I don't even know where to start.... I'll tell you a short story...
As a NY'er I go back at least once a year, if not twice. Although I've never been to Brooklyn (before you judge... I feel like EVERYTHING I need is in Manhattan) I get my breakfast bagel sammiches in the downstairs deli from my Aunt's apt. on the Upper West Side. I discovered the plain bagel with plain cream cheese, tomatoes and bacon on a warm sunny day about 10 or more years ago as I needed to break a $100 bill from my Aunt and needed something in my stomach before I caught the two buses to get to LaGuardia Airport (we all know airport food is expensive as sh*t).
That bagel sammich was like warm love in my mouth. I've never had anything made so quick and taste so good in the morning. So good even my Aunt got hooked on it. When I took my husband there for the first time, he got hooked.
Well fast forward to getting back to NC. I've tried Brueggers, Einsteins... I've even tried knock of "NY" bagel shops and none have been able to pull off what BWB pulled off today... All these shops make you feel like you got taken advantage of; paying around $6-$7 for a sammich with thinnest layer of cream cheese, ONE slice of tomato and a couple strips of bacon. I mean WTF dude. I guess people keep going back either because that's the only option or because they don't know any better. BWB pulled off what I thought was the impossible in NC...
A nice thick layer of cream cheese, not one but TWO slices of tomatoes, and some crumbled bacon; all on a REAL Asiago bagel. I'm told Einsteins and Brueggers freeze their bagels. No wonder why they taste weird. Not to mention my bagel this morning weighed at least 1 lb. NOW THAT'S A NY BAGEL!
Big ups to BWB for bringing my fave NY bagel sammich to the South! Chea!