OT: Best Bagel in CT

[Bryan Lord]

Kettle bagels in Southington and shefs in Cheshire are both better than fancey bagel. As a Southington resident I won't make any friends saying this.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

What about a wedge?

It's always a grinder. Hot/ cold doesn't matter if it comes on Italian bread

Only know that from Stamford. Where else?

 

[methodology]

Only know that from Stamford. Where else?

Only place I've heard it also

 

[jibsey]

Costco has Einstein bagels ( acceptable) for $6 a dozen), can’t beat that. Stew Leonards has very good bagels priced well, you can take 13, and I compared them to one of the best supposed NYC bagels which were bigger not better but more than double the price. There is too much carb in these things so when i buy and freeze them I use them by halves. How many calories in a bagel and cream cheese?

 

[crazyUCfan23]

Costco has Einstein bagels ( acceptable) for $6 a dozen), can’t beat that. Stew Leonards has very good bagels priced well, you can take 13, and I compared them to one of the best supposed NYC bagels which were bigger not better but more than double the price. There is too much carb in these things so when i buy and freeze them I use them by halves. How many calories in a bagel and cream cheese?

Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Am I the only one who doesn't much care about bagels? I'm half Italian and I've never understood the obsession with bread in general for that matter.

Lady Hans doesn't get the fuss about bagels or lobster rolls, but could eat pizza every night.
She compares all BBQ to what she grew up with in TX, and remains generally polite on the matter, finding more items & places she can like with each passing year. No wurprise, we're looking forward to the BBQ not pizza when we go to St Louis next month, though we will get fried ravioli.

While we're on & off subject here, for as long as I'm harvesting tomatoes, I'm on the hunt for the right baguette for my caprese sandwich, or toastable sliced bread for BLTs, though Chabasso ciabatta rolls on crazy discount at Ferraro's have worked for the latter.

Who's got the breads for my tomato basil, and mozzarella?

Wave Hill
Judi's
Pantry (simple, soft, skinny ficelle, somehow)
Isabella Y Vincent
Tom Cat (delivered from NYC)
Bread & Chocolate
Chabasso
SoNo Bakery

All get close for the right crunch & chew ratio, but none hit it out of the park.

 

[pepband99]

Costco has Einstein bagels ( acceptable) for $6 a dozen), can’t beat that. Stew Leonards has very good bagels priced well, you can take 13, and I compared them to one of the best supposed NYC bagels which were bigger not better but more than double the price. There is too much carb in these things so when i buy and freeze them I use them by halves. How many calories in a bagel and cream cheese?

Stew Leonard's may very well be the answer to the original question. They make a decent bagel.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Stew Leonard's may very well be the answer to the original question. They make a decent bagel.

...and decent might be a reasonable CT standard for home consumption of a toasted bagel.

I realize that I'm the outlier in wanting what's hot, with no toppings, as my first hit.

Kinda like a tomato pie from the right place.

 

[Hoophound]

...and decent might be a reasonable CT standard for home consumption of a toasted bagel.

I realize that I'm the outlier in wanting what's hot, with no toppings, as my first hit.

Kinda like a tomato pie from the right place.

A freshly made salt bagel with no toppings is the best soft pretzel I’ve ever had.

 

[Guapo]

Lady Hans doesn't get the fuss about bagels or lobster rolls, but could eat pizza every night.
She compares all BBQ to what she grew up with in TX, and remains generally polite on the matter, finding more items & places she can like with each passing year. No wurprise, we're looking forward to the BBQ not pizza when we go to St Louis next month, though we will get fried ravioli.

While we're on & off subject here, for as long as I'm harvesting tomatoes, I'm on the hunt for the right baguette for my caprese sandwich, or toastable sliced bread for BLTs, though Chabasso ciabatta rolls on crazy discount at Ferraro's have worked for the latter.

Who's got the breads for my tomato basil, and mozzarella?

Wave Hill
Judi's
Pantry (simple, soft, skinny ficelle, somehow)
Isabella Y Vincent
Tom Cat (delivered from NYC)
Bread & Chocolate
Chabasso
SoNo Bakery

All get close for the right crunch & chew ratio, but none hit it out of the park.

Mrs. Guapo is similar.

When we first met her idea of having a "bagel" for breakfast was a Thomas Cinnamon Raisin "bagel" with something called honey walnut cream cheese.

I don't think she's ever admitted she was wrong to do this but she knows now that this behavior was deeply offensive to me and family's heritage.

She has excellent taste in BBQ though.

 

[Robertelamin]

...and decent might be a reasonable CT standard for home consumption of a toasted bagel.

I realize that I'm the outlier in wanting what's hot, with no toppings, as my first hit.

Kinda like a tomato pie from the right place.

Don’t worry Hans. Soup season is right around the corner.

 

[jibsey]

Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to.

That bad huh?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Don’t worry Hans. Soup season is right around the corner.

After bacon season, it's corn & peaches, then apples & pears, big squash (yeah, some soup), sock season, baseball season, CWOS, colorful dying leaves, actual UConn basketball games, "the holidays," and football season . . . all of which precede soup season.

 

[UconnFanNVa]

I grew up in Stamford CT.. Many bagel shops. I now live in Richmond VA, much better BBQ down here, but their favorite bagels come from Panera and Einstein , not the same thing!!

 

[Guapo]

I grew up in Stamford CT.. Many bagel shops. I now live in Richmond VA, much better BBQ down here, but their favorite bagels come from Panera and Einstein , not the same thing!!

Richmond?

Sounds like you should change your name to UConnfanSVA

 

[CL82]

Hah, Białystok begs to differ as the original source of cebularz (aka biały in Yiddish and in the States). And, Poland in general, where biały are among the limited outstanding food items.

Anyone else thinking about this guy reading this?

 

[storrsroars]

Lady Hans doesn't get the fuss about bagels or lobster rolls, but could eat pizza every night.
She compares all BBQ to what she grew up with in TX, and remains generally polite on the matter, finding more items & places she can like with each passing year. No wurprise, we're looking forward to the BBQ not pizza when we go to St Louis next month, though we will get fried ravioli.

While we're on & off subject here, for as long as I'm harvesting tomatoes, I'm on the hunt for the right baguette for my caprese sandwich, or toastable sliced bread for BLTs, though Chabasso ciabatta rolls on crazy discount at Ferraro's have worked for the latter.

Who's got the breads for my tomato basil, and mozzarella?

Wave Hill
Judi's
Pantry (simple, soft, skinny ficelle, somehow)
Isabella Y Vincent
Tom Cat (delivered from NYC)
Bread & Chocolate
Chabasso
SoNo Bakery

All get close for the right crunch & chew ratio, but none hit it out of the park.

I envy you.

I have a half dozen major supermarkets within 1.5 miles of my house. For the most part all of their baguettes suck. Best of the bunch is the sourdough at Whole Foods. Second best are the ciabatta rolls (which are shipped frozen) at Trader Joes.

Even our top bakeries don't do baguettes all that well. Something about soft crusts and Pittsburgh. Classic CT "hard rolls" don't exist and 99% of the pizza is undercooked.

However, I can get a box of 4 exceptionally good croissants at Fresh Market for $3.99. Go figure.

 

[UofCT]

Jersey has good bagels. Ramapo Valley bagels has a killer sandwich:

Ah, you feel the ol' arteries hardening just looking at it. Used to hit this place before AAU tournaments. Kept you going for a whole day of games.

That looks emotional

 

[UofCT]

Brueggers in West Hartford and Bagel King in Fairfield are both really good.

Brueggers bagels are too small.

 

[Guapo]

I envy you.

I have a half dozen major supermarkets within 1.5 miles of my house. For the most part all of their baguettes suck. Best of the bunch is the sourdough at Whole Foods. Second best are the ciabatta rolls (which are shipped frozen) at Trader Joes.

Even our top bakeries don't do baguettes all that well. Something about soft crusts and Pittsburgh. Classic CT "hard rolls" don't exist and 99% of the pizza is undercooked.

Are there any good bagel places in Squirrel Hill?

 

[Guapo]

Brueggers bagels are too small.

Brueggers>Einsteins but neither deserve a mention in this thread

 

[storrsroars]

Are there any good bagel places in Squirrel Hill?

You'd think there would be given it's the traditional Jewish neighborhood. But the lone bakery there (Allegro Hearth) isn't kosher and doesn't even make them. The only true deli closed three years ago. I have not tried them, but I've heard that the mini-bagels served at NU Kosher's "nosh table" are actually the best in Squirrel Hill.

For bagels around here, I stick to Mediterra Bakehouse, which supplies a lot of places. It's a NYC water bagel process and close enough for rock n roll. There's also a stand in Bloomfield Market on weekends called Pigeon Bagels with does an odd NYC/Montreal/sourdough hybrid bagel that's quite good. Other than that, it's the standard soft Bruegger's/Panera/Einsteins stuff.

 

[UofCT]

Brueggers>Einsteins but neither deserve a mention in this thread

Agree 100%

 

[the Q]

If you are going to Flanders Bakery you get donuts . Easily the best donuts in CT.

Now that’s a thread I want to see...

 

[UofCT]

Now that’s a thread I want to see...

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