Lenny’s Charges You Extra To Toast Your Bagel!?!
Blondie and Brownie discover another reason why Midtown chains suck. Lenny’s, which is not terrible (but should certainly not be at the top of any list for best lunch in Midtown), charges customers an extra 25 cents to have their bagels toasted. Brownie is rightfully outraged: “WTF?! That’s down right unAmerican. Shouldn’t toasting be the inalienable right of a bagel buyer?” Agreed.
She goes on to ask if there are “other places in midtown where I can get a toasted bagel with olive and pimento cream cheese that won’t charge me to toast?” I don’t know about olive and pimento cream cheese (which could be considered an outrage in and of itself) but I know Times Square Hot Bagels (on 44th btw. 7+8th) is pretty good and has a crapload of different cream cheeses. Ess-a-Bagel (on 3rd btw. 50+51st) is also good, but that’s probably too far east for anybody who works in Rock Center (and they have some overcharging issues of their own.) Anybody else have bagel recommendations for the ladies? Put them in the comments…
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Ess a Bagel and the Ultimate Case of “That’s how they getcha!”
Posted by Zach Brooks at 9:20 am, October 19th, 2009 under Bagels.
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Zaro’s does not charge to toast. Even more so, the one on 37th between 7th and Broadway likes to toast them without asking. I am not a cream cheese fan though, so I dont know about your options on that front.