Yesterday was NATIONAL BAGEL DAY. Follow my friend Big Al’s Keys to the (food) Kingdom on Facebook for all thing delish.
Big Al’s Keys to the (food) Kingdom NYC TOP 10 NYC BAGELS
THE OMISSION OF H&H and ESS-A BAGEL WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
1) BOs BAGELS….THE FERRARI OF BAGELS
2) MURRAY’S BAGELS….IF WILLIE MAYS WAS A BAGEL HE’D BE MURRAYS. FROM BAGELS TO SMOKED FISH, GREATEST ALL AROUND BAGEL STORE.
3) TAL BAGELS…GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME
4) SHELSKYS….ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. VERY ARTISINAL, AND THEIR SMOKED FISH EMPORIUM RIVALS RUSS AND DAUGHTERS. THE SZECHUAN PEPPERCORN BAGEL RIVALS PUTTING MAN ON THE MOON.
5) UTOPIA BAGEL….A THROWBACK TO AN OLD BROOKLYN BAGEL STORE OWNED BY AN OLD BROOKLYN GUY WHO GREW UP WORKING IN AN OLD BROOKKYN BAGEL STORE.
6) BAGELICIOUS REGO PARK…THE BAGELS ARE VERY GOOD, BUT THEY POSSESS THE GREATEST CHUNKY WHITEFISH AND SALMON SALAD FROM THE BAGEL STORE CATEGORY.
7) ABSOLUTE BAGEL….WHEN THAI PEOPLE RUN TO YOUR CAR WITH YOUR ORDER, AND THROW IN SOME OF THE CREWS THAI CHICKEN WING LUNCH, YOU CAN’T BE LEFT OFF THE LIST
8) CORNER BAGEL RIVERDALE….I’M A SUCKER FOR A BAGEL STICK
9) SLIMS BAGELS….IM A SUCKER FOR A BAGEL STICK PART DEUX (My old hood)
10) MILL BASIN BAGEL….THE CRUNCH ALONE IS WORTH THE DRIVE — at Tal Bagels (333 East 86th Street, New York).
