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Hole world
Brooklyn BagelFest rolling
into City Point in October
BY BEN BRACHFELD
The borough’s proudest
hometown grub will be on full
display at Downtown Brooklyn’s
City Point next month
when Brooklyn BagelFest
comes to town on Oct. 2.
The bonanza, organized by
the bread afi cionados behind
Brooklyn Bagel Blog, will feature
a veritable everything
bagel’s worth of noshes and
celebrations of the culture surrounding
the beloved piece of
dough for its second iteration
— it fi rst graced the borough
in 2019 but was cancelled in
2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Nothing is more New
York than a bagel and cream
cheese — the bagel has stood
the test of time as New York
City’s most iconic food symbol
for well over a century,” said
Sam Silverman, aka “The Bagel
Borg,” who founded both
BagelFest and the Brooklyn
Bagel Blog. “We are giving
it the festival it has long deserved.”
Purveyors from across the
city and nation will set up shop
to sample and sell their wares,
and attendees will even be able
to vote for the “Best Bagel” in
the city.
Brooklyn will be represented
at the soiree by shops
such as Terrace Bagels, Olde
Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe,
Greenberg’s Bagels, and Bagel
Pub, along with legendary lox
behemoth Acme Smoked Fish.
“We are truly excited to be
a part of such a revolutionary
idea within the bagel industry,”
said Louis Thompson Jr.
of Terrace Bagels. “It is really
refreshing to see all of the biggest
names in the NY bagel
scene coming together as one,
not only to help promote small
businesses but also to keep the
NY tradition alive of being the
bagel capital of the world!”
Panels featuring bagel experts
will discuss the intricacies
of the staple, and the rapper
Kosha Dillz will perform
“Ten Bagel Commandments,”
his bagel-themed rendition
of Biggie Smalls’ “Ten Crack
Commandments.”
There will, of course, be
booze: festival-goers will be
able to enjoy a wide selection
of Brooklyn Brewery beers as
they munch their way through
the room.
The event will take place in
two sessions on Oct. 2: a morning
one from 9:30 am to 12:30
pm, and an afternoon one from
12:30 to 3:30. Tickets cost $45
and include a free Chameleon
Cold Brew and Nesquik. Tickets
are limited and are being
sold on a fi rst-come-fi rst-serve
basis.