![]() ![]() ![]() Hotels: Two queen beds plus a kitchen/kitchenette.Hotels: Kitchenettes and kitchens in 100+ Manhattan Hotels.How do I get from the airport (JFK, LGA, or EWR) to Manhattan?.If you happen to be in Bayside near the Throggs Neck Bridge, Its perfectly fine to go to, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it, tastes like every other Bagel store Ive been to, except they had Jalepono and Pumpkin Bagels (Which I did not try) ![]() Its located on a Strip Mall, this part of Queens looks like Suburbia USA, Its all detached houses (But on a bit smaller lots) and this place looks like its from a Strip mall in the Suburbs. It was all likely people who lived in this area. It was a fairly big place and lots of choices on food. The creme cheese was like any other creme cheese Ive had, nothing special about it. I didnt order it tasted so I don't know why it was like that and that was a bit of a bummer. The outside seemed a little crustly and hard, Almost burnt. The Bagel tasted well, Like a Bagel, nothing special about it, The consistency was like any other bagel I've had. I got the bagel with a bottle of cranberry Juice (I do not drink coffee) and it was $6.42 Thats what I normally get, so that's what I ordered I am not a Fooodie, but I know what a Bagel is supposed to taste like, Personally I like Salt Bagels (They sort of taste like those giant Pretzels) so that what I ordered, with creme cheese and there was no shortage of cream cheese either. Its a fairly large Bagel store, They had lots of choices on food, They had many types of Bagels including the dreaded Rainbow Bagel and some flavors Ive never seen before like Pumpkin and Jalepono. I must have passed at least 5 Bagel stores on the way (I didnt exactly drive on streets that had stores on that, so that's why such a low number) I think there is a bus stop in front, There is a bus that goes down Utopia Parkway. Took me about 20 Mins to drive there as its in Bayside, its not anywhere near a Subway. Based on recent visits, the argument could be made that Murray's bagel-too big, and typically a bit sweet-just isn't what it used to be, so what's the difference? Still, recognition where due-this is one of the better operations on the entire West Side, south of 59th Street.Well if the best Bagels are in Eastern Queens, i figured Id have to go the best Bagels in Queens. A few years back, Murray's relented, and now you get to ruin your bagel, just the way you like it. But as anyone who has spent more than five minutes in a New York bagel shop can tell you, the customer is always right, and possibly will also fight you, and everyone in the store for good measure. Give this Greenwich Village institution some credit-for the longest time, they fought back. Used to be, according to conventional wisdom, that only a second-rate operation would allow such a travesty the best bagel bakers took too much pride in their work for such foolishness to go unchecked. There was a time when you could separate the best shops in New York from the rest by the presence of a commercial-grade toaster behind the counter. Saveur Magazine raised eyebrows a few years ago, calling this one of the finest in the entire country-they were right. (There are three Maine shops on this list, and there probably should have been more.) When Allen Smith opened up shop in Lewiston the better part of a decade ago, he wasn't the first to tinker with the notion of a naturally leavened, long-fermented, and wood-fired bagel, but these days, Forage, which has since branched out to Portland's Munjoy Hill neighborhood, makes Maine's best bagel right now, gorgeously light and beautifully structured, with an exterior that snaps and crackles like popcorn. For a state with a scattered population less than Manhattan's, this is a group of people that is absolutely spoiled, and certainly for bagels: There isn't another off-the-beaten-path state quite so excited by the idea of the reinvention of the bagel. What can be said about Maine's enviable baking culture, except that if you know, you know, and if you don't, take a little road trip. ![]()
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