Bagel Bite - Market St.
If you’re looking for a healthy snack to recharge your batteries whilst shopping in town, look no further than Bagel Bite. Offering a dazzling array of fillings to go into a variety of differently textured bagels, the shop brings something a little bit unusual to the huge number of sandwich shops already around in York.
My personal favourite has to be the ingenious chicken caesar bagel that adapts this favourite salad dish as a yummy sandwich filling. I can also recommend the grilled halloumi bagel, which is light yet filling. And, of course, there’s the classic smoked-salmon-and-cream-cheese combo, which Bagel Bite does better than anyone else.
The more adventurous may wish to go for a sweeter option - perhaps involving peanut butter on a cranberry flavoured bagel. The smoothies are worth a try too and are a tad cheaper than those available elsewhere. Those with a sweet tooth, however, may be disappointed as the seletion of cakes and pastries is pretty pathetic, mainly involving dry cookies and packaged muffins. Another issue is that service can be comically slow. It took a staff of three 10 minutes to assemble my prawn bagel. Overall, though, Bagel Bite is a worthwhile stop-off.
James MacDougald
ba·gel (b?’g?l) Pronunciation Key
n. A glazed, ring-shaped roll with a tough, chewy texture, made from plain yeast dough that is dropped briefly into nearly boiling water and then baked.
[Yiddish beygl, from Middle High German *böugel, diminutive of bouc, ring, from Old High German boug; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]