Comments on: A Night At The Beigel Bakery

By: bagelholic

bagelholic — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:12:31 +0000

London isn’t London to me without having a lovely solt beef bagel and a salmon and cream cheese dream!
Amazing to find myself in one of your pictures!!
A real treat!!

By: acadarchist

acadarchist — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:41:51 +0000

Whenever I`m in London, I ALWAYS visit the area (even if I`m miles away) and always visit BB. The salt beef /mustard/pickle beigel is very special, but I have a preference for the smoked salmon and cream cheese beigel. On a different level.
Thanks for the insight GA, I wish you a Happy New Year, and look forward to more of your musings in 2016.

By: The Idle 'Prentice

The Idle 'Prentice — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:44:51 +0000

I first went in there over 20 years ago. When we reached the age where learned to drive we’d drive there from Essex. I can still remember the smell and the humid atmosphere of that first visit. Spitalfields was a markedly different place back then before the days of beards, hipsters late night bars and loud music everywhere. That end of brick lane was very quiet I seem to remember. It always seemed to be dark and winter and cold and the street lights would reflect off the wet cobble stones and the cleared bits of debris where the market in Sclater street is seemed very eerie and haunting. The whole place seemed to be like a Dore engraving but without the crowds of people. Those salt beef beigles were and still are worth the journey on a cold night.

By: Chris debono

Chris debono — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:38:58 +0000

Been going there since it opened
a cheap meal at end of a night out
When living in Bethnal green in 80’s it was just round corner so I was a regular customer
Having now moved to North west London on visits back to home town
the first stop is bagels shop to buy 3 dozen Bagels to take home or get lynched by family on my return
2nd stop pie mash
Now my own 4 kids eat with or without a filling butter or no butter they don’t care they love um
Better than any other bagels in world
Busy 24 hours a day
Getting parked takes longer than getting served in shop

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:42:10 +0000

The only beigels in the world. Just wish they could be delivered to Hove. No other beigel tastes like these…magically delicious

By: Alice O

Alice O — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:26:54 +0000

What a beautiful story and pictures. Wish I had been in line to get a dozen of those.

By: Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 13:03:26 +0000

Of all the places I have to go to when I’m in London, I think this is the top of my list. I can miss going to Fortum and Mason. I can miss going to Scotland to visit my family, but I can’t miss the Beigel Bake. Year after year I see the same familiar faces shouting at me from behind the counter and taking my money and I know I’m going to have a feast of beigel and salt beef. It’s as much tradition to me as Christmas, except I might get there 2 or 3 times per year.
When I lived in London though, while still as busy, outside was bustling with newspaper sellers which are now no more. I think that’s a shame.
Thanks for sharing GA.

By: Ron Pummell

Ron Pummell — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:45:50 +0000

PS. I have used that particular bakers for many years.

By: Ron Pummell

Ron Pummell — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:42:21 +0000

Dear Mr. G A will you please advise your readers that here in the UK the correct spelling, and pronunciation of this product is BEIGEL. Other countries have different spellings and that is their prerogative. By the way my favourite filling in a beigel is cream cheese.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 08:18:12 +0000

I love this place and wish I lived closer, nothing like it in SE London.