"The Bagel Store: Do I Look F*cking Corporate to You"

The Bagel Store branch at 754 Metropolitan Avenue in Billy-burg makes a fine breakfast for all movers and shakers. Yes, there is always the original store that opened nearly 6-years-ago near the Bedford stop, but this smaller, younger shop farther down on the construction truck heavy avenue is better. Why? Maybe it's the constant Reggaeton or that one worker made a clever penis-pun to my Midwestern mother there a few months back. No idea, really. Regardless, the hand-rolled Brooklyn knots that are boiled then baked in flavors that range from a traditional salt to savory French toast trump any bagel from the other boroughs. Besides, they always have festive creations like candy-coated peppermint at Christmas and a bagel of the day. All walks of life flock there for the French toast bagel, though. Alex, one of the neighborhood counter boys, agrees with the crowds. "My favorite is the French toast cause it's cool and it has a sweet taste. I like the sweet bagels,” he said. They usually run out of o.j. and The New York Times, but the bagels, baileys and such make up for it.