“they were both underwhelming compared to how they were a couple/few years ago. Tougher and denser, with overall less flavor.”
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“they were both underwhelming compared to how they were a couple/few years ago. Tougher and denser, with overall less flavor.”
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“The filling isn't baked with the bialy they toss in a lump of watery mushy bits of onion or garlic after baking.”
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“I was so disappointed with the one on the Upper West Side. It seemed like the sign saying it was coming was in the window for, like, 5 years so I'm waiting patiently and then it opens and the bialy's are damp, bagels are flavorless.”
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“No mustard, no cheese. Pickles and scrap of pastrami on bread toasted on one side. Bullshit.”
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“Kossars is still good at the Grand Street location. It is standard to shit on them now for no reason.”
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“Got pastrami Reuben on rye, 2 slices of overcooked meat, no cheese or sauce on untoasted bread for $20. Thought it was a joke.”
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“The garlic bialy was a bit bland, and probably not as fresh, do it was drier and not as soft as they have been in the past.”
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“$20 at Kossars on the lower east side….. pure robbery 1.5 slices of lox and a mid bagel”
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“Kossar’s was a really delicious bagel, very well seasoned and chewy but not hard to bite into. I’d go back to Kossar’s in a heartbeat”
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“Kossar's is famous for bialy's, not bagels. For that price Russ's and his daughter are better.”
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“Get your bialy at Kossar's and your bagel elsewhere.”
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“Don't sleep on the bialys from Kossars”
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“Get a mix of bagels and bialys from Kossar's.”
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“Kossars makes a nice whitefish salad that goes great with their bialy. Amazing combo.”
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“Winson, kossars and tpk square for breakfast sandwiches”
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“We really enjoyed their bagels.”
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“Ideally walk in, wish a good morning and then walk over to 30th street and get a BEC at Kossars”
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“The former has good bagels”
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“Kossar’s - amazing bagels and bialys, oldest bialy bakery in the US actually”
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“Do try their chocolate babka”
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“get the bialys. Fun fact: up until ~10 years ago, Russ used to sell Kossar bialy's . The combo of their fish and the best bialy in town was legendary.”
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“the gf bagels at Kossar’s are also pretty good.”
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“Their cinnamon babka is amazing. Could be the best in the city, but I don't want to get into a debate, so let's just say is ONE of the best in the NYC :)”
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“Kossars bialys are banging”
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“Kossar’s Bialys, Kalustyan’s, Raffetto’s”
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“Their bagels have never been *that* good. Their bialy game is superlative though.”
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“A bialy and loaf of babka bread! Both of which you can get from Kossar's.”
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“my favorite black and whites are the ones from Kossars”
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“If you want iconic bagels I recommend Kossar’s.”
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“Bagel at Kossar’s on 72nd before morning showings.”
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“Their bagels have gone downhill, IMO, with very little flavor anymore.”
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“I swear Kossars bialys have ruined every other bagel spot for me. That chewy center with the onion bits is perfection”
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“Kossars for bialys - and ask if they have pletzyls”
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“Or kossar's for bagels”
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“Kossars has great babkas as well”
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“Kossar bialys are so much better than their bagels”
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“the UwS one is mid at best. I like their Asiago cream cheese though.”
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“so three locations: Absolute Bagels, UWS; Kossars Bialys (yes bialy) LES; Utopia Bagels, Queens.”
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“Their tuna or cc and lox platters with a choice of bagel are excellent”
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“Bagels, hmm, Kossar’s is worth checking out on the LES.”
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“For a breakfast bagel: Tompkins square, Kossars or bread and nosh”
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“that doesn't even look like a real bagel”
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“Go to kossars for a bialy”
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“You go to Kossar’s for bialys, not bagels.”
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“Id rank them slightly below - and hence not worth waiting in line for tbh.”
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“Also Kossar's for bagels or bialys.”
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“Get a bialy at Kossar’s!”
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“I like the rugelach too.”
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“Excellent; better than I expected. Plenty of very tasty filling.”
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“Kossars bagels are stale by the afternoon.”
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