. "2"^^ . "2"^^ . . "1"^^ . "I have driven past this bakery so many times and always swore I would stop there one day. Problem is that they close at 4pm on weekdays, which is very inconvenient for basically most employed people. I guess that's criticism number 1!\n\nStill, I vowed I would try those bagels. I had heard such good things. I wondered if all my life I was merely eating bread, and not experiencing true bagel deliciousness! \n\nFinally, I made a special trip, on the weekend to Bagel World JUST for those bagels...and what a disappointment. We got four bagels: 2 plain and 2 \"everything\". We sampled the plain one first...they were bland and tasteless, with no crispness on the outside and softness on the inside, like I have come to expect from a good bagel. They were basically just huge hunks of dough. They were expensive, although large, but I didn't finish mine. I nibbled the everything bagel and was equally disappointed. In the end I had to throw them out. They sat there on my counter for days, before it finally became clear that no matter how hungry I got, I wasn't going to bother.\n\nSO what happened? A bad batch? Maybe I hyped them up too much? Who knows! All I know is that I can't figure out where the rav reviews come from. I wanted to like them so badly...and they were just bleh. Oh well, now I won't have to make any more special trips to get those bagels any longer."^^ . "2012-06-18T00:00:00"^^ . "2"^^ . .