Bagel Wars: NY vs. Montreal

Everyone knows that New York bagels are the best, right? Maybe not. A just-opened bagel store in New York called Black Seed Bagels has reignited the debate over the home of the best bagels — New York or Montreal. It’s a long-standing rivalry that has resurfaced for debate thanks to this new, already extremely popular bagel shop. New York-style bagels are soft, chewy and doughy. Montreal-style bagels, on the other hand, are smaller, denser and sweeter. Both are boiled before they are baked, to create the thick, shiny, chewy exterior, but the water used in each city is a critical distinction. New Yorkers swear it’s the NYC water that makes their bagels so good and impossible to imitate in any other city. Montreal bagels are boiled in water that has been sweetened with honey — a defining characteristic of this style.

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