Sparky H.
Yelp
I'm on a quest to find the best bagel store in Austin.
This isn't it.
It's invisible from the street, concealed behind a high fence, with no sign. Once I found it, I liked the ambience -- nothing special, just standard Austin hippie funky. The three employees were friendly.
Things started to go south when they said they didn't have sesame bagels, even though their website says they do. They had only four kinds -- plain, rosemary, everything, and a fourth I forget.
I ordered the everything bagel. It wasn't small, but it wasn't quite medium, either. It looked okay. But the bottom of the bagel was damp and slimy! Was it underbaked? I don't think so; the inside texture was pretty good -- chewy, not too doughy. It seemed like it had been sitting in moisture.
The kicker is that it cost $3.80!!! I don't expect to pay that much for any bagel anywhere, even at the airport, much less for a smallish, partly slimy bagel.