Brooklyn Bagel
 

After many months we went back to Brooklyn Bagel today.
We were pleasantly surprised.
They reconfigured the seating and they have a very nice staff.
What was the most noticeable was how CLEAN the store was.

If you haven’t been in a while you should give them a try.

AGREE Excellent Bagels go early for the best sellection

Is there anyone originally from NYC (or thereabouts) who can confirm these are actually good bagels?

Yes they are actually good.

I'm from Connecticut, home of Lender's Bagels. My grandfather and Harry Lender (the founder) used to play golf together. Lender's is no longer family owned, but I grew up eating the fresh ones still warm from the bakery where we'd pick up half a dozen every week. They aren't the same recipe now, and aren't fresh anymore, and aren't delicious like they were. We also used to go to New York frequently and usually picked up a bagel with belly lox in the lower east side. There was also the kosher market, M&T, in New Haven, which sold fresh-made bagels. I'm not sure if they made them themselves or got them from one of the kosher bakeries in the area. My grandfather's family also owned a kosher bakery and made bagels. That's a brief summary of my "expertise" with bagels.

Brooklyn Bagels are good. They're yeasty, crusty, soft inside, crunchy outside. They toast well, and have enough bubbles inside to catch and hold the cream cheese so it doesn't all melt off the sides right away.

Definitely a better comp to NY....than the pizza!

Even in our NY days over 30 years ago, thought Lender bagels were not in the same league as a bagel bakery bagel.

Lenders USED to be a bagel bakery bagel. Before they became nationally available and were just a local New Haven bagel bakery. This is going back 50 years, not 30. 30 years ago they had Lenders restaurants and they were okay, but nothing like the Lenders bagels that I grew up with. At that point, you could get a half-dozen frozen Lenders in the supermarket. 50 years ago you couldn't.

Yes.

I accept your bona fides and am now quite eager to try. Thanks!

35 years ago before we left NY they were available in supermarkets in packs of 6. They were the bagel of last resort,

I'm out! They call Taylor Pork Roll, "Taylor Ham".

What do you think of "Just Bagels" from The Bronx? They sell them on QVC.

hmmm haven’t been to BB in years now. Used to go for bloodletting at Quest nearby, but switched to LabCorp in Brownwood.
Thanks to the post, I’ll make a trip up to BB. Loved their coffee too.
Sesame seed bagel… yum.

Never heard of them.

Will say Whats a Bialy is an excellent bialy. Available at Publix