Brooklyn Water Bagel Company

Bagels are the best in New York that is a fact. While I can find good bagels here in Massachusetts, they lack the taste of a genuine New York bagel. Some people say that the bagels are better in New York because of the water. Those same people say the same thing about New York pizza. The obsession over the water used to make bagels has culminated in a bagel chain called Brooklyn Water Bagels. Before doing more research on the company I thought that they made a good bagel which was much better than anything I have had locally here in Metrowest Boston. After doing research I began to be suspicious of the bagel chain restaurant as they were based in Florida and not Brooklyn. The question I was asking myself was, "How can a bagel joint be called Brooklyn Water Bagels and not be based in Brooklyn?". While I am still suspicious of their name, their bagels are quite delicious. Brooklyn Water Bagels claims their bagels taste so good because of their water treatment system. This water treatment system filters all of the impurities found in the water and adds elements to the water to replicate the tap water found in Brooklyn. This water treatment system is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. I had never heard of a bagel bakery doing such a thing to replicate Brooklyn tap water. This ridiculous water treatment system seems to work wonders for the company as it has locations throughout Florida, one in Atlanta, one in Charlotte, two in Los Angeles, one in Maryland, and one location in Framingham, Massachusetts. They boil their bagels first and then bake them which is the proper way to make bagels. They bake their bagels fresh everyday which makes their bagels a quality product. Baking their bagels fresh everyday also means that they are not selling you an old, stale bagel which is never a good thing. Even though I am still skeptical of their water treatment system, I can get over it because the bagels are quality. If you don't live in New York and are near a Brooklyn Water Bagel, give it a try and see how the bagels compare to a traditional New York bagel. While it might not be the authentic article, it is still a pretty good bagel.