Bagel Battle: New York vs. Montreal

Montreal's Bagels Square Off Against New York's - Jennifer Lee, NY Times

What we found: Montreal bagel makers had no problem trash-talking New York bagels, which they found to be too gargantuan and too salty. “Why do they even call it a bagel?” asked Andrew Gryn, a long-time employee of St-Viateur’s. “It’s like having bread.”

He was speaking of H&H bagels, which he had tried when he was in New York. “It’s grossly oversized for no reason,” he sniffed. “You can’t even have your mouth around it.” (In fact, a comparison done in 2000 found that H&H bagels were about twice the weight of a St-Viateur bagel.)

It might be the perfect time for Park City Bread and Bagel to challenge them both. We'll host a competition right here in Park City. Let's see them try to make a bagel at 7,000 feet above sea level.