This place has changed ownership 3 times in the past year. The Sterling brothers sold it to a Jewish guy who recently sold it to a black guy.
While he is nice its obvious things are on the downhill. The place isn't busy anymore, the owner is never around and the place is run by a bunch of kids behind the counter. Service is slow. The last time I ate here my bread and bagles were stale. They haven't had a working cash register for 2 months now - just a note "cash register down". How the heck do you run a retail business without a cash register!?!?!
***UPDATE***
A of Sept 2011 the Sterline Bagles is CLOSED. A sign out front on the door said they are out of business and the place is empty.
Unbelievable the new owner ran it into the ground within 3 months. It was there for 22 years.