Queen Ann
and One in University Village in the QFC.
I don't care if they don't meet some NYC'ers standard, they taste fine.