While many agreed with me, others brought up well framed arguments in defense of CTB and made me have a minor crisis of faith. My local shop, the New Providence Bagel Cafe, is the platonic ideal of a bagel place: inexpensive, no-frills and full of character. They display their bagels and assortment of schmears proudly, keeping them as the central attraction as opposed to being drowned in a sea of offerings. As I’ve said before, CTB feels too corporate, tailored and manufactured to deliver the experience of a local bagel shop. Despite this effort, however, I feel that CTB has lost its soul in the process of its expansion.

Source: Daily Sun December 04, 2020 23:15 UTC