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A Bagel and Cream Cheese (or Butter)
Mr. Broad and I were ALL READY to go out on Friday night because I am in need of new blogging material... But then it snowed. And while it wasn't *that* much snow at 3 inches, the difference between New York City and any other place (generalizing here) is you walk. Everywhere. AND when it is snowing the sidewalks tend to be an issue.
So onto Saturday.
Having a bit of cabin fever, Mr. Broad and I were heading out to well, anywhere. I was getting ready that morning and watching a show on Travel Channel called Breakfast Paradise when on came Murray's Bagels. So guess where we HAD TO GO.
Only Mr. Broad and I will see a TV show and then show up at the store 30 mins later. Talk about an ROI for them. The power of advertising and promotion.
Murray's Bagels
500 Avenue of the Americans (btwn 12th and 13th street)
FYI- This place is not to be confused with Murray's Cheese's- while only a couple blocks away.
Here they have about 16 types of bagels and are all hand made. Lots of cream cheeses, numerous sandwiches and plenty of salad options.
Anyone who's from New York has pride in their bagels. I remember when my parents moved to Virginia they were on the search for the perfect NY bagel. And any bagel purist will tell you that fresh bagels do NOT get toasted. If you are eating a fresh warm bagel why toast it? Feh!
So here we went:
Only Mr. Broad and I will see a TV show and then show up at the store 30 mins later. Talk about an ROI for them. The power of advertising and promotion.
Murray's Bagels
500 Avenue of the Americans (btwn 12th and 13th street)
FYI- This place is not to be confused with Murray's Cheese's- while only a couple blocks away.
Here they have about 16 types of bagels and are all hand made. Lots of cream cheeses, numerous sandwiches and plenty of salad options.
Anyone who's from New York has pride in their bagels. I remember when my parents moved to Virginia they were on the search for the perfect NY bagel. And any bagel purist will tell you that fresh bagels do NOT get toasted. If you are eating a fresh warm bagel why toast it? Feh!
So here we went:
Sesame with scallion cream cheese.
Extremely serious business here. Loaded with cream cheese in true NY style, covering the hole in a serious schmear. My cousin in Boston, a cream cheese fanatic, would have been in heaven on this one.
Everything bagel with eggs
Mr. Broad is one of a handful of Jews who does NOT like cream cheese. (Answer to the lox question- he eats his with butter).He was ecstatic about the bagel. Covered with all things like garlic, salt, sesame, poppy, and onion that gives it the appropriate stench.
Review:
Not really knowing the words to describe a good bagel. We'll just go with awesome. For a cold winter day, people had no problem getting out and waiting in line for a bagel. There are tables but not many and you often have to wait for something to open up. The menu is huge and the lines go quick so you have to be fast to figure out what you want. But the bagels are worth it. Mr. Broad and I have been talking how we want a real New York bagel. Voila. Murray's Bagels.
Grade: A-
4 comments:
Don't mean to be negative here - I LOVE the blog, but what about Murray's bagels (or cream cheese) made it so much better than the other zillion bagel shops in New York? Texture? Taste? Variety?
okay. so i clearly need to add more adjectives on my food posts.
*Cream cheese- creamy and thick, not dry as some often are.
*Bagels- crispy on the outside and doughy on the inside with more than adequate sesames/everything-ness. Very flavorful and about 16 different varieties.
While I think the bagels could probably run hand/hand with other stellar places in NYC, the cream cheese set it apart.
But as always happy for other recs :)
Yes, but does Brooklyn Bagel come in a close second, simply for the fact that it is an instant hangover cure?
I second LKB's statement regarding Brooklyn Bagel. We had a ton of good times there ;)
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