House of Bagels

photo - Yelp, Hui U.

House of Bagels, Lunch, Inner Richmond
June 11, 2016

P:
Jalapeno cheddar bagel, toasted with cream cheese
Raisin bagel, toasted with cream cheese

J:
New York Bagel - Everything bagel with cream cheese, nova lox, tomatoes, capers, red onion, not toasted


Notes:
This is our neighborhood bagel place.  It's a homegrown place that's been in operation since 1962, and at this very location since 1964.  I'm no bagel connoisseur, but they make a good bagel here, and it's a nice stroll from our apartment, so win-win.

Usually, I just get an Everything bagel toasted with cream cheese.  This time, I got bold and decided to try the New York Bagel, one of my favorite combos.  And, speaking of bold, I went also went untoasted; I haven't had a bagel since reading all about the virtues of untoasted bagels while writing about our visit to Beauty's Bagel Shop in Oakland.  I was happy with the toppings; the cream cheese is a little thin, but has a nice flavor, the lox is average but good, and the capers, red onion and tomato were in proper proportion.  I'm not sure I liked the untoasted bagel.  I felt it was harder to eat, and whatever it is I'm supposed to appreciate about the untoasted bagel, I couldn't here - there were just too many things going on.  I haven't given up, though; next time, I'll go back to plain ol' cream cheese on my Everything bagel, and I'll try it untoasted.

Patrick often gets two bagels, and when he does, one of the two of them is always raisin.  He's definitely a fan.


We hit this place up about once every month or so.  It's good for a fix, especially now that I know I can get a decent bagel with lox and cream cheese, toasted or not.