Perhaps it's because I just came back from NYC where I ate a bagel every single day on the way to the beach. I think I need to forget what the real New York bagel taste like before I critique anybody else's bagel.
I walked in, looked at the bagels and stood directly opposite the guy behind the counter "patiently" waiting for him to stop talking to his co-worker about nothing to take my order. Then we just stared at each other until I asked if he could help me. Sigh.
Now to the bagels:
I spoke with the owner who said that the bagels were made and boiled in New York and then baked off at his location. Perhaps it got lost in transition. My bagels were dense and had no give to them. The bialys looked right but tasted wrong. The "everything" part of the everything bagels were missing everything. Sigh
This place is new so I will give them a chance to get their sea legs and will go back. I want them to succeed because I love a hood NY bagel