Georgetown Bagelry on M Street Closed!!! Where do I get Great NY-style Bagels, now?
I am so upset that Georgetown Bagelry on M Street that I can think straight! It was a routine to head over to G-Town every weekend and get my Miami Bagel (Lox/Cream Cheese on Salt Bagel) and an Egg-n-Cheese with Bacon on the very best Everything Bagel you could find in the entire DC Metro Area! If the owners are listening find a new in town spot! I know Georgetown rents are through the roof! I could help you open it!
Now there really is NO reason to go to Georgetown...parking bites and most of the retailers are rude and self absorbed!
Anyone got a great tip on where I need to go to get my fix? (Metro-accessible preferably).
Sad in the City,
Mike
HoagieMan
Mar 27, 2008 04:29PM
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Port of Piraeus gets H+H fresh from NYC everyday - not as fresh as the location on B'way on the UWS mind you and no lox...
don't know what weekend hours might be. Metro Center and Foggy Bottom locations (maybe more)
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Calvert Woodley, the high-end wine store in Van Ness, ships in H&H bagels from NYC pretty regularly. I think they flash-freeze them or something...but you should probably check with the store manager. I've had them often and they're just as good as H&H back home in NYC - boiled and baked to perfection. Calvert Woodley is literally 20 feet away from the Van Ness Metro.
btw - nice to know someone else out there likes salt bagels...!
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mmm salt bagels
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I believe it is called par baked-- formed, dipped in boiling water, then half cooked and individually flash frozen, transported to where it is going (I believe La Brea bakery pioneered par baked bread), then "cooked off" at the final destination, leaving a crispy, fresh crust and soft interior.
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Kind of like Subway rolls. Eeww.
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Kind of like Subway rolls, La Brea bread and most bread you buy that tastes good from grocery stores like Wegmans, HT, etc.
Not so eewww, you snob.
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I haven't shopped at any of those other places, but I don't care for Subway rolls or the nasty stale smell of their frozen dough. I prefer freshly prepared baked goods, which are still available in a few places. Guilty as charged, amigo.
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There's no doubt that there isn't much to say that's positive about the taste of Subway rolls except they are (sometimes) warm. But the method they use is a good one. While not absolutely quite as good as fresh, par-baking can be nearly as good. As with any food, it all starts with the ingredients used, so what you put in, even using a good method for baking, is what you get out, my friend.
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You're welcome to my share of the par-baked goods. I'll save my money for the mediocre, highly-processed food products I enjoy--like Budweiser or fried pork rinds.
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fried pork rinds... now that's delicious
I miss the days I could walk out of home on Sundays and pay $3.00 for breakfast for 5 people, fried heart, fried pork rinds, hojaldres, yuca and patacones... 15cents cup of watery coffee... but 15cents!!!
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Me too. In Hialeah, cafe con leche, eggs and Cuban toast for 3 bucks. Bread baked on the premises. Huge Cuban sandwiches with chicharrones, roast pork, ham and Jarlsberg cheese for 4 bucks. A full lunch of masitas or rabo w/congri or black beans and rice, boiled yucca or boniato and ensalada aguacate for less than five bucks. Boy, do I miss it!
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Headingt to FL for two weeks after Christmas and ready for my annual Cubafest... thanks for the note!
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Certainly not of the quality I use to get in NY or Boston, but I always enjoyed the bagels and bagel sandwiches at So's Your Mom in Adams Morgan. When I lived in the area I would often get an everything bagel with chive cream cheese and a large coffee Sunday mornings. Pretty good. Plus their sandwiches (which they'll put on a bagel as well) are super good. ANNNND you can get Dr. Brown's there :)
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There's a bagel shop/deli on Wilson Boulevard at Court House Road in Arlington, very close to the Court House Metro. Brooklyn Bagel maybe? It's slipped my mind at the moment. Good bagels, definitely different from the bread-with-a-hole that usually gets passed off as bagels these days.
And if you don't like what you see and smell when you get there, there are about half a dozen decent eateries in the block.
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You've got the name right; it's Brooklyn Bagels. Their bagels are very good.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/brooklyn-bage...
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And they have salt bagels!
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The truth is that I didn't like their bagels (Brooklyn Bagel) on the other hand I never grew up with them so I don't know what a traditional good bagel should taste like.
I've been to Einstein Bagels and I enjoyed the honey one.. but again i have no experience with bagels so if anyone suggests a place I should try I will appreciate it =)
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That is a major shame, I loved that place. I had no idea it was gone. Depressing.
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There is a shop in Alexandria on King Street (away from old town heading towards baileys-at the 395 ramp). It is in a shopping center with a washington sports club, giant, and several other stripmall type vendors. It is called Bagel Shop (previously called Bagel City). It is very good. Fresh water boiled bagels. But this location is not really accessible by metro (short cab ride from king street metro).
Also, what about Brueggers?
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The same people who owned the bagel store in Georgetown also owned one in Bethesda by the same name (the Georgetown Bagelry). Not exactly metro accessible but the bagels are wonderful. Its on River Road as you are coming out of DC on the right - after Little Falls Parkway in the shopping center with the Whole Foods. Yummy everything bagels. And I can also testify that the Bagel Shop in Alexandria is fantastic. Similar atmosphere. The Bagelry is more authentic though - if I ate lox I'd be happier eating them at the Bagelry.
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It sounds like you are describing the Capital Bagel Bakery in the Bradlee Shopping Center (3610 King Street). IMO these are among the best bagels in the area. Also, the Georgetown Bagelry on River Road in Montgomery County (owned by the original owwners of the Georgetown store) still produces a quality product. A lot of folks like Brooklyn Bagels at Court House in Arlington. I think they let the dough rise too much and the outer shell is too soft.
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Furin's on M St. in G'town carries The Georgetown Bagelry bagels. Also, Scheele's Market at 1331 29th St. Marvelous Market & Kramerbooks at Dupont Circle....Politics & Prose......and all Balducci's......some Whole Foods, ask at your nearest & most convenient location.
The best Miami Burger in the Metropolitan area is at 5227 River Road. The Georgetown Bagelry. We don't compromise on quality and we have the best baker's on earth.
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Never liked G'town Bagelry. The best bagels I've found in DC metro area are made by the Manhattan Bagel chain. I have yet to find a place that makes a good bialy.
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I agree with you on not finding bialys in the DC area, but Manhattan Bagel, are you kidding? Only a half-step above frozen Lenders bagels!
Georgetown Bagelry are very very good, as are Bagel City and Ize's Bagels in Rockville.
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If you like bready bagel. I like denser bagel with a hard outer crust and Manhattan does the best version around these parts. No wonder I don't mourne the loss of G'town Bagelry. When I lived in G'town, I'd get my bagel with lox and cream cheese from Dean & Deluca.
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Georgetown Bagelry supplied Dean & Deluca's bagels.
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Just got back from Bagel City in Rockville. I'm impressed. Our best in NoVa can't really approach that for flavor, chew, tenderness, or appropriate size (not too big).
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Better than Brooklyn's in Arlington? I live in Rockville (never had Bagel City), raised in NY, and Ive been swearing that Brooklyn's is by far the closest thing to the real deal.....
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Yes, better than Brooklyn's. Easier to eat and tastier and a bit smaller.
I look forward to trying Ize's and Georgetown the next time I'm up in MoCo.
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The best bagels made anywhere near DC is Market Street Bagels in Frederick (next to Carroll Creek on South Market). They are amazing. On weekends, the line is out the door. It's worth the wait. Randy the owner was recently elected Mayor of Frederick, probably on the strength of his baking skills alone.
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Now that's a campaign platform I can identify with.
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Indeed. However, I didn't vote for him because I was afraid the pressures of office might adversely impact his true talents. Politicians are a dime a dozen. A good bagel is infinitely more rare.
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it's a shame is almost 50 miles far for me =( if i have to drive to Frederick though I will make sure I try them bagels.
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Bagel City in Rockville Pike makes bialys. I agree, they are rare around here.
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I agree about the Miami Burger, with one caveat: there are no capers. The last time I asked (admittedly at least 6 months ago) I was told you do not stock capers. Is this an non-traditional ingredient?
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We've stocked them in the past and there simply isn't enough demand. Occasionally, they're requested for larger catering orders.
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Capers for Miami's 24/7:) Glad you mentioned it.
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Although I didn't necessarily love Gtown, it liked them a lot (and it was hard to beat the satisfaction of parking out front before 7 for a hot salt bagel on an otherwise tedious drive to the office). As far as downtown bagels go, Bruegger's Bagels aren't bad. There is a new one at 2101 L Street. While a chain, it may be the best of the chains. I used to like Chesapeake, but as far as I can tell, they're history (although the former outpost in Olney is still pretty good as an independent).
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Honestly the only place that even comes close to NY bagels is Bagel Place in College Park - if you're willing to make the drive there. It's not really metro accessible, unfortunately. My husband is from NY and we have yet to find "NY" bagels in the DC area ...
I've heard that the Brooklyn Bagelry place in Clarendon is supposed to be good as well, but we didn't really enjoy the bagels when we went there. Maybe it was an off-day...??? That is off the Courthouse metro and on Wilson Ave.
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Jersey Girl in DC area here. I've just resorted to baking my own damn bagels. It's in the water, like with pizza! :o)
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I guessing it's in the flour and the equipment as well. Market Street Bagels gets their flour from New York and brought their whole set-up down from Long Island where they started out. Again, they are the best I've had in the area. Their lox is higher quality and less expensive than the grocery store, half a pound for about 8 bucks. My standard order is a garlic with lox, cream cheese and capers. They give me frown when I ask for it toasted, but they do it anyway.
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We've been going to the following place for several years. Try visiting Ize's Del and Bagelry on Rockville Pike, very close to Old Georgetown Road, and in the shopping mail with "Blinds to Go." They have first-rate bagels, the dough shipped in from New York, and really tasty (with big portions) whitefish salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, and meats such as corned beef. I once compared them to Goldberg's Kosher Bagels, also in Rockville, and found that Ize's "everything bagel" and its whitefish was on a bigger bagel, with better tasting whitefish. Also fun at the place: there's a trivia board next to where you order. If you get that day's question right--- you get two free bagels of your choice! Ize's used to be part of the Manhattan or Chesapeake Bagel chain, but now is independent, also with its own catering dept (also excellent). Their web site with a menu on it and discount coupons is--- http://www.izesdeliandbagelry.com/
Milt Goldsamt
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Yes, Ize's is good; I often forget about it because Bagel City is further up the road and I pass it first.
The best bagels in the area are from Goldberg's in Pikesville, which keeps kosher hours if anyone accidentally tries to go there on a Saturday expedition from Washington to Baltimore.
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In addition to Bagel City in Rockville, which someone else has written about in the blog, the readership should definitely high-tail it to the Royal Bakery & Delicatessen in Germantown (metro accessible via Shady Grove and the Germantown connector bus if you have time to kill). Family owned and operated by former New Yorkers, they've got the best bagels in northern Montgomery County. Last night (eve of the snowstorm) they sold out completely. They have both Italian specialties and Jewish specialties.. there's no bakery like it anywhere in the DC metro area, in my opinion. Where else can you get bakery-fresh challah, bagels, biscotti, and even stromboli (weekends).
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