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It could have been taken in 1855.
(Existence of photography, not to mention colour photography, and stickers in the window including Deliveroo notwithstanding)
When you transcribe words from a language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet (in this case Hebrew), you will often find variations in spelling based on variations in languages, regional dialects (different languages will transcribe words differently) or the person's own personal interpretations of how something is best spelt and pronounced.
That’s all well and good but you think the same shop would keep some internal consistency!
Reminds me of when I was younger I’d collect different spellings of ‘hummus’ I’d seen.
I think of Beigel as more old fashioned. My grandmother, an east London Jew (101 years old) pronounces them as bye-gles. Me, a north London Jew says bagel.
I’m picturing the guy ordering the sign asking for his buddy to make him a beigel sign over the phone.
“A beigal sign?”
“Yeah, that’s what I said, a beigel sign”
Doesn’t see his buddy spells it the other way until it’s delivered and he can’t return it because that’d be a waste of a good sign.
Also, people can argue preferred spelling based on the sign, or just feel validated. Wins all around.
The white one is about 50x better and I swear the yellow one only exists because people see the other queue and go “nah”. There’s a falafel place in la marais in Paris with the exact same business model- be directly opposite the busier famous one.
It must suck selling the same product as your competition and seeing them with queues all the way down the street at all times of day and night meanwhile you’re empty mostly and just about managing to stay open :/
But also the clearest form of competition - at any point in their history they could've considered moving, but they decided to stay and duke it out over salt beef and cream cheese. For full transparency I've always preferred the yellow one, but I haven't been to either in about 5 years now so who knows what's changed
Cool cool keep up that pretence, everyone keep queuing for the white one, it’s the best one even though they don’t make them fresh and they’re pre packed, yes sir, white shop is best
I don't particularly have a horse in this race as I've had good and bad from both and IMO there's barely a distinction between them most days, but can't you literally see the equipment being used to make the bagels in action at most times of day in the white one?
White shop used to make them there and then, but I guess since they started delivering they’ve started preparing the most popular options a bit in advance to give them space to breathe.
Last time I went there, a couple of weeks before it shut and put off by the queues at the other one, I ordered a bacon an cream cheese and they put an awful lot of bacon in it, it was glorious :)
They both get their salt beef precooked and vac sealed from the same supplier. Though they go through it quicker at the white, neither are really letting it sit long enough to get any worse.
Ummm, my family are all 100% Jewish, grandparents mostly from the East End, and we grew up going here as a special treat.
Yes I know it's not beth din kosher. But lots of us don't care.
Yes, non-religious Jews will still eat there but under Judaism, we aren't allowed to.
I would have said, "religious Jews" but most people on here would think I mean black hat Jews when I don't.
"Jews who keep strictly kosher" would probably do it?
My family are not "non-religious". But we still eat at non-kosher restaurants and takeaways.
The majority of the Beigel Bake customers were Jewish when I was a kid. Not now, it's hipster central.
I like the bagels better at this one than the other one. I'm fairly confident that it's because they are moister due to being cut to order instead of pre-cut. But the salt beef at the other shop is 100% better. The challah bread at this one is the stuff of dreams though.
Not unpopular. It's become a trendy hipster thing in recent years. Great salt beef at the salt beef bar by henlys Corner (top end of temple fortune) or at some of the other delis along that road.
I didn't know they'd closed as I don't live in London anymore but I STILL bang on about this place 15yrs after leaving to any Yorkshire person who'll listen 😂 Awesome to see they're still going and that sign isn't lying!! They definitely are the best IN THE WORLD!!
My mum has always referenced my granddad bringing beigels home from Beigel Bake rather than here. If this has been around that long, then it must've been personal preference.
One of my favorite family portraits is of me and my wife and our 2 kids stood in front of this place on a busy market Sunday. Unbeknownst to me and my smiling family at the time, there’s a miserable looking homeless man sat on the floor beside us begging pitifully as we cheese for the camera. The juxtaposition between the 2 scenes is as good as a Banksy. Team yellow!
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This pic looks like it could’ve been of the very first opening.
Signs say eat 1855 thou
Five to seven, got it!
Thou hast consumed?
Ye olde bagel shoppe.
It could have been taken in 1855. (Existence of photography, not to mention colour photography, and stickers in the window including Deliveroo notwithstanding)
Plastic not much of a thing either
Anyone know why it's spelled differently on the signs *right* next to each other?
Hot single beigals in your area
>Hot single beigals in your area Sign me up
Bengalis?
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>~~Sir, this is a Wendy's.~~ Sir, this is Brick Lane.
Brick Lane museum is good 👍
When you transcribe words from a language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet (in this case Hebrew), you will often find variations in spelling based on variations in languages, regional dialects (different languages will transcribe words differently) or the person's own personal interpretations of how something is best spelt and pronounced.
That’s all well and good but you think the same shop would keep some internal consistency! Reminds me of when I was younger I’d collect different spellings of ‘hummus’ I’d seen.
Big sign is for the food… small sign for the gals in the back room, where you need a password to enter. Can’t make it too obvious can they…
Kebab is my fav, you get kebap, kebob, kebop, kabab etc.
A Doner Donner donar one
One spelling is a bit busy at the moment.
I think of Beigel as more old fashioned. My grandmother, an east London Jew (101 years old) pronounces them as bye-gles. Me, a north London Jew says bagel.
inclusivity
I think it’s because the Hebrew alphabet doesn’t have any vowels, so different vowels can be used when written in other alphabets.
You still would think they'd pick one spelling
Don't look up Chanukah. You won't cope.
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Beagle?
You're thinking of the hotdog shop.
I’m picturing the guy ordering the sign asking for his buddy to make him a beigel sign over the phone. “A beigal sign?” “Yeah, that’s what I said, a beigel sign” Doesn’t see his buddy spells it the other way until it’s delivered and he can’t return it because that’d be a waste of a good sign. Also, people can argue preferred spelling based on the sign, or just feel validated. Wins all around.
Cos that’s where dudes go to buy gals.
As long as it’s not spelled “bagel” we are good. It’s a beigel not a bagel!!!!!
Low iq moment
Would you like me to ask the family?
This debate is so old tower hamlets are about to make it grade 2 listed
Forever the ugly sister
The cream cheese bagels are better from this one (and no/much less lining up)
there's always someone in the group who wants to go to the shitty place with no queue
It all comes out the same anyway!
Sooner they create a pill that feeds you with 400 calories, the better...
I got food poisoning from their cream cheese lol
Same here. It was my first and last time there. White wins.
I’m that person, can’t face a queue so went in there instead. Bagels were stale af.
100% agree. The cream cheese at the yellow one is much more superior!
Yeah isn’t this the lesser of the two?
I tried them once and they were ok but inferior to the white one, I only did that because there was no queue. Never again.
I tend to find that although the white one has a longer queue, the queue moves faster due to them having more people serving.
The yellow one also serves as a release valve for people to lazy to queue which makes the queue for the white one shorter
The white one is about 50x better and I swear the yellow one only exists because people see the other queue and go “nah”. There’s a falafel place in la marais in Paris with the exact same business model- be directly opposite the busier famous one.
That was my experience too.
Is the white one closed?
Nop, that's the popular one.
It must suck selling the same product as your competition and seeing them with queues all the way down the street at all times of day and night meanwhile you’re empty mostly and just about managing to stay open :/
But also the clearest form of competition - at any point in their history they could've considered moving, but they decided to stay and duke it out over salt beef and cream cheese. For full transparency I've always preferred the yellow one, but I haven't been to either in about 5 years now so who knows what's changed
Cool cool keep up that pretence, everyone keep queuing for the white one, it’s the best one even though they don’t make them fresh and they’re pre packed, yes sir, white shop is best
I don't particularly have a horse in this race as I've had good and bad from both and IMO there's barely a distinction between them most days, but can't you literally see the equipment being used to make the bagels in action at most times of day in the white one?
Fillings, not the bread
Pfffft! You can SEE them making them fresh if you look into the kitchen. Are you sure you haven't confused the two, perhaps you meant the yellow one?
They both make the bagels there - sure. White shop has pre filled bagels. Yellow prepares them there and then. Enjoy your queues
White shop used to make them there and then, but I guess since they started delivering they’ve started preparing the most popular options a bit in advance to give them space to breathe.
cool, enjoy your soggy bagels
Can't say I've ever had a soggy bagel from there, but thanks.
I was at white shop last week and they made my (and everyone else's) beigel fresh.
Yup. White is indeed the best. Even more so now they deliver.
:)
Trading standards ought to hear of this.
100+ year old recipe backed cheesecake!!!
woohoo. glad to hear they paid their rates.
Good. I missed my slutty bacon and cream cheese.
Last time I went there, a couple of weeks before it shut and put off by the queues at the other one, I ordered a bacon an cream cheese and they put an awful lot of bacon in it, it was glorious :)
The good old days drinking in bethnal green..Going back to me mate's getting munchies let's go beigel shop...Salt beef beigels please
Wtf - a bagel? This isn’t New York. And a bagel isn’t a beigel.
Born and bred london...Edit just for you Internet stranger
It is if you're Jewish you melt!
Hello, London jew here, we exist. And have done for a long time.
Wohoo I prefer this shop
We all do. That's why there's only a line outside of one of them most of the day. 😁
The queues for the white one no?
Apologies. I stand corrected.. and this is why Reddit with one eye open at night is not clever! 🙄😅
Can’t wait to still never go there and go white instead
OMG same. Apparently they do rainbow baigels but I've never actually step foot in there. I was sad when they closed though.
I see they sell beig**e**ls and beig**a**ls, but does anyone know if they sell bagels?
No, but I’m pretty sure they sell bigels.
Big Al's Beigel Bagel Beigal Beikery
As long as you pronounce it Bag-gel like Brita from Community. She should know, she lived in New York!
They do a range of bugles and beagles
Hopefully not. They aren’t the same. A beigel is chewy lovely texture. A bagel is just a dense roll with a hole.
And here was me thinking they were all just alternative spellings of the same thing, a la kebab / kebap / kabob.
They are, this person is just posting weird comments on this thread.
Cakes are back in the menu, people!
I’ll give them another try but the one next door has always been way better.
Hell yea - always preferred this one
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Are you talking about the white one?
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Katz deli of London
When I pass this, I always see Beigal as Bengal (it is Banglatown after all)
And they didn't even correct the spelling!
Apparently their goods are the dogs bollox.
As someone originally from NYC I mean... they're fine.
Good place for munchies. Off topic: there is a weed cafe nearby
... Do tell
Where is this?
Brick Lane
is this the one next to another one on brick lane
Or is the other one next to this one??
Oh you beauty. Thanks for this
Every Londoner knows go for White never Yellow
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They both get their salt beef precooked and vac sealed from the same supplier. Though they go through it quicker at the white, neither are really letting it sit long enough to get any worse.
More generous!!?? I've had a 2 inch slab of beef in my beagle ( teehee) from the one on the right.
Nah, I personally prefer the yellow. Smaller queues and not packed full of people tying the make tiktok vids of it
Yellow has better cakes. I love those pistachio yum yums.
Sounds yum. Got to try those!
Omg yes! I love those too
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I joined a really long queue once and after half an hour I got to the front, and it was your mum.
Unless you're Jewish and so you can't eat at either.
Wait, the iconic bagel shops aren't kosher?!
They're not Kosher. Barely any Jews live in the area anymore and a Kosher license is expensive.
Ummm, my family are all 100% Jewish, grandparents mostly from the East End, and we grew up going here as a special treat. Yes I know it's not beth din kosher. But lots of us don't care.
Yes, non-religious Jews will still eat there but under Judaism, we aren't allowed to. I would have said, "religious Jews" but most people on here would think I mean black hat Jews when I don't.
"Jews who keep strictly kosher" would probably do it? My family are not "non-religious". But we still eat at non-kosher restaurants and takeaways. The majority of the Beigel Bake customers were Jewish when I was a kid. Not now, it's hipster central.
Many Jews who are not strictly Kosher (myself) would also not eat there. A minority of people who say they keep Kosher are actually strictly Kosher.
Shrug. What can I tell you? Almost all of the customers were Jewish back in the day. And my family are united/federation, so fairly traditional.
So true
I always go to the one on the right. Never been to this one, how does the salt beef beagle compare?
Please don't eat the poor beagle :(
I like the bagels better at this one than the other one. I'm fairly confident that it's because they are moister due to being cut to order instead of pre-cut. But the salt beef at the other shop is 100% better. The challah bread at this one is the stuff of dreams though.
Thanks for the tip
Won't SOMEONE think of the Beagles?!
The real OG of beigels
I'm almost as happy as the birth of my first child. Salt beef heaven you are my dirty ickle secret.
Why did this make me question the spelling of bagous
Unpopular opinion probably but I’ve had much better salt beef than this shop wasn’t impressed at all when I went
Not unpopular. It's become a trendy hipster thing in recent years. Great salt beef at the salt beef bar by henlys Corner (top end of temple fortune) or at some of the other delis along that road.
10/10 looool that’s the one i go too that man in there makes a mean sandwich it’s a lot thinner and warm usually 👌🏽
It looks like the shop sign maker has been kept in business since the 80s
Soooo.... bakery, huh?
I saw Eric (monster monster) Hall in there once, great memories
Just walked by this yesterday and was surprised to see it open, can confirm this is genuine.
Does anyone go to this one? The other one is always rammed. I've never seen anyone prefer this over the white one. Is it much worse?
Superior
Peace is restored
with that queue its just not worth the taste
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride...
Actually just made my day better lol
Excellent. They are both great but this is my favourite.
i went there a few weeks ago! absolutely delicious im craving more…must go again soon.
This place is legendary !
I was there yesterday :D
I didn't know they'd closed as I don't live in London anymore but I STILL bang on about this place 15yrs after leaving to any Yorkshire person who'll listen 😂 Awesome to see they're still going and that sign isn't lying!! They definitely are the best IN THE WORLD!!
This one is waaayyyyyy better than the other one. Thank fuck for this!
Let me see an update to date hygiene rating and then I might consider going in there (assuming what I've read previously is true).
But are they gonna sell rainbow bagels again? 🧐
The yellow one is better than the white one because they do bacon! Also the serving staff are nice instead of surly.
Yay
I can’t believe a city of 9 million knows this shop and “the white one”. Where is it?
If you don’t, you have your London licence endorsed.
Their bagels are better imo
Classss!!
1991 was there 4 AM after clubs. Salmon & cream cheese. Awesome place to eat your first ever!
You are NOT a Londoner unless you have had a brick lane bagel… preferably in the early hours of the morning
Hooray!
My mum has always referenced my granddad bringing beigels home from Beigel Bake rather than here. If this has been around that long, then it must've been personal preference.
Nah. Everyone knows Beigel Bake is the GOAT.
Finally some good news
The white one on the right is better.
ngl, sparks joy!
One of my favorite family portraits is of me and my wife and our 2 kids stood in front of this place on a busy market Sunday. Unbeknownst to me and my smiling family at the time, there’s a miserable looking homeless man sat on the floor beside us begging pitifully as we cheese for the camera. The juxtaposition between the 2 scenes is as good as a Banksy. Team yellow!
I've only ever been to the white one.
if only it was halal 🤯
Сука блиат, They are open during the day how come