Bad Bagel Service at Bagels Square Carmine Street

It's a SHAME what has happened to this place in the past few years. They make good bagels but ? They DON'T KNOW HOW to SERVE BAGELS !!! It's a DAM SHAME ! I've been going to this shop for 24 years since I moved into the neighborhood and Never had a problem until the past year or so. 1st, they often run out of Everything Bagels before the morning is even through. This had never happened for more than 20 years of getting Bagels here .. After like the the 3rd TIME this happened in a two month period I made a little complaint to the counter people and they didn't like and started making Smart Ass remarks. On Top of this, these Guys Don't have CLUE ONE on HOW to PROPERLY Serve a Bagel .. In order to smear the miniscule amount of Cream Cheese that they now put on and to do it Fast they Commit the HORRIBLE CRIME of SOFTENING and raising the Temperature of The CREAM CHEESE. Cream Cheese on a BAGEL is Supposed to be COLD and dense not FLUFFY WARM and Dripping out of the BAGEL When you eat it. When I told them about this they didn't really care. Seems as though there is a Absentee Owner who doesn't  Give a Dam about the Horrible Service the people working his shop are providing and they AWFUL Manner in which the BAGELS are being served, Horrible Too Warm FLUFFY CREAM CHEESE That has the consistency of MELTING ICE CREAM. "I Kid You NOT," this has happened to me many times now and I'm tired of it and of getting SMART ASS remarks from the employees who don't give a Dam in the horrible manner that they serve these Bagels which are Ver Good but get RUINED by putting on Warm Soft Fluffy Cream Cheese instead of the Proper Cold and of a harder Consistency Cream Cheese, THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED to BE.

I'm hoping that the owner sees this and takes notice and does something about the HORRIBLE Way they serve BAGELS at On The Square .. I hate to right such a Negative Review of this place as I've really liked it over the years, but I've pleaded with these people to give me my Bagel in the proper fashion it should be serve and the way i'd like it. I've asked and Pleaded with  the Counter People and all they did was Laugh in my face.

If the OWNER Cares and takes care of these Problems Plaguing his establishment and serves the Proper Cream Cheese, I'll be more than Happy to Give them a much better review, which I sure hope to do, but the way things are there now, I just can't .. 

NEW YORK and The 3 Dollar PBR Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer

  New York and the $3.00 PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer has been a God-Send to many New Yorker's. As you all know, the US Economy has been in the Shitter for the past 3-Half years or so.

   Many people are out of work, and many who are working are taking home Half-as-Much Money or less of what they used to make. People have had to buckle down and give up and curb many things they previously enjoyed .  In the current state of our economy, which is and has been an almost a Depression Era state.

Yes, "they" say  that we are not in a Depression, we're in a recession. To many, the state of our Union and their feelings are of Depression. So, because of the Terrible State of our Economy you have given up eating out 3 times a week, you buy less clothes, spend less on Entertainment and any number of things you extravagantly spent money on previously. Now, whatever you have, you want to hold on to. You haven't had a vacation in the past two or 3 years, maybe more. You given up a lot. We all have.

Now when it comes to socializing, going out for a few Beers or Cocktails with friends, you've had to cut back on that too. But hey, you gotta draw a line somewhere, and everyone is entitled to a few drinks to unwind every now and then. If you live in  the great city of New York this can be a costly undertaking, especially in this day and age. And of all times, to be having a Boom of $14.00  drinks and cocktails that cost 16 and $17 and more, "it's Ludicrous!"  What is a Poor Working Guy or Working Girl to do??? Well Boys and Girls, let's Thank God for that great thing of wonder and the Bars and establishments who so graciously and kindly serve it, The $3.00 PBR .. That's right, a $3.oo Beer in The Land of The Over-Priced $16.00 Cocktail, Manhattan, New York, NY..... It's quite Sad, Greedy too.

   Yes, Thank God and let's thank the Kind-Hearted proprietors who serve $3.00 PBR'S or any Beer for just $3 or $4 in a New York Bar. You are doing your fellow man a public service and we thank you for that. Whoever you are, you are to be commended, and Shame-On-You, all those places that serve $14 PLUS Cocktails. "RIP-OFF" !!! Wish the masses would Boycott these places and patronize places like Blue & Gold Bar and 7B, and all place who have a heart and give a break to "the working-man," the bars that serve 3 and 4 Dollar Beers. It's great to go to a place like Blue and Gold Bar on East 7th Street and know that you can have 3 or 4 Beers for just $12 to $16, accounting for a Buck a Pop for the Barkeep. Three beers for $12.00 includung tipping the hard working bartender, now that's pretty good. I have had the best times hanging at Blue & Gold with some friends. You sit at the Bar or get into a nice comfy booth, drink your Beers ($3 PBR'S), relax, listen to the Music, Chit Chat, and just enjoy, and it's not going to cost you The Shirt Off Your Back, $12 for 3 PBR's, now that you can afford, and you probably can afford to do that 2 or three times a week.

    Yes, you can have 4 Beers, tip included for the price of 1 "Rip-Off Cocktail," at one of those Clip-Joints. And if you are Dumb enough to have four drinks in one of those places, guess what it's going to cost you? About $75 my friend.

   Well, do the Math, and if you can afford $75 for only 4 drinks, God Bless You. And if you can't, you've got an alternative. Right, your local $3.00 PBR Joint, and that my friends is a a God-Send.

by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

$3.oo PBRS ...  TEHY'RE a GOD SEND

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PABST BLUE RIBBON BEER

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RECIPE

 

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Best Coffee in NEW YORK

CAFFE DANTE

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100 YEARS OLD Next YEAR 2015

Is

NEW YORK'S BEST ITALIAN CAFFE

BEST ART in a CAFE

Caffe Reggio

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CAFFE REGGIO

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New York

For Great Art in a Cafe, You Can't Beat CAFFE REGGIO

in GREENWICH VILLAGE .. Caffe Reggio Boast

a Painting from The SCHOOL of CARAVAGGIO

and

a RENAISANCE BENCH From a MEDICI PALACE

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Near ASTOR PLACE (8th Street)

East Village, NY

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For 5 DOLLARS LESS At $7.95 a Pound?

Guess Some People are Just Plain DUMB ???

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Keith Richards Shepherds Pie Recipe

Keith Richards

of

The ROLLING STONES

KEEF’S FAVORITE SHEPHERD’S PIE

Yes Keef, as in Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, the World’s Greatest Rock-N-Roll Band ever! But you know that. This is the way Keith likes his Shepherds Pie, his SHEPHERD'S PIE Recipe can be found in THE BADASS COOKBOOK ... And it's printed here. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:

3 pounds Potatoes, peeled and diced

1 tablespoon Butter

Salt & Pepper to taste

2 large Onions, chopped

2 pounds Ground Beef

2 large Carrots, grated

2 – 12 oz. cans Beef Broth

5 tablespoons water

1 tablespoon Cornstarch

1.  Put potatoes in a large pot of salted water. Bring the water to the boil. Lower to a simmer and cook the potatoes until tender, about 8 minutes.

2.  Drain potatoes once cooked.

3. Put cooked, drained potatoes in a large mixing bowl with the butter and season with salt and black pepper. Mash potatoes with a potato - masher or whip with an electric mixer. If using a

hand potato-masher, mash potatoes with masher, then mix with a wooden spoon until nicely whipped.

4. Heat a large frying-pan. Add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add ground-beef, cook over medium heat for 4 minutes. Add onions, continue cooking for minutes on high heat. Lower heat to low flame and cook 4 minutes more.

5. Add carrots and beef broth to pan. Mix cornstarch with water and add to pan. Cook over low flame for 8 minutes.

6.  Add peas to pan, cook for 1 minute.

7. Pour Beef Mixture into a glass or ceramic baking dish. Evenly top beef with the mashed potatoes.

8. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 12 minutes, then place under the boiler until potatoes get nicely browned. Take care not to burn the potatoes once they are under the broiler.

9.  Let cool slightly for 3 minutes and serve.

KEITH RICHARDS SHEPHERD'S PIE and OTHER GREAT RECIPES 

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"KANYE WEST" ???

"NEVER HEARD OF HER"

TEE SHIRT

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SCARFACE MEXICAN DISHWASHER in New York

SCARFACE

 

Al Pacino

 

 

 

 

 

SCARFACE MEXICAN DISHWASHER "OSCAR"

 

Short Version

 

 

 

 

 

"You're BIG SHOT Friend better come up with something soon. I didn't come to The United States to Bust My ASS washing Dishes." !!!

 

"ConeYo, FUCKING ONIONS, there should be Picking GOLD off the Streets."

 

 

TONY MONTANA Washing Dishes

"YOUR BIG SHOT FRIEND BETTER COME UP with Something Soon" 

"I Didn't Come to The UNITED STATES to Bust My ASS Washing FUCKING Dishes"

 

 

 

 

 

SCARFACE MEXICAN DISHWASHER OSCAR

 

Long Version

 

 

This is one of the first videos I ever made, way back in 2003 ... 

Youtube didn't even exist yet, but I was always interested in film making, making

videos etc.. 

 

At the time I was The Wine Director at Barbetta Restaurant in New York  ... 

 

When working in the restaurant business you always work with some interesting characters .. 

 

One of the guys I work with was a person named Oscar Reyas who came from Chapas Mexico ..

 

Oscar had a dream, to learn to speak English so he could get a better paying job in a 

resort hotel in Mexico and maybe one day moving to America and New York .. He did both.

 

So when I met Oscar we were both working at Barbetta Restorante, Oscar as a dishwasher and I as the Wine Director of the single greatest Italian Wine List in the United States ..

I often chit chatted with Oscar about this and that and this is how I learned of his story. I asked Oscar if he would like to make a little movie telling his story. He agreed and so it began. I never got that far, but it did begin and I did get some good footage, and so here it as. At least something did become of it .. I give you Oscar The Mexican Dishwasher and all around wonderful human being. Enjoy !

 

 

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

 

 

 

 

TONY & MANOLO

 

 

AL PACINO & STEVEN BAUER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUCKING ONIONS !!!

"What do you think We are BAGGAGE HANDLERS?"

 

 

"Don't be calling me no FUCKING DISHWASHER 

or I'll Kick Your FUCKING MONKEY ASS In !!!"

 

 

 

 

 

"Where are you Guys Going? 

 

There's a Lot of FUCKING DISHES to WASH" !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The BADASS COOKBOOK

 

by Daniel Zwicke

 

SECRET RECIPES

 

KFC

 

SHAKE SHACK BURGER

 

and MORE ...

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The COLLECTED RECIPES of The DUDE

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