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baltGSP t1_iyp8asg wrote

  1. Charmingtons (Obama agrees)
  2. Las Suenos
  3. Sophomore
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Ikickpuppies1 t1_iyqocwk wrote

Eh I hate to be disagreeable so I’ll rephrase in the form of a question… what did you like about charmingtons? I’m not implying anything bad about it, I enjoyed the experience but it is the definition of “okaiest”

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baltGSP t1_iysju8b wrote

Because I'm loyal to the local cafe that's a friendly, reliable member of the neighborhood.

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Ikickpuppies1 t1_izeabx8 wrote

I love that. Tbh that’s an intangible I wasn’t considering. Kinda reframed things for me.

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NationalMyth t1_iyqs97q wrote

Charmingtons is maybe one of the more convenient locations for someone on the go. But holy heck their inconsistency is wild. There was a large air of apathy for a while around 2019 but that seems to have softened lately.

I've never seen a sadder bagel in my life. Toasted? Roll the dice. Cream cheese? We'll run a brick of it on your bagel and see what sticks.

That said, they are worker owned and definitely do what they can to provide for employees and community.

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monkeycat909 t1_iyrhxak wrote

I respectfully disagree about the bagels. I think their bagels are well-toasted (MUCH better than On The Hill's "toast" situation) and am happy with the amount of cream cheese on them. Some places add so much cream cheese that it's overkill and wasteful. For me, Charmington's hits the cream cheese sweet spot. It's not an authentic NYC bagel, but it's also not really a bagel shop.

However, I rarely order a bagel there because their breakfast sandwiches are SO good. They make a delicious vegan bacon.

I didn't go there in 2019 so I can't speak to that, but I think the current staff is lovely and A+ for being worker-owned.

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gizmojito t1_iyrnz50 wrote

Charmingtons is a convenient location for me, one of the main reasons I go there, but I do like their bagels (with butter or smoked salmon, cream cheese, etc if I’m splurging.) They’ve always been nicely toasted. What I really like is their “Buzzilla” - coke, espresso and vanilla syrup. And I have a fondness for them because back in 2016, I sat in there for hours upon hours drinking some coffee but mostly studying for a licensing exam that I ended up passing.

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