A.R.E.A. (Not Arena) Bagels To Open Today
According to the tipster who sent in the top photo, the bagel store at 55 5th Avenue in Park Slope, which was initially to be named Arena Bagels before the Ratnerian associations began eliciting snarls from passersby during construction, is scheduled to open today under the new name A.R.E.A. Bagels and Bialys. (Evidently Brooklyn Slim’s,…
According to the tipster who sent in the top photo, the bagel store at 55 5th Avenue in Park Slope, which was initially to be named Arena Bagels before the Ratnerian associations began eliciting snarls from passersby during construction, is scheduled to open today under the new name A.R.E.A. Bagels and Bialys. (Evidently Brooklyn Slim’s, which the owner originally told The Brooklyn Paper he might use, didn’t make the cut). As for the periods in the name, your guess is as good as ours. The bigger question, however, will be how this place will do against Bergen Bagels. What do you think?
Battle Over Arena … Bagels! [Brooklyn Paper] GMAP
Park Slope: Bagels, Bialys And Raspberries [NY Times]
hee hee, “debagel …” i want to open a bagel store and call it that now.
when the subways were first built, cafes and bars anywhere near the lines renamed themselves “Subway Cafe” and whatnot. wonder if they got flack for that.
Bagel Hole is my favorite bagel place in PS–I even take the bus there from Clinton Hill on Saturdays. They taste like the bagels I grew up with: malty, dense, chewy with a crispy exterior. And they even have the old school “egg bagel” which is getting more and more difficult to find these days.
But good luck to Bagel Area–the more bagels the better.
Why would the rents drop to a 1/5 of the current rents? Makes no sense. Higher density population = more people spending money = more demand = more demand for retail space = higher rents. Good one though. By the way, is it possible for these Anti-arena people to stop being like the Gestapo? Face the facts; it is coming and there are people who like the idea.
While I love Bergen Bagels, I welcome a competitor to the area. Hopefully the bagels will be good and the selection of spreads interesting.
9:58 typifies the baseless “doom and gloom” predictions of the hysterical anti-AY crowd. It’s a shame that the owner caved in to their petty demands. If I were him, I would change the name back to the original once the arena is built.
I dont know why the locals raised such a fuss over the name, he isnt funding the arena, he’s allowed to take advantage of where he’s located. I thought the fuss was dumb. there will be several more businesses opening in the neighborhood that will capitalize on the arena, its just the way commerce is. Maybe he should have named it “debagel, dont destroy”.. would that have made everyone happy? or “anti arena bagels”…on a side note, a nutritionist friend of mine says a bagel is worth 6 slices of bread in carbs and calories “would you eat 6 slices of toast in the morning?” she always says…
I dont know why the locals raised such a fuss over the name, he isnt funding the arena, he’s allowed to take advantage of where he’s located. I thought the fuss was dumb. there will be several more businesses opening in the neighborhood that will capitalize on the arena, its just the way commerce is. Maybe he should have named it “debagel, dont destroy”.. would that have made everyone happy? or “anti arena bagels”…on a side note, a nutritionist friend of mine says a bagel is worth 6 slices of bread in carbs and calories “would you eat 6 slices of toast in the morning?” she always says…
There is a bagel place on Montague (near the Starbucks) thats pretty good. Its a pretty dank hole in the wall but if you dont mind the lack of ambiance, its the only spot in town.
Why is it so hard to get a good bagel in Brooklyn of all places? Can’t get a decent one in BH. Like 10:20 said, they’re rolls with holes and as big as a dinner plate. Those are not bagels! Anyone know where I can get a decent bagel in the Heights?
Bagel Hole is great but that is quite the hike from here.
I hope the bagels are good but either way I think all those Anti-AY protesters who strong armed this LOCAL businessman into changing his name (at some cost I am sure) at least owe him the purchase of a dozen each.