This June The Good Egg’s co-founders Joel Braham and Alex Coppard will bring their Beer + Bagels series to Soho with a line-up of North America’s best delis, restaurants and bagel bakeries paired with craft beers from London’s leading breweries. From NYC legends Russ & Daughters to Montreal’s famed Joe Beef, each will create a signature bagel, available for one night only, with a new recipe debuting every Monday throughout summer.
The first bagel will come courtesy of New York stalwarts Russ & Daughters, sharing their Classic Bagel & Lox with secret-recipe scallion cream cheese, followed by Brooklyn restaurant Glasserie with their Jerusalem Mixed Grill. Montreal’s Joe Beef will showcase their renowned smoked brisket recipe, followed by Philadelphia’s Rooster Soup Co. and their mushroom Philly Cheese Steak. Ivan Ramen’s Shiso-Cured Salmon with Nori cream cheese will be next up, followed by Montreal bagel royalty Fairmount Bagel who will step into the ring with their Dijon Egg Salad. The penultimate week will see DJ BBQ’s bagel inspired by his family’s roots in the American Deep South, and rounding off the series; Black Seed Bagels’ ‘Everything’ bagel will include all-beef breakfast sausage patty with egg and aged white cheddar.
On the taps, The Good Egg have teamed up with London Craft Beer Festival and The Bottle Shop who will be curating a menu of craft beers to complement each of the fillings; from Kernel to Brew By Numbers, Brick, Hackney CRATE and Pressure Drop.
We’ve just returned home from the most epic trip across North America where we’ve completed our restaurant bucket list, visiting places we’ve been obsessed with since we were at school together. It was these places that inspired us to open The Good Egg in the first place, so to meet the masterminds behind them and then bring their treasured recipes home… it’s an honour and we can’t wait to share them with our friends back at The Good Egg’ says Joel.
Kicking off proceedings on the 18th June, Joel and Alex will welcome world renowned BBQ aficionado DJ BBQ and the BBQ Zoo crew to the decks, offering guests the one chance to try a selection of smaller versions the guest accompanied by sides including Tahini Mac and Cheese and Zoo Fries, followed by a North American-inspired version of their chocolate bark.
From September, The Good Egg’s Beer + Bagel series will continue with a monthly rotating guest bagel from some of the team’s favourite UK restaurants. In September, Temper’s Neil Rankin will fill his bagel with goat ragu, bone marrow, pesto butter, pecorino and turmeric pickles, while the following month Pizza Pilgrims’ Salisiccia e Friarielle will feature on the menu. In November, Wingmans will create their signature fried chicken thigh, deep dipped in kohlrabi and cucumber pickle and egg, before the series draws to a close in December with Margate’s finest Cheesy Tiger who will be serving their classic 18-month cheddar, raclette and jalapeno.
