Madison, Wisconsin’s family-owned bagel shop is now available for delivery and carryout orders in downtown Chicago (1212 N Dearborn). Gotham has been serving handmade New York style bagels for more than twenty years. They make their bagels the traditional way – mixing the ingredients in house, rolling by hand, kettle-boiling, and baking in a rotating deck oven.
Local restauranteur Jordan Himmel went to college in Madison and worked with Gotham Bagels founder Joe Gaglio to bring this bagel recipe to his hometown. Many folks claim that you need New York water to make a proper New York bagel, but they don’t buy it. Turns out, the most important factor in making a New York bagel is the New Yorker making it. Gaglio moved to Madison in 1999 for a culinary teaching assignment, but soon realized that the Midwest was sorely lacking in quality bagels. Thus, Gotham Bagels was born. “Almost every day a person will approach me at our store and thank us for being there, for caring about how we produce our bagel.” Says Gaglio, “Some will complain about our attitude, but never about our bagel. What do they expect? This is, after all, a New York bagel shop.”
Their menu is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.They offer delivery and carryout Wednesday – Sunday from 8am to 1pm via their new website.
Madison, Wisconsin’s family-owned bagel shop is now available for delivery and carryout orders in downtown Chicago (1212 N Dearborn). Gotham has been serving handmade New York style bagels for more than twenty years. They make their bagels the traditional way – mixing the ingredients in house, rolling by hand, kettle-boiling, and baking in a rotating deck oven.
Local restauranteur Jordan Himmel went to college in Madison and worked with Gotham Bagels founder Joe Gaglio to bring this bagel recipe to his hometown. Many folks claim that you need New York water to make a proper New York bagel, but they don’t buy it. Turns out, the most important factor in making a New York bagel is the New Yorker making it. Gaglio moved to Madison in 1999 for a culinary teaching assignment, but soon realized that the Midwest was sorely lacking in quality bagels. Thus, Gotham Bagels was born. “Almost every day a person will approach me at our store and thank us for being there, for caring about how we produce our bagel.” Says Gaglio, “Some will complain about our attitude, but never about our bagel. What do they expect? This is, after all, a New York bagel shop.”
Their menu is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.They offer delivery and carryout Wednesday – Sunday from 8am to 1pm via their new website.
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