Anonymous wrote:Try Snider's Independent Grocery Store in Silver Spring. Their rotisserie chickens are delicious too!

I thought they closed shop. Are they still there?

Anonymous wrote:Brueggers boils their bagels.

The Brueggers on my college campus used to bag "yesterday's bagels" and sell them in half-dozens for like $3. It was even cheaper on our meal plan. Do other Brueggers locations do this? They're just the bagels that didn't get sold the day of, still just as fresh IMO, and cheap as hell.

Anonymous wrote:Whole foods has "Just Bagels" http://www.justbagels.com/home/justbagels/ which are made in the bronx. As a former new yorker, these are the closest things I have found to the taste I got used to. I don't remember the cost per dozen but I don't think it was $14.

These are just bread. Baked by Yael makes real bagels, but they're not cheap and not always available: http://shop.bakedbyyael.com/Bagels_p/bagels_dozen.htm

Pumpernickels in DC has better bagels than most.

Try Snider's Independent Grocery Store in Silver Spring. Their rotisserie chickens are delicious too!

Anonymous wrote:How much could you possibly save? $2-4 on a dz bagels? Unless you are buying 10 dz bagels a week, I cant imagine going out of your way when you already have bagels you like. And I operate on a very tight budget.

It's not worth it.

Brueggers boils their bagels.

How much could you possibly save? $2-4 on a dz bagels? Unless you are buying 10 dz bagels a week, I cant imagine going out of your way when you already have bagels you like. And I operate on a very tight budget.

Just drive to NYC or nothern NJ.

Goldbergs sells cheaper frozen bagels by the dozen.

Anonymous wrote:In NYC nothing here can even compare. I've been searching as well & just resigned to making my own. Gook luck op

+1

We buy from NYC when we go up and keep them in our freezer.

In NYC nothing here can even compare. I've been searching as well & just resigned to making my own. Gook luck op

Proper bagels are boiled then baked.

http://www.foodwinediva.com/2011/01/so-what-makes-good-bagel-anyway.html

Giant Bagels are a bread product with a hole in the middle. They are in no way a "real" bagel.

Real bagels cost more because it is a more involved process.

Anonymous wrote:My favorite bagels are from Giant-- better than Bethesda Bagel, Bagel City, Einstein and definitely better than Goldbergs (in my opinion these are the worst). I don't know what the cost is, though.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Goldbergs. Yum! Not sure how much exactly they cost per dozen though. But worth every penny.

+1

I really like Goldberg's, but they're expensive like Bethesda. But if that's what you want, that's what you pay. Even Bagels from Dunkin Donuts aren't a bargain.

Try the bakery section at Wegman's. Of course for the gas / time you'll spend getting there from Bethesda, you should probably just splurge.