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Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net
It sounds like a fine idea—bagels in the Grove, but I am concerned about the “ NO GMO” headline banner. It would have been more promising if the headline could be “authentic New York style deli bagels, made the traditional way.”
I don’t know any bagel lover who worries about GMO’s in their shmeer-laden snacks with that hole in the middle. The basic ingredients in a bagel are wheat flower, salt, water (preferably from New York City) and yeast. So I don’t get the fuss here about “natural and plant based ingredients.
We have written a fair number of bagel articles on Blogfinger due to our pursuit of the best bagels in this area. And in those articles which emphasize qualities such as crunchy exteriors and chewy interiors, the acronym GMO was never mentioned.
We also are aware that there are many bagel imposters such as the ones with the consistency of white bread and puffed up to the size of your head.
In addition, the flier says “natural and plant based ingredients added.” Well…what can you do with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, raisins, and crispy onions? And bagels are naturally vegan. So let’s wait and see to judge these “All Star Bagels.”
We recently posted a bagel article about the new chocolate versions at Wegmans, and, needless to say, we were not enthused.
However, in general, we are excited about a bagel place in the Grove. It is needed. Our new coffee shop is fine, but it falls short in the edibles department, so a quality bagel place on Main should do well.
We will review it as soon as those round delights emerge from the oven. Meanwhile, the space on Main is totally empty.
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