Gothamist: Stuy Town Locals Blame Hot & Crusty for Killing David's Bagels

TinyPaws

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:42:02 -0500

The blog edited the "Spanish" part out. Looks like they realized it was an accident, and bore no bigotry behind it. That's my guess since it seems irrelevant. So now we can focus on the real topic at hand. That topic being a chain eatery bullying out a longstanding business that many people DID enjoy. Twenty plus years is a long time to survive, in this town especially, so something about their food products clearly worked and made people happy... It's just sad to see more of these chains pop up and those little places we liked disappear into thin air. The David's on 19th is not the same. It never was. They don't have the same turnaround nor equipment. We've done taste tests : ) There will always be wars about what a good bagel is, and where in the world to get it. But there is no denying that David's served some yummy round bread with a hole in the middle, warm and soft on the inside and chewy and crusty on the outside... call it a bagel or not, whatever it was, it was just what I needed on many a cold day... I'll miss that raisin bagel.

JMH

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:00:07 -0500

"In addition, it is NAUSEATING to walk by your pizzeria to see your Spanish guys leave ..." I find bigotry slightly more NAUSEATING.I don't think it's really necessary to identify the employees (presumably incorrectly) as Spanish, but it's pretty clear that the focus is on the assertion that they're "leav[ing] half-made UNCOOKED pizzas to linger in the sun for long periods of time" rather than on their ethnicity.

pierrevonbaron

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:47:51 -0500

similarly, don't get the relevance of their ethnicity. maybe their tapas are better than their pizzas?

Spiritof76

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:26:35 -0500

[17] Are you saying I shouldn't be allowed to buy bacon & Muenster on a bagel, with a bowl of clam chowder on the side? Drat.

CrazyDEX

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:27:22 -0500

Man, I was so afraid David's was going to be another victim of the Manhattan strip mall developers. They truly had the best bagels in the area. Fuck H&C! I asked them for a dough ball once wouldn't even sell me one. 19th street is too damn far for me to go to get a bagel. Anyone know a good one further south?

snessnyc

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:26:51 -0500

LESS than 2 blocks uptown is La Bagel at 1st Ave. betw. 15th & 16th. And they're kosher, which means no abominations like bacon on a bagel (there should be laws about things like that). Of course, all you frickin' whiners will complain that they're not open on Saturdays. Get over yourselves.

whethergirl

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:19:31 -0500

hot and crusty is not an improvement on davids. but the 18th st location will sometimes deliver to the upper EV, so everyone can be super lazy. chomp on 14th btwn 2nd and 3rd is pretty great. they have h&h bagels and the best iced coffee.

feff

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:06:21 -0500

I work six blocks south of David's bagels on 14th street so it was already a trek to this location. Walking up to the other davids on 20th street or essabagel would mean a half an hour round trip! Hot and Crusty bagels are a poor substitute...bring back Davids! In the meantime, does anyone know of any other good bagel places in the East Village?

Avaz383

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:51:22 -0500

This is just plain depressing. Sure, there is another location a few block away, but it's somehow not as good as the 14th st, 1st ave location. I will be crying myself to sleep tonite mourning the loss of my favorite bagel place in the city. p.s. essabagel essasucks.

Snoopy

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:08:44 -0500

Soop it looks like you should get some exercise and walk a bit further than your fridge for a bagel. No offense but I might consider buying stock in Lenders after seeing their client base.

soopaman

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:58:37 -0500

i get the frozen Lenders bagels. Just a short walk to the freezer and always nice and warm

spiritross

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:52:24 -0500

First off its not likely that Hot and Crusty place will stay in business very long, there are so many better places to get pizza in that area Second There is another David's Bagels at 19th St. and 1st Ave Let it go people

aveB4life

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:52:24 -0500

ess a bagel sucks, hot and shitty sucks. just make the trek to davids on 19th, still as good, still as nice as ever.

Tgirl

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:44:37 -0500

there are like, seven or eight places that sell pizza w/in a 2 block radius of this corner. THATZ wats stupit -

smokedgouda

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:37:49 -0500

I find the same pizza as described disgusting, but someone is buying it because it's all over the city.

nomnomnom

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:36:29 -0500

Wah wah wah. Why can't they just go to Ess-A-Bagel? It's like 6 blocks away. Perfect to burn off a few of those bagel calories.

McFister

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:35:43 -0500

Blame the tasteless idiots who eat a Hot and Crusty.

whitecastlerock

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:29:56 -0500

fuck em...

Splicer

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:16:51 -0500

Perhaps the use of the word "Spanish" to describe all Spanish speaking people is a bit much. However, if they really are Spanish, then that's OK. "Hot and Crusty" doesn't sound too appetizing.

bowelmovment_man

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:59:29 -0500

Zeit gesund Dave

editedby

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:58:45 -0500

"In addition, it is NAUSEATING to walk by your pizzeria to see your Spanish guys leave ..." I find bigotry slightly more NAUSEATING.

virgil

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:56:09 -0500

Score 1 for Goliath