Comments on: Beigels Already

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 23 May 2022 19:28:50 +0000

I was in this film and used to love coming here .
I think the beigels were much better back then and certainly a lot cheaper !

By: Winston

Winston — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:34:04 +0000

So beautiful souls and fantastic film the world was peaceful and England was a flower.

By: Joe Pairman

Joe Pairman — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:45:05 +0000

Great video! As a new arrival to London (well, apart from a six-month stint in Peckham as a newborn baby), I’m a recent convert to Beigel Bake. Fascinating to see how it was 20 years ago.

Does anyone know what the music is? I’ve tried SoundHound and Shazam but they don’t recognize it.

By: Nik

Nik — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 23:16:00 +0000

I remember watching this great little film as a student. I’d just moved back to London. I later went on to shoot a black & white photo essay on Brick Lane in 1996. I spent an entire Saturday night in the Beigel Bake photographing and then staggered out the following morning to photograph the now-disappeared Market. I’m SO glad that the Beigel Bake is still there! Long may it reign!

By: Diane Eva

Diane Eva — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:00:58 +0000

“You can take the girl out of London, but not London out of the girl”. Love the East End. Still visit this area as often as I can and favour the smoked salmon/cream cheese or salt beef bagel. Lovely music playing in the background.

Wonderful film and thank you for sharing.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:55:34 +0000

I’m a Brooklynite who lived in Bethnal Green in the 80s and went here most weekends, either on Sun mornings or on my way home Sat nights. You can’t compare these to NY bagels, they are just completely different: smaller, sweeter, so goooood. I’m a cream cheese, salmon and cucumber girl. Great food and great atmosphere. Thanks for posting this, such great memories.

Love your blog, keeps me connected to my old home.

By: Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:33:09 +0000

Never mind the West End, I come from Canada to eat at Beigel Bake. OK, I don’t just come for that, but it’s become a custom that when I do go out of a night we all end up there and I buy the beigels for everyone in the car. Nothing has really change there, even some of the faces I still see today. Like most people I’ve been going there since the early 90’s.

Molly Parkin was on TV last week, Weirdest Council Houses. I would love to be her friend. She’s got such a great outlook on life, and she’s not exactly had it easy over the years.

Thanks so much for sharing this little film, it’s fantastic.

By: Philip Marriage

Philip Marriage — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:31:28 +0000

Delightful!

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:13:38 +0000

great film and lovely to see Molly Parkin

By: Carrickforde

Carrickforde — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 09:10:18 +0000

The women in the purple hat is Molly Parkin, writer and artist.