Bowery Bagels #SchmearCampaign 2016 Victory Party

November 10, 2016 by 1 Comment

Last week I highlighted the #SchmearCampaign 2016 being held by Bowery Bagels which I think has the best cream cheese flavors in town – I shared some of my favorite sandwiches and all the various bagel flavors and schmears, including vegan ones. I also highlighted the SchmearCampaign where the public nominated flavors and then gets to vote in final nominees. Previously, the first Schmear Campaign winning flavor has become one of their best sellers – The BOM.com, a delicious bacon, onion, mushroom schmear. The winner of the 2016 is one I helped suggest:

Blue Cheese Walnut Honey Schmear, with Danish buttermilk blue cheese, toasted Oregon walnuts, Oregon clover honey, and a little toasted walnut oil
Bowery Bagels #SchmearCampaign 2016 winner Blue Cheese Walnut Honey Schmear, with Danish buttermilk blue cheese, toasted Oregon walnuts, Oregon clover honey, and a little toasted walnut oil

It was a close call: it won by just two votes! Don’t be scared of the blue cheese – Danish buttermilk blue cheese is super creamy and buttery and that bit of blue cheese tang will probably be balanced well by nuttiness and honey.

To celebrate, you can visit the FREE open to the public, family friendly Bowery Bagels #SchmearCampaign 2016 Victory Party on Monday November 14th from 3 – 6 PM at their location on 310 NW Broadway. They will be celebrating the new Blue Cheese Honey Walnut Schmear, as well as have light refreshments and bagels and schmear for sampling.

Unfortunately I am out of town for work so won’t be at the victory party, but hope to stop by Bowery and grab some on Sunday so that I can try them that day and then on my wayyy early (before dawn) flight on Monday as I’m flying away cutting up some fruit and making my blue cheese walnut honey pear/apple sandwich! Bowery Bagels will have the winning new schmear on their menu beginning Friday (tomorrow!).

Here are the details again in case you want to stop by!

#SchmearCampaign Victory Party

  • When: Monday November 14th from 3 -6 PM
  • Where: Bowery Bagels at 310 NW Broadway, Portland
  • What: FREE, public, family friendly. Enjoy light refreshments and bagel and schmear sampling

Bowery Bagels - assorted bagels with vegan cashew spread conveniently cut into quarters so we can try multiple types of bagels, SO perfect!

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Bagel Farm in Portland

August 17, 2016 by 4 Comments

There’s a new bagel option in Portland – at least sometimes. It’s a Bagel Brunch pop-up by Sean Coyne called Bagel Farm that offers bagels to dine in at a pop up locations on Saturdays (Elder Hall) or Sundays (right now Renata). The bagels are organic, use Pacific Northwest flour, and have a great crispness to the outside but doughy inside that is a perfect combo.
Bagel Farm pop up in Portland menu when popping up at Renata Bagel Farm pop up in Portland menu when popping up at Renata Salmon Deluxe bagel composed bagel sandwich from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland that comes with choice of bagel, salmon, horseradish cream cheese, salted cucumbers, capers, onions. Vegan Lox bagel composed bagel sandwich from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland that comes with choice of bagel, walnut spread, carrot lox, capers, red onions, salted cucumbers. This was my favorite especially on the sesame bagel

I happened to stop by the Renata pop-up at the beginning of the month when they first appeared at the wonderful space that is Renata. The next pop up is this weekend and next weekend, August 20, 21, 27, and 28.

The bagel choices include

  • Plain
  • Poppy
  • Sesame (this is my personal favorite)
  • Salt
    Salt Bagel from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland
  • Everything (my #2)
    Everything Bagel from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland

Meanwhile, the schmears are particularly fun, including besides having your bagel plain, or with butter, the spreads of

  • Plain cream cheese
  • Leek, scallion chive cream cheese
  • Horseradish cream cheese
  • Country ham cream cheese (here on an Everything bagel)
    Everything bagel with country ham cream cheese from Bagel Farm, a pop up offering bagel brunch in Portland
  • Hummus (vegan)
  • Walnut spread (vegan)

You can also additionally add cucumbers, capers, onions, or a tomato to enhance your sandwich. Or, they also offer open faced bagel sandwiches, which they called “Bagels Composed”, that include

  • Salmon Deluxe: choice of bagel, horseradish cream cheese, salted cucumbers, capers, onions. I was a big fan of the horseradish cream cheese.
    Salmon Deluxe bagel composed bagel sandwich from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland that comes with choice of bagel, salmon, horseradish cream cheese, salted cucumbers, capers, onions. Salmon Deluxe bagel composed bagel sandwich from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland that comes with choice of bagel, salmon, horseradish cream cheese, salted cucumbers, capers, onions.
  • Hammy Time: choice of bagel, country ham cream cheese, fennel slaw, radish
  • Hummus Among Us: choice of bagel, hummus, salted cucumber, radish, paprika, olive oil, lemon
  • Vegan “Lox”: choice of bagel, walnut spread, carrot “lox”, capers, red onions, salted cucumbers. This was my favorite especially on the sesame bagel.
    Vegan Lox bagel composed bagel sandwich from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland that comes with choice of bagel, walnut spread, carrot lox, capers, red onions, salted cucumbers. This was my favorite especially on the sesame bagel Vegan Lox bagel composed bagel sandwich from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland that comes with choice of bagel, walnut spread, carrot lox, capers, red onions, salted cucumbers. This was my favorite especially on the sesame bagel
  • Israeli Salad: choice of bagel topped with Israeli salad of tomatoes and cucumbers

Because I was at Renata, I was happy to treat myself to a well earned after the gym cocktail – and I wanted to make sure I got my fruit into my brunch too. This cocktail is called the Buon Giorno Princepessa with white peach – blueberry mint sorbetto and prosecco. It takes a little care and love to create, but it’s worth the wait – I could have drank these all morning.
 

What’s your favorite type of bagel, and what do you top with your bagel in terms of schmear?

Vegan Lox bagel composed bagel sandwich from Bagel Farm pop up in Portland that comes with choice of bagel, walnut spread, carrot lox, capers, red onions, salted cucumbers. This was my favorite especially on the sesame bagel

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