B.E.C. @ Yang’s First Food (21st and Sansom)

Egg & Cheese on a Bagel, the answer to difficult mornings, slight hangovers, need for comfort food, sudden uncontrollable hunger… B.E.C (Bagel Egg & Cheese) remains my go-to food whatever bad press they get. I’m on a quest: where is the best Egg & Cheese on a Bagel in Philadelphia and around?

The little corner convenience store / deli, by my apartment building, doesn’t have a logo, even less of a website. It barely has a name, I had to hunt on one of my credit card receipt to find something. But, after living in the neighborhood for over 4-year, and stopping in several times a week, Jimmy (the owner) knows me, says hello and asks how I’m doing. In 4-year, I never tried their Egg & Cheese on Bagel. The truth is, I didn’t even know they were making hot breakfast sandwiches. But for the sake of research (hahem…), I had to check and to give it a try.

For the first time since I started the quest of the best B.E.C in the city (and surroundings), someone asked me “How do you like your eggs? Runny or dry?” That’s what I call personalization and good customer service. So, the bagel might have been a little too toasted, and the cheese completely tasteless, but overall, the experience was not too bad and deserves a kudo.

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Yang’s First Food – 21st between Walnut & Sansom streets

B.E.C. @ The Chicken or the Egg (Beach Haven)

Egg & Cheese on a Bagel, the answer to difficult mornings, slight hangovers, need for comfort food, sudden uncontrollable hunger… The diet obsessed out there will say too many carbs, not healthy. I say, B.E.C (Bagel Egg & Cheese) remains my go-to food whatever bad press they get. I’m on a quest: where is the best Egg & Cheese on a Bagel in Philadelphia and around?

A destination that you can’t do without if you spend more than 24 hours in Beach Haven, NJ. This place is an institution where tourists and locals find their fix for cheap diner food. Their branding is fabulous (although their website needs help with SEO), their price hyper competitive ($1.99 breakfast) and their food… well…

My sandwich was so greasy that I could feel oil dripping down my fingers. I came to wonder if they fried the bagel as well as the eggs! The result is poor on the taste scale and feels like chewing on a rubber band. Not so good!

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The Chicken or the Egg – 207 N Bay Ave – Beach Haven, NJ – www.492fowl.com

B.E.C. @ Caffeination (21st and Chestnut)

Egg & Cheese on a Bagel, the answer to difficult mornings, slight hangovers, need for comfort food, sudden uncontrollable hunger… The diet obsessed out there will say too many carbs, not healthy. I say, B.E.C (Bagel Egg & Cheese) remains my go-to food whatever bad press they get. Ranging between $2.00 and $6.00 the quality of the B.E.C varies a lot, and the most expensive does not necessarily means the tastiest. I’m on a quest: where is the best Egg & Cheese on a Bagel in Philadelphia?

A cute coffee-shop (with a terrible website) that opened recently in my neighborhood. Great concept: everything there is coffee! For all the java-addicted, you’ll find your fix no matter what.

The B.E.C? Not that good. Heavy thick bagel, dried out eggs, orange cheddar. You’ll need a lot of coffee to get that down, which, I assume, might be part of their sale strategy!

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Caffeination – 2100 Chestnut Street – www.caffeination.com