Another small (20-store), but growing chain is the Brooklyn Water Bagel Co., which opened a couple of weeks ago in the plaza just west of the intersection of S.R. 54 (aka Wesley Chapel Blvd.) & I-75 โ and, for me, it is the New York-style breakfast (and lunch) place people in our area have been hoping would open here for a long time.
Local franchise owner Daniel Kurland says the key to everything made fresh at the Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. is the โBrooklynized in Wesley Chapelโ water, which is a filtration and mineral-adding system that makes our local water taste much better.
โWe even use this great-tasting Brooklynized water in our soda machine and coffee,โ Kurland says. โCome on in and taste it for yourself!โ
All I can say, after two weeks in business, is that the bagels are โlegitโ and kettle-boiled before they area baked, and the bacon, egg & cheese (top right, with a seeded โBlack Russianโ bagel) and Nova Scotia salmon (top left) bagel sandwiches definitely taste authentic.
The omelets are huge and fluffy (and served with crisp hash brown โcakesโ) and the selection of hot and cold coffee (served at a coffee station, top center) is amazing!
Try the โBrooklyn Infusion,โ which combines vanilla, caramel and Kahlua flavors. Thereโs even a coffee-flavored ice cube dispenser for you iced coffee fans!
The Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. (27835 WC Blvd., # 101) is open every day, 6 a.m.-3 p.m. For more info, visit BrooklynWaterBagel.com or call (813) 775-2275 โ GN