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Old School NYC bagels?

A couple of years ago, I read a New York Times article listing six bagel places that were "worth their salt". Since then, I've been to three of the six (I live in CT): Bagelry, Oasis Bagel, and Murray's Bagels. Bagelry was great for a while but appears to have changed hands. Their earlier efforts were reasonable size and had a wonderful taste. The new ones (different store name now) are huge and lousy. Scratch the Bagelry from our list. Bagel Oasis in Queens took a special trip, but the bagels were not so hot. Today we went to Murray's and were shocked to see the size. Mammoth! Our benchmark remains the old Bagelry gems and Murray's bagels, at least so far, don't seem to be anywhere near as exceptional. I'll try a few more, but don't have great hopes. So I suppose the next stop will be Absolute Bagels up on Broadway, though I've heard their bagels are huge, too. Is the great old New York bagel a thing of the past or is there still a good place hiding somewhere in the city?

nrwayne at 9:56PM on 06/18/08

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Old School NYC bagels?

I really do like h & h midtown east, good bagels and open 24/7. I need to try bagel hole and some other places in brooklyn, but its not something i usually make a huge trip for. I'd love to try some bagels in montreal though.

ChiefHDB at 4:17PM on 09/12/08

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Old School NYC bagels?

Ditto BAGEL HOLE on 7th Ave at 12 st. in Park Slope. Best in the entire city.

bobbob at 3:52PM on 09/12/08

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Old School NYC bagels?

the only awesome bagel shops in new york are ABSOLUTE BAGELS on Broadway a 107th and BAGEL HOLE on 7th Ave at 12 st. in Park Slope. beautifully crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside, and just the right smallish size. Luckily, I have lived in both neighborhoods. murray's is like OK and h and h are like bagel-bombs so leaden and doughy.

johannabanana at 3:24PM on 09/12/08