Our next entrant in the best bagel challenge is Bagels & Bialys in Albertson. This unassuming store front came as a big surprise. I have passed it thousands of times and would continue to do so. But a friend of mine suggested that I include Bagels & Bialys so off I went. The interior was […]
While we were at one of the wineries out east, we struck up a conversation with a fellow patron who mentioned that Mattituck has a place with the best chicken pot pies, namely NoFo Pot Pies. While I was extremely doubtful of this claim especially with everyone claiming they know the best of everything. I […]
On a suggestion, I went to My Three Sons Bagels in Garden City. It looked any other non descript bagel shop. First positive sign was the line for people. I am always encouraged by that. I ordered a plain bagel and some whitefish salad. If I was judging based upon the whitefish salad, this bagel […]
On our next leg of our bagel tour, we headed to Pantano’s Doz Bagels in New Hyde Park. After the series of disappointing bagels, I was feeling that bagels on Long Island are either overrated or everyone and their brothers think that they can serve great bagels. Clearly, most can not. As usual, I ordered […]
Another day, another bagel shop. Today we tried the Bagel Chalet in Plainview. From the look inside, I did not have high hopes for this shop. I should have just turned around and called it a day. But for the sake of Local Grubber, we continued on. I ordered a plain bagel and the owner […]
My next stop in the bagel tour was Goody’s Bagels and Spreads in Greenvale. Driving up to the unassuming storefront, I did not know what to expect. I was briefly reassured when there was a line of 6 people ahead of me all getting bagel sandwiches. As is my standard approach I ordered a plain […]
First Stop on my Bagel Journey, Gabby’s Gourmet Bagelatessen in Woodbury. I decided to try out one of the bagel shop that women who lunch go to. What I mean is that 90% of the customers in this bagel shop were women. This does not impact my bagel analysis but I thought it was interesting […]
I wanted to follow up from my hot dog visit to Ben’s Deli with other sandwiches. Instead of our traditional orders of pastrami and turkey, we went with a chicken Caesar wrap and a grilled chicken panini. As Ben’s is kosher, no dairy or cheese in either of our sandwiches. So we did not know […]
I have been hearing great things about Pantano’s Gourmet in Uniondale so off we went. The layout is a pretty traditional one with the deli counter running the length of the store broken down by items to order like salads, panini’s and sandwiches. The nice bonus was the tables outside. I tend to be a […]
Instead of doing a rant today, I thought that I would provide some advice on what not to order in a restaurant. This is an argument that I have with my wife all the time. She always like to order food that sounds good regardless of where we are eating. In one case, she wanted […]