I was in northwest Calgary one day and we were hungry and on the prowl for some good cheap eats. Out of the corner of my eye(from starbucks) I noticed the great canadian bagel. i exclaimed "ooh, i remember that place! I used to go their when I was a kid and watch them make bagels with their bagel machine!" ( used to be a location in willow park years ago) So my sister replied "uuuhhh I don't know that place has gone way down hill since those days!" I replied "well we have to try and see if they are as good as I remember!" So I dragged My sister and our friend from out of town to have a quick lunch at GCB....
To make a long story short the bagels were terrible, we ordered pizza bagels which tasted and looked like they had been sitting in a dorm room for a couple of days and absorbing all the surrounding smells( the ham tasted like it was on the verge of being rotten the cheese was nasty). I also ordered a normal sesame bagel with dill cream cheese. The bagel itself was very stale almost as if it was two days old. Yep It was that stale. The cream cheese was actually good! and served as the axl grease to get the stale bagel down the hatch. I regretted eating the whole thing though, wasted calories hahahaha...
I must say that the selection seemed scarce and this location showed signs of lack of business. Judging from all of the bagels we got, they were not fresh at all. All three of us had bad bagel faces and confided in our mutual borderline experience.Of course I got blamed for choosing this place hahaha. I felt terrible for bringing my friend from out of town here! I am glad he was forgiving and that we laughed it off.
The guy working behind the counter was friendly but had a HUGE argument with the customer after us, something about differences from franchise to franchise. It was off putting to say the least and made us want to leave quickly.
So I hate to rip this place down but I feel like it is my duty to warn the yelping public that the bagels I had were terrible. I was certainly expecting much better and was sad to see that chain has lost its former luster and appeal. Sorry GCB i cant come back.... ok well maybe if its the only option...