By Leslie Hemenway
lhemenway@statenews.com
“I’d definitely say (their bagels) are probably fresher than ones offered at other stores.”
— Catherine Kanka, advertising senior
MSU Bakers is located at 171 Service Road, but most students know of the business’s food from on-campus dining halls.
Kanka said she recalls eating MSU Bakers bagels in the dining halls. She said she’s not a huge bagel person, but she definitely liked them and would recommend them.
She said her favorite was the everything bagel.
Although MSU Bakers is most well-known in the dining halls, their baked goods can also be picked up or delivered for customers who are craving a bagel but don’t want to head to a dining hall.
The bakery offers a wide array of bagel flavors, from blueberry to honey wheat to cinnamon toast crunch. A dozen cinnamon toast crunch bagels can be purchased for $8.50.
In addition to bagels, MSU Bakers also offers a variety of other baked goods, including cookies, cakes and breads.
“We make all our products from scratch on site, from the dough to the cream cheese.” — Gerry Stachowiak, owner
Big Apple Bagels, located at 248 E. Saginaw St., is part of a popular chain that offers a variety of baked goods, including, of course, bagels.
Stachowiak said the best seller on the menu would probably be the everything bagel, which that features onions, poppy seeds and sesame seeds, among other ingredients.
Social work senior Kathryn Kowalczyk said she likes Big Apple Bagels and would definitely recommend it to others.
“I try to get something different every time, but I like their chocolate chip cream cheese. I usually get a plain bagel with it,” she said.
Kowalczyk said another one of her favorites is an Asiago bagel with plain cream cheese.
Stachowiak said East Lansing’s Big Apple Bagels has been around for nearly 20 years, so some of the staff and customers know each other on a more personal level.
“(We have) a really nice, friendly staff,” he said. “(We’re) a little community-based bagel shop.”
Big Apple Bagels features a dozen deal, which is 12 bagels of the customer’s choice and two half-pound tubs of cream cheese for $16.99.
“Everybody loves to come here because our product meets their expectations.” — Michael Mahdi, owner
The New Daily Bagel, located at 309 S. Washington Square in Lansing, has been providing Lansing residents with bagels for more than 20 years.
Mahdi said The New Daily Bagel is a restaurant that has its own personality and way of doing things.
“We try to give customers 100 percent satisfaction,” he said.
Criminal justice sophomore Christopher Robinson said the restaurant doesn’t just offer great food, but also a great atmosphere.
“It’s a nice place and you feel really welcomed there and meet a lot of people and you get to sit around and do your own thing,” he said.
Robinson said what he orders varies on what the daily special is, but typically in the morning he will get a jalapeño bagel with cheese, eggs and sausage.
Mahdi said pretty much everything on the menu is a best-seller at their shop, but the bagels and deli are particularly popular.
Customers can purchase the baker’s dozen, which features 13 different bagels, including plain, Asiago, cinnamon crunch and more for $8.59.
— Catherine Kanka, advertising senior
MSU Bakers is located at 171 Service Road, but most students know of the business’s food from on-campus dining halls.
Kanka said she recalls eating MSU Bakers bagels in the dining halls. She said she’s not a huge bagel person, but she definitely liked them and would recommend them.
She said her favorite was the everything bagel.
Although MSU Bakers is most well-known in the dining halls, their baked goods can also be picked up or delivered for customers who are craving a bagel but don’t want to head to a dining hall.
The bakery offers a wide array of bagel flavors, from blueberry to honey wheat to cinnamon toast crunch. A dozen cinnamon toast crunch bagels can be purchased for $8.50.
In addition to bagels, MSU Bakers also offers a variety of other baked goods, including cookies, cakes and breads.
