The iconic bagel shop closed on Thursday, prompting an outcry of sadness amongst neighborhood residents and Columbia students. 

A raisin bagel with scallion cream cheese? Staff Writer, Maren Frey, shares her recipe for the best bagel on campus, a combo that some may find controversial, but that is truly fire.

Ever since Nuss closed, we all have been searching for a new place to get delicious bagels from. Living in the city that’s famously known for its bagels sets high standards for the food, but here are a few places in MoHi you can visit to fulfill your needs.  Some good options: Obviously, its Absolute Bagels on […]

While this school might be made up completely of alcoholics, they’re mostly of a certain kind — a bar-hopping, EC-hopping, nocturnal kind. As such, Bwog has compiled some advice for you as you plunge into the unknown — a pregame-in-the-morning-and-continue-to-drink-into-oblivion-while-listening-to-artists-you-don’t-really-know type of unknown. Tonight: Don’t go out. You’re going to want to feel rested tomorrow […]

Have you ever thought about the metaphysical implications of believing New York City bagels are the best bagels on earth? Managing Editor Betsy Ladyzhets has, and her findings are more concerning than they are comforting. A couple of weeks ago, I got into a discussion on Twitter about New York City bagels. One of my friends […]

Up next for Senior Wisdoms, we bring you Barnard’s resident funny gal, Simone Norman. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Simone Norman, Barnard, Psychology/Linguistics major and Italian minor, from Eastchester, New York Claim to fame: Recent president of Chowdah Sketch Comedy, current Co-President of Control Top Improv, various XMAS!’s and other hot theater stuff. If you took […]

Every week, Bwog’s Elizabeth Self and Lorna Hale venture around the city comparing treats.  This week our bold snackers took on a New York giant: the bagel.  Read on for unexpected onions, bland blobs of bread, disastrous disagreements, actual artistry, and some stuff about bagels. As we all learned from the movies, New Yorkers are […]

Columbia Libraries are providing you with some hearty snacks from 10 to midnight in Butler Café. Their blog post proclaims “Starbucks Coffee & Bagels” But we know what you’re thinking: where are they sourcing these bagels? BlueJava (wherever that is)? Absolute? Nussbaum? Acme? Were they baked more than two hours ago? In this crazy town, […]

In keeping with the campaign initiatives of their fellow candidates, the members of Better Columbia want to greet you on this fine morning with bagels and orange juice. Scurry over to the Van Am Quad (you know, that patch of grass between John Jay and Hamilton where people are allowed to play frisbee or football about […]

So many things have happened this week that it’s almost too much for us to process. There are changes everywhere, new things abound—all this excitement might be dangerous for Bwog’s heart health! Though we may have had a little fun with yesterday’s posts, we promise that today’s edition of Boringside Heights is totally legit. Feast […]

The Model United Nations, Affirming its miscalculation of its bagel requirements, Acknowledging its need for bagel consumption reform, Indulging the grumblings of your stomach, Urges students to make all haste toward the Lerner Ramps and partake of the organization’s bountiful bagel supply. N.B.: Who knows, they might just give you a whole platter! United Nations […]

Cooking with Bwog’s Matt Powell is back to feed you again–this time, with BAGELS. There are many foods that people associate with New York City: New York Cheesecake, Chocolate Lava Cake, Nathan’s Hot Dogs, Lobster Newburg, even Baked Alaska. But there is one food that stands out above the rest—the bagel. While New Yorkers love […]

Make your own fattening creation in John Jay or Hewitt, take a picture, and submit your masterpiece to tips@bwog.com! The Sunday Late Night: a bagel with 3 scoops of ice cream, 4 cookies, 2 brownies, Nutella, peanut butter, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and Applejacks Created and photographed by Katheryn Thayer

Today marks the dawn of a new Bwog feature: GonzoBwog, in which we embark on a quest to answer your questions through empirical means (rather than doing what we usually do and looking them up on Wikipedia performing extensive research on the subject). This time, Daily Editors Liz Jacob and Megan McGregor chronicle their journey to […]

Head over to the Harmony mezzanine lounge right now for free bagels, cream cheese, and orange juice. Hurry before it runs out!