Why are New Yorkers OBSESSED With These Bagels?

[@HereBeBarr]

If you want to eat a bagel after watching this, scroll back up and smash that like button!

[@michaelchin3550]

I smashed the like button!

[@justindrachtman1822]

You got to do a Long Island bagel video

[@CrusadingSnom]

im a big guy, and a food connoisseur, and i think I could add a lot to your channel, you you should come pick me up in chicago and we could go try cheap chicago food that I grew up on.

[@Traveler20091]

A family member ordered Utopia for me and they arrived in Texas in excellent shape…..and 3 days later had Mysteriously 😎 disappeared!

[@HereBeBarr]

hahah you better file a missing persons report

[@arribaficationwineho32]

H and H used to be great

[@johnpestano22]

😂

[@fireguy5733]

That crunch when you bit into the Utopia bagel sold it for me.

[@khalealmighty8997]

We're travelling in November to NYC for the first time and these videos feel like the Bible to us, we're studying so much! Thank you for your content!!!!

[@HereBeBarr]

I'm so glad!

[@inmyhouse11]

Love some flies on a bagel. Essa Bagel has you covered

[@brently1398]

I love the arguments among New Yorkers about who has the best bagel and who has the best pizza. Somehow it’s like they are all right if you know what I mean. So many amazing options to fit all tastes. And most of them, even at their most average, are better than what we poor non-New Yorkers have to eat…gotta get back again to get my fix…

[@tomg_2]

A bagel isn’t just for breakfast, but lunch dinner and snacks as well! 👍🏻

[@HereBeBarr]

So true!

[@polemius01]

Being a celiac, I can only enjoy bagels vicariously through your video! But, your enjoyment makes it a fun experience!

[@roybrown503]

My wife has Celiac and I will be visiting Modern Bread and Bagel and bringing her back what I hope to be a fantastic treat for her.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

I have tried all gluten free bread and bagels…..trader Joe makes the best GF sliced bread. I have not found a great gf bagel

[@polemius01]

@@arribaficationwineho32 Same here.

[@BradMarcus]

Big point about Ess-a-Bagel. First, they originally were across the street, but lost their lease. After that, they moved and the partners split. One owns only the 1st avenue location and the other owns the 3rd Avenue and all the other locations around the city. For my money, the 1st Avenue location, which I started eating at during lunch breaks from Stuyvesant High School, is by far the best. One place you don't have on here is Russ and Daughters which makes a heavenly cream cheese, lox and bagel.

[@playgroundthug]

this is Food Network/Travel Chanel level content. Great video man!

[@Jedif82]

My first trip to NY is week ahead and since my hotel is half block away I'll probably end up in Ess-a-Bagel

[@neomf]

Went in june to Absolute because of your previous video... What a fantastic place! The nova is GOOOOOD! Always nice seeing a video with Greg!

[@noahwalker8359]

Utopia Bagels still is the one bagel place I will try to go first the next time I'm in NYC. The bagels there literally look like heaven and the other bagel place that I also go to in New Jersey is Teaneck Road Hot Bagels.

[@2Wheels_NYC]

Nice!! Utopia was actually on my original itinerary. Bagels are a Tri-State classic, but NYC nails it!

[@HereBeBarr]

Hell yeah

[@TheSilentWhales]

Greg's excitement at 1:44 made me chuckle.

[@63arnoud]

Went too Absolute Bagels from the Netherlands and the Bagels tasted realy good. Good luke you all.

[@crazeyjoe]

Utopia bagels especially looks delicious!

[@bobgenghiskhan2499]

You had me at Everything Bagel. Miss those.

[@prestonradtke222]

I’ve been to all those places, and they are all excellent. However, I was so flabbergasted and how great the bagels were at H&H on the upper east. I thought it was just a tourist rip off, but they were excellent.

[@mrn13]

If I was visiting on a tight schedule and a local took me to the hipster bagel place- I would start to cry!

[@MRP3261]

Jon My favorite bagel places is La Bagel Delight. 7ave and President st in Park Slope. I eat there every day. My name is in shrine with the Rangers logo.

[@HereBeBarr]

i have to try that spot!

[@MRP3261]

@HereBeBarr Another spot is Emmons Bagels. They are on Emmons Ave and Dooley st in Sheepshead Bay. Right across the street from the Boats. Since I live in Sheepshead Bay and go fishing they are convenient.

[@spun_01]

As an Australian who has NEVER had a real bagel, these look mind blowing to me. I hope to make it to the USA one day, and if I do these are on my to-do list.

[@Time.for.a.new.september.11]

Bagels are from Poland not usa

[@spun_01]

Cool. Good to know. I've never had one from Poland either 😉. To be fair, I never said they originated in the USA.

[@Time.for.a.new.september.11]

@@spun_01 my problem is that Americans make it sounds like they invented it, truth is that the pioniers brought al the food they eat today.

[@Time.for.a.new.september.11]

@@spun_01 they also say a hamburger is real American but the fact is that a hamburger comes from Germany

[@lilypad342]

Yay Greg!! Love when you guys collab! And the BAGELS 🥯 😮 my daughters wedding is this fall but after that all my money is going towards my EPIC NYC FOOD TOUR!!!

[@JDUKE25]

My wife and I and a couple of our friends are heading to NYC next month. I’m craving a good bacon, egg and cheese bagel.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Those are pretty awesome looking bagels. Cheers, Jon! 👍🏻👍🏻✌️

[@TheToyOdyssey]

Just went today. Had an avocado, chipotle cc multi-grain bagel with sun-dried tomatoes. Divine.

[@suefitz2498]

I love the first one you had at Utopia with all the crunch 👌…and I love stores that use cash only like Absolute Bagels….woohoo ❤

[@kamiros9739]

In German it‘s "iss einen Bagel" tho. Great video

[@FoodandFootprints]

Such a fun day and great video! Glad you got to finally try the legendary Utopia Bagels!

[@HereBeBarr]

You talked it up for years, and i finally went!

[@ss_sailaway]

Excellent list! Thanks HBB👍🏽

[@chandrarowe1972]

3 more weeks until my first NYC bagel. Thanks to you I feel like this trip will be a blast. PS: as we're visiting from Belgium, we'd love to see you try out the Belgian eating places in NYC.

[@taradc6037]

3 more weeks until our first time as well! Visiting from California. Sooo unbelievably excited!!❤️

[@roybrown503]

We will be visiting 2nd week of August, coming from Iowa, and definitely have found this channel so helpful in deciding where to go.

[@MzBroadway17]

2 weeks for me! I didn't try a bagel the first time in NYC 🫤

[@DJ-wm4ew]

Big shout out and love to you bro. Been watching lots of ur videos ahead of a trip to NYC, made my trip awesome ❤ Had a bagel at BTS on W40th street, everything bagel with cream cheese, salmon, tomatoe, capers - amazing 👌🏽

[@AsifMalik-og6np]

Thank u very much for all your work. I think I need more than one life to see the whole New York city

[@taehyunlee955]

U have to try Jk bakery on union street in flushing Ny. Only grab their bagels at 7-8am when they first open and you’ll see why!

[@CatsPajamas23]

👍❤️ Grew up on NY bagels. So good!

[@NYx3]

I grew up on bagels in NY and even been to some of the Bagel shops mentioned here. What I did not hear is how you tell a really good bagel from just a bagel. First - you will never get a great bagel if they do not make them on the premises. You are just wasting your money. Second - If the shop makes all the bagel early morning before they open then you are missing out the Navona experience. A really good bagel fresh out of the oven and still warm or hot does not need anything on it. Just the texture, warmth and flavor of the bagel should be enough to send your experience to heaven. Third - What to look for in a bagel? The crust should be thin and crips. If not it is not freshly made.. The inside should be warm, moist and dense. but not chewy like dowy. Forth Toppings - Whatever your preference is; poppy, sesame, salt, garlic, everything, etc... there should be enough on the top of the bagel to cover it. Where I grew up there were about a half dozen bagel shops to choose from and every morning they made their bagels fresh as they sold them. Often which bagels we bought more of depended on which one just came out of the ovens., We would first get hand carved lox from the Deli next door and then the bagels. On the way home we all would eat at least 1 bagel while they were still hot. At home we would then make out bagel sandwiches with lox, slice of onion, etc... We never toasted them. You only toast a bagel that is not fresh out of the oven. Sadly few places that sell bagels don't operate the way they have in the past. and that is sad. It is harder to find a good bagel place if you don't live right by one. There are 3 around where I live and they just are not that good. All their bagels are made in advance and none I would say are traditional. They are bigger , lighter and not a real bagel.

[@heymancy56]

Love your content. I live near Galveston TX, went to a nearby bar and they were playing your videos on their huge tv. It was awesome.

[@HereBeBarr]

Wow cool!

[@Bravonewyork]

My uncle been working at utopia for years! So I get that friends and family treatment 😎

[@TheAliKoca]

I'll hit up some of these restaurants when I'm in the city

[@CHOCKO895]

I can walk to Utopia bagels and I do!!!!

[@kamanama3671]

where I live in the south, there’s only one place that ever had a line. It was a New York style sandwich shop. They sliced everything fresh to order. It was so good and unfortunately they closed. I miss jersey.

[@bonniepwtf]

Now I have to have a bagel 🥯 at some point today. Really enjoyed this tour, well done. #loveforben

[@Smart_Think]

Omg i love bagels been waiting for this episode!

[@saulchapnick1566]

My son grew up on the original Ess A Bagel when we lived there. When he was teething, he teethed on their bagel. I was in a culture shock being introduced to their bagels. I grew up when bagels were smaller. Crisp on the outside. They were soft and fresh in the morning and hard as rocks by sundown.

[@walterj8150]

If you watch very close as they order the bagel you see a fly 🪰 on top of the bagels 🤢🤢🤢

[@davidtaylor6663]

toasted plain bagel with butter is perfect. No place like NY to get a bagel. The rest of the country is missing out

[@johnpestano22]

i'm not really a bagel fan but new york has a lot of bagel shops i could try some it's all about varieties so i could find a shop i think i might like.

[@CCab-bay]

Amazing video! Amazing looking bagels!

[@arimermelstein9167]

I’m an Orthodox Jew who keeps kosher, and I’m originally from Brooklyn. When I moved to New Jersey, and found out that to some people in my synagogue, the definition of a good bagel here is one from the grocery store, I almost had a fit. Luckily, there are 2 incredible kosher bagel stores within an hour’s drive from where I live now, both owned by non Jews and both have been open for more than 50 years. And yes, it’s worth the hour drive.

[@HereBeBarr]

Yeah, it's not just Jews running the bagel shops anymore. Heck in my hometown of Fair Lawn, both of my fave spots are Greek owned!

[@arimermelstein9167]

@@HereBeBarr absolutely. In my experience in brooklyn all kosher bagel stores were run by Jewish people, so the concept of non Jews opening up bagel stores that specifically wanted to be kosher was a revelation. Not that non Jews make bagels. That doesn’t surprise me of course. In New York there are hundreds of those.

[@homerb3368]

@@arimermelstein9167Ari, one question! If bagel place which is run by non Jews is trying to be kosher, what about mashgeach supposed to be on premises all the time?

[@arimermelstein9167]

@@homerb3368 no, because all they make there is bagels and muffins. The mashgiach comes every so often to make sure that the ingredients they use haven’t changed (and I assume if they add a new product, they talk to him/her first). And bagel and pizza stores never shut their ovens, so assuming a Jewish person turning on the fire is enough, that happened (and happens if it needs to be refired). If they did any real cooking, then it would be a problem. But baking without a mashgiach is allowed.

[@homerb3368]

@@arimermelstein9167Thank you, Ari👍

[@louiselawrence7220]

Enjoyed the video, I'm feeling hungry now! I hope Ben is doing okay

[@jimleung1300]

You guys should try Highway Bagels by Kings Highway in Brooklyn.

[@Ghost-sz7uo]

you should've hit up tal bagel as well. it's literally across the street from essa bagel(although i like essa better).

[@kristinchong629]

John the best. Really combined so many worlds and keeping it fresh. 🌊🌊🙏🌊🌊

[@bythesea4ever2010]

Yes I have to have my bagels every morning 6 days a week from my local Bagel Shack in San Clemente, Ca been going there for 23 years they make the best bagels freshly made always 🤙🤙

[@caduuu151]

When I was in NYC I tried the bagel from the Best Bagel & Coffee. It was very crowed but we liked a lot.

[@adventureswithcarl123]

Very delicious looking bagels

[@Pre1321]

"Hi we're looking for Frank" "Ah yes we all are" If that's not the most Italian American shit I've ever heard lmao. I've got too many Frank cousins.

[@HereBeBarr]

hahaha

[@Pre1321]

@@HereBeBarr Love your stuff buddy! Brooklyn guy here. Keep making great content.

[@DavidMaYor83]

Great content as usual! I need a bagel asap🥯!

[@devinfusella150]

Bagels and pizza in NYC are insane , ofcourse cuz of the water filter system they have but man its crazy (south jersey guy)

[@TomyBinho]

Between the Bagel NY in Astoria definitely belongs in this video!We happened to stay at a nearby rbnb and it was truly an amazing discovery

[@jglasernyc]

Tompkins Square bagels is my go to, especially the Second Ave location.

[@wh9474]

@ 11:06 you see the flys on the bagles that you are eating. That seems healthy.

[@NKC_DRAWING]

Amazing hats off man great job❤👍

[@TrinbagoVibes]

I knew I should have eaten something before I pressed play on this one, those looks super delicious

[@HereBeBarr]

They are!

[@ethanstechworld207]

Russ & Daughters is my favorite. I also went to Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee company which were the big fluffy bagels like Ess a Bagels. Those were great too.

[@AntonWongVideo]

oh man! the Cheech looks so appetizing! Love a good breakfast sandwich!

[@HereBeBarr]

Thank you 😋

[@robster3323]

St. Viature and Fairmont in Montreal have these guys beat. Not taking anything away from the NY Bagel companies, but the Montreal guys are just doing better. You guys said it, it's the little details, and the sourdough process at St. Viature and the wood oven makes the difference.

[@crankybastid2197]

Dyker Park Bagels, 86th st Brooklyn. Awesome.....

[@Mrbeahz1]

I grew up in Alphabet City, and I remember bagels back then were like the first two places you went to. Later I was in LA in the 70s - my bagel was like a pillow and I got a half pound of cream cheese - like Ess-a-bagel.

[@TheBahamamama88]

So only me one saw that fly at Ess-a-Bagel helping himself to a bagel too 😂 11:07

[@justindrachtman1822]

You got to do a Long Island bagel video

[@No85Limits]

my wife thinks im crazy that i dont toast the bagel... i told her a good bagel doesn't need toast... i feel toast takes away from flavor a bit.

[@homerb3368]

@No85Limits I agree, unless you are getting bagels from Albertsons on Melrose, Vista San Diego County, then toast is a must 😂😅😊

[@Robert-er9vf]

Yes, after the bagel 🥯, I will walk down to Doc. Holiday and wash it down with a beer 🍺.

[@espo7182]

"Ess a mine shiza!!!" from South Park. If you know, you know. Lol

[@tymesho]

NEVER had, but the pizza bagel must ROCK!?

[@lucianac4388]

Absolute Bagels and Murray's are the stuff of my dreams

[@adambuesser6264]

Have you compare NJ bagels to NY bagels? Lots of good bagel shops in NJ towns mostly in Bergen County. I have a go to bagel shop right next to work in Paramus. Freshly made from the oven.

[@homerb3368]

@adambuesser6264You are close to one of the best bagels in NJ , the place in Fair Lawn on Saddle River Road called Hot Bagels (at the end of Morlot Ave).

[@HereBeBarr]

Love Bergen County Bagels, did a video on my fair lawn favorites last summer.

[@ddubslife]

Omg. These bagels looks so delicious. 😋😋😋❤❤❤

[@angelhernandezrivera6195]

Absolute Bagels are the best went there a lot while in college. Granted, I never went to Russ and Daughters

[@mrbushlied7742]

I ate at Tompkin's Square Bagels on a Friday morning during my holiday in NYC two weeks ago. The bagels were good. However, I was not impressed by their selection of vegan cream cheese. IMHO, the best bagels in NYC are made by the Bagel Hole in Park Slope Brooklyn.

[@HereBeBarr]

LOVE that spot too.

[@yaowsers77]

ny may have good bagels, but the hot bagel bakery here in oakhurst, nj are superb! it was the one thing i missed the most when i went to college. they don't do any fancy sandwiches with eggs or anything. just spreads and lox. i love a good one with nothing on it or a hot one with butter that's melted in. once in a while, i'll even go for one with cream cheese.

[@latayarolle3169]

@HereBeBarr after watching all these videos, I am booked for New York 🙌

[@dansgsds]

Yes fair lawn best bagels

[@homerb3368]

@dansellscars I agree

[@p0vqxil]

Going to NYC on January, I'm definitely gonna try these! they look so good🤭

[@aasim8]

Hi John and Greg, I want to try Absolute bagel, thompkins square, and Ess a bagel (Stuyvesant town) location. The bagels 🥯 shipped to Florida lol 😆 😂. All of these locations look good. 🥯🥯🥯🥯🥯🥯🧀🧀🧀🧀🍪🎂🧋 Thai ice tea looks good. 🇹🇭🍵

[@Shy_Gonz]

Thankkkksss I’ll be there in one week definitely will try one bagel

[@JoseFlores-kl6jm]

I will make sure to eat a bagel next time I'm in town Jon !

[@alexchainey.]

Quite a price difference between Utopia and Ess-a for creme cheese bagel.

[@rlosito91]

The best bagels in New York are on Long Island. Town Bagel in Bellmore, NY and A&S Bagels in Franklin Square,NY

[@BeeApple-sr3db]

My favorite is Salt.

[@msoda8516]

As a Jersey girl nothing beats a pork roll everything bagel

[@iraAlbucher]

Pumpernickel everything - THE ONLY BAGEL! Please try it.

[@LouisePetrilli]

Nothing will beat the Montreal bagel, St- Viateur you must try them

[@SipsOnLean]

fair lawn? crazy, i grew up in elmwoodpark

[@deonortiz713]

Am i the only one that saw that fly just chilling on that bagel in ess-a- bagel lol

[@lexiyah643]

I like the Turkey and Ham sandwich at the corner store they're good fr

[@keithss67]

Absolute bagels is the best! But get there early on the weekends

[@DavidPerez-oj2dv]

THE BEST BAGEL C-TOWN RIVERDALE NEW YORK I DON'T NO WHERE THEY GOT THIER BAGELS FROM BUT THE BEST THEY CAME IN THE MORNING STILL WARM IN THE BAG SMALL AS WELL

[@maril1379]

Watching now thumbs up!

[@agnieszkazelaznicka6330]

When I went to NY this February I had a list of bagel places :) tried them, they were very good. Yet I felt that I was a bit "disappointed". I didn't know why...then I came back home, to Poland and I realized I have amazing bagels at home heheheh. I guess I expected too much from a "poor" bagel ;) And I made myself one at home. Still I really enjoyed trying many of them and got some inspiration how to prepare mine here :)

[@rosarodriguez8841]

that's a bagel I dream to have taste .but I only got store bought kind.