Zucker's Bagels at 146 Chambers St
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New York City is known for its bagels. What is typically not known is the vast amount of waste pouring out of bagel shops across the Big Apple. From personal experience, I have found that each bagel outlet discards 1 to 4 trash bags of bagels each night!
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Dumpster Diving Tip: Don’t bother opening each bag to examine the contents. Just grope the outside and feel for round, bagel shapes.
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Actions & Experience:
- Whenever holding events where breakfast will be served/appropriate, grabbing a bag (or a good selection from the lot).
- A co-worker of mine who is attending the New School, snaggs as many as she can carry each night after work. Her dorm mates are always appreciative.
- Try working bagel DDing into your routine and route. Go for a late evening jog past your neighborhood cafe. Keep a watchful eye when coming home from a closing shift at work. Search Google maps for bagel shops near your route.
- My favorite anecdote: Whenever I travel out of state, I try to pick up one of those discarded rolling suitcases on the street. (People seem to always be throwing them away.) And then I fill it with a bag of bagels. It’s totally a worthwhile gift for friends back home. Thanking me profusely, one friend of mine professed that he had been eating them for weeks after I left!
Great finds. I’ve been dumpstering Einstein Bros. bagels in Austin, TX. I don’t understand how the employees can throw away so much. Why not take it home?
Nice tips also. You also want to be careful when you’re feeling the outside of the bag, that the bagels are not soggy or hard as rocks.
Great blog. I’ll be following it.