New Jersey: Popular Bagel Chain Expanding With 3 More Locations

We love our bagels here, and we are proud of it. In fact, we need even more. Bagel Supreme, one of the more popular New Jersey bagel chains in the state is growing to 12 stores now, with three new locations coming soon.

It's certainly not very easy for a local small business, outside of a franchise model, to grow quickly in the restaurant industry to the point where they will open multiple new locations together. However, "Bagel Supreme is your 'go-to' quick and easy non-fast food bite to eat to start your morning or early afternoon," they say.

There's something special about walking into a bagel shop in your own town on an early weekend morning. It's usually a little warm in there due to the baking ovens. You may be met with the aroma of coffee being brewed. Among the folks packed in the small space by the counter, you will likely run into a neighbor or acquaintance from town.

Then, seeing those fresh and hot bagels in the baskets behind the counter, heightens the comfort and excitement of where you are. There's nothing like being there there the right time when the baker comes over and dumps a fresh batch of bagels right in the basket of the flavor you wanted.

At Bagel Supreme, you experience all of these elements, which seems to be part of the reason people keep coming back for more.

Coming soon will be Linden, Rahway, and Scotch Plains. While the addresses and opening dates are still to be determined you can follow the updates on Bagel Supreme's website. In the meantime, you can pull in to any of these of these nine locations.

The (9th) and only Bagel Supreme, who is not in New Jersey, resides in Brooklyn, New York. This is located at 9401 5th Avenue in Brooklyn.

Suggested orders at this hometown bagel shop include the baker's dozen where you fill a bag with everything, sesame, and pumpernickel bagels. Don't forget to add in a few plain that they can throw on top so that you have something to rip apart and snack on during the drive home, while sipping your hot coffee. If you are feeling extra hungry, Bagel Supreme also has breakfast egg or lox sandwiches, waffles, pancakes, and omelets.

Ben and Jerry's new flavors couldn't be more different from each other. The popular New England based ice cream brand has added three options to their creative family so far this year, and here I will rank them all.

Coincidentally, I tried each of these in one sitting. This was an unplanned taste test. With a house full of young kids, a visiting friend recently stopped by and knew the way to quickly win over the youngsters. Pints of ice cream.

Before I get into explaining which was best, I should note I am not an ice cream (or dessert) enthusiast by any means. Dare I say, I hardly seek out ice cream, even in the summer months. However, if it is put in front of me, I will eat it if it's one of my favorite varieties.

If I'm going for ice cream, though, Ben and Jerry's is easily my brand of choice. Being a New Englander, I have toured their Vermont location a handful of times. Their half-baked in a cone is my go-to choice.

If you are not familiar, these are the Ben and Jerry's new flavors that have rolled out in 2024. Impretzively Fudged, PB S'More, and Marshmallow Sky. Now, it's important to note that Marshmallow Sky is new just to pints. Meaning, it was available in their scoop shops only.

Another flavor entitled Strawberry Cheezecake was also unveiled earlier this year. This did not qualify here as a new flavor ranking because it had been an ice cream flavor (branded "cheesecake). The new "cheeze" version is a vegan dairy-free dessert.

Upon seeing these at my house, I realized they were new. So, instead of selecting one pint to scoop, I took one for the team and realized I needed one proper scoop of each.

My process was to try one at a time and not have all three in the same bowl. Blending flavors might compromise the intended taste.

As a result, there was a flavor where one bite was enough. Another where I couldn't get enough, and the third was somewhere in between.

Here is my official ice cream ranking of Ben and Jerry's new flavors.

It's chocolate ice cream with fudge covered pretzel pieces and pretzel swirl. The problem here is that I do not like chocolate covered pretzels. Oddly enough, I love pretzels alone. Dip them in sugar and ice cream and it either compromises the flavor or classifies as "too much." So, this was my least favorite.

Here we have toasted marshmallow ice cream with peanut butter cups, graham cracker pieces, and marshmallow swirl. The graham crackers are the star of this show. They pair better with the ice cream and chocolate than the typical marshmallow of a S'More. This was certainly a tasty delight, but I feel if the marshmallow swirl did not need to be invited to the party.

Admittedly, I was a little cautious about the blue ice cream color thinking it could suffer from cotton candy syndrome (where too much equals upset stomach city). That is not the case here. It's marshmallow ice cream with swirls, and then chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough. The latter of the cookie dough bites just brings this to another level. Some sweets get forced together and some just belong together and make each other better. That's the case here. It's no wonder Ben and Jerry's decided to promote this flavor. It tastes as cheerful as it looks.