For almost as long as New Yorkers have been making their way to South Florida, the kvetch has been: Where can you find a decent bagel?
Steve Fassberg wondered the same thing. But the former New York deli owner-turned-South Florida mortgage broker took his quest for an authentic bagel — crusty on the outside, chewy on the inside — a step further. Now, after five years of culinary tinkering, he believes he has discovered what amounts to the holey grail — the perfect Brooklyn bagel.
It all has to do with the water.
Fassberg’s new Delray Beach restaurant, the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co., set to open Monday morning, represents a curious marriage of chutzpah and scientific savvy. Using patented technology, Fassberg transforms Florida tap water into what he claims is the equivalent of mineral water, Brooklyn-style.
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