OT: Best Bagels... Because, why not?

[storrsroars]

To place a lower frame of reference on this, any bagel W of NJ is crappy. You haven't lived until you've had a NM, etc, bagel. In Brooklyn, they claim the bread is great because of the water. Try Royal Crown (not for bagels).

Untrue. I'll put a bagel from Mediterra here in Pgh up against anything from CT. They're a bakery in an industrial park, but have a tiny retail section for consumers, so you're there for bagels & bread only. You're on your own for coffee & schmear.

To me the bagels at Einstein's, Panera or Brueggers are almost interchangeable and are more like soft pretzels than a bagel. I don't recall ever having a DD bagel, but I'd take their coffee (fresh pot only) over the mermaid's cup o' carbon.

 

[8893]

Where exactly?

Cohen's is on the Post Road on your left as you drive east out of town towards Clinton. Just past Lenny & Joe's, in a strip of shops that includes a lacrosse store and an Edible Arrangements.

They are good, especially when hot and fresh (and my girls love the french toast bagel; I like the Asiago and everything bagels). But when Willoughby's used to have them delivered from H&H in NYC I far preferred the H&H bagels. Just more of a style preference than anything. I like them either dense, or crusty/fluffy. Cohen's is in between, like a lot of other bagel shops.

 

[joober jones]

I have to go with Cohen's in Madison on this one.

 

[Huskybass]

Only in a pinch though... Dunkin donuts makes horrible bagels. They're just glorified rolls shaped like bagels. They lack that chewiness & crust a good bagel has.

Bagelz in Glastonbury does have some good ones.

Bagelz closed in the fall of 2011. It was pretty good and only 2 miles from my house. Coffee always tasted a bit burnt, but the bagels were very good.

 

[MarbleheadHusky]

For those that live on the North Shore of Boston, I have been blown away by the bagels at Bagel World in Salem (+ 2 other locations). I have not been into bagels for a while, but Bagel World brought me back in. Not only are they the best, but to pick up a Bakers Dozen + a tub of Cream Cheese for uner $10 is an amazing value.

 

[huskysupporter]

Ami's in Waterbury Ct.

Wish I lived closer. A co worker brings these in a couple times a year. Fantastic bagels.

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[coachcap]

Cohen's is on the Post Road on your left as you drive east out of town towards Clinton. Just past Lenny & Joe's, in a strip of shops that includes a lacrosse store and an Edible Arrangements.

They are good, especially when hot and fresh (and my girls love the french toast bagel; I like the Asiago and everything bagels). But when Willoughby's used to have them delivered from H&H in NYC I far preferred the H&H bagels. Just more of a style preference than anything. I like them either dense, or crusty/fluffy. Cohen's is in between, like a lot of other bagel shops.

So I've been in Madison the last 2 weekends & stopped at Cohen's twice. The bagels are great. The Blueberry scones are fantastic.

 

[SubbaBub]

Bruegger's and no one can tell me diff'rnt.

 

[Husky25]

Bruegger's and no one can tell me diff'rnt.

Uhh, Subba, please. I agree with about 86.28% of your posts, but this falls within the other 13%+. You might as well say Lenders.

 

[G0UCONN]

Brueggers....when hot.