3/5 Gavin M. 9 months ago on Google
I
grew
up
in
Shrewsbury
and
was
honestly
proud
that
my
town
had
the
most
legit
bagel
shop
in
Monmouth
County.
My
brothers
and
I
would
ride
our
bikes
there
on
Saturday
mornings,
stand
in
a
massive
line,
and
get
the
best
food
we’d
eat
all
week.
During
high
school
I’d
be
driving
like
a
bat
out
of
hell
knowing
I
had
5
minutes
to
be
in
home
room,
but
I’d
stop
at
Bagel
Masters
anyway.
My
trigonometry
teacher
would
always
be
there
and
we’d
have
a
laugh
and
both
be
late
for
school.
(RBC
is
“flexible”
when
you
know
the
right
people,
and
stopping
for
a
bagel
is
potentially
a
valid
excuse
for
being
late
for
home
room
bc
they
would
never
want
any
of
us
to
be
hungry.)
Ever
since
Darren
sold
the
business
things
have
changed.
There’s
a
focus
on
digital.
Online
ordering
through
an
app.
If
you
order
in
store
you
must
give
your
phone
number
and
they
pull
up
your
“bagel
account”
and
then
enter
your
order.
I
guess
there’s
a
record
of
all
my
bagel
eating
now.
But
what
I
couldn’t
figure
out
for
a
while
was
what
had
changed.
I
finally
realized
that
the
bagel
recipes
were
changed.
The
bagels
are
smaller,
chewier
(I
call
this
“undercooked”)
and
just
not
worthy
of
the
previous
Bagel
Master’s
iteration
which
literally
had
award
winning
bagels.
It’s
too
bad
this
happened.
I
find
myself
driving
a
few
extra
minutes
into
Red
Bank
for
bagels
at
bagel
shops
that
have
better
bagels
now.
Bagel
Station.
Hot
Bagels.
Bagel
Oven.
And
you
don’t
have
to
wait
in
a
half
hour
line
at
those
places
so
even
with
the
extra
driving
it
takes
me
less
time
to
get
a
bagel.