What a Bagel? (actual restaurant name)

There are countless places to eat around the city for brunch but on this particular mid-day brunching hour I decided to finally visit "What a Bagel?" on Spadina. As the name suggests, "What a Bagel?" specializes in bagels at this jewish eatery. On your visit to "What a Bagel?" you can expect quite a bit of wait for table because I had to wait twenty minutes before I was seated at a table, which is not an uncommon occurrence from what I heard from other diners.

The dining area was quite cramped and uncomfortable. I was quite difficult to listen to what my dining companion was saying because it was quite loud and we were seated about six inches away from another couple. This wouldn't have been a problem if the day was warner and they opened their spacious patio but it seemed liked they tried to cram as many people they could in what little space they had. 

The food menu was quite large and had a lot of jewish speciality items you would expect such as matzo ball soup, cream cheese and lox.  "What a Bagel?" also sold a variety of Bagels for take out if you were hoping to bring home next days breakfast or be an office hero.

Avocado Turkey Bacon Club. 

After scanning through their menu I decided to order their speciality of the day, Avocado turkey bacon club.  The fries appeared to be double fried and were crispy on the outside and pillowy soft on the inside like how good fries should be. The club, was stacked quite high with fresh tasting ingredients  on their home made bread. The avocado was a nice touch to the club because it added a nice creamy texture to the sandwich.  I wasn't so sure about the turkey bacon because I personally love the salty swine counter part more. 

lox (smoked salmon), chive cream cheese, tomato, 

red onion, capers 

My lovely dining companion ordered the "Big shot" which was lox (smoked salmon), chive cream cheese, tomato, red onion, capers on their signature bagel. This was a massive serving of food, which this picture does not due the dish justice. The lox was packed full of the smokey flavour everyone loves and combined with the chive cream cheese made it a match maid in heaven.... or on Spadina. 

The one take away for me is the massive amount of cream cheese on the bagel. The amount of cream cheese on the bagel was almost more then the amount of lox placed on the other side.

This would be a nice sunday brunch spot if I was sitting outside on their patio but unfortunately cramped space on the inside was quite distracting, especially when they seated us next to the heating pipes which made our dining experience quite warm. I'm looking forward to coming back to try their food and have a better dining experience.

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What a Bagel?