Dining
BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
Brooklyn Cafe oers a variety of specialty drinks including seasonal coees.
The pesto chicken sandwich ( $11.85 ) includes sun- dried tomatoes, spinach, Swiss cheese and pesto mayo.
Brooklyn Cafe is known for its bacon, egg and cheese sandwich ( $8.25 ) made with the everything bagel.
PHOTOS COURTESY BROOKLYN CAFE
The Woodlands staple, Brooklyn Cafe, oers traditional New York bagels, seasonal drinks
Having started as an employee for Brooklyn Cafe at the age of 15, owner Selene Morin said she decided to buy the company from founder Nick Cannistra when he retired in 2018. The cafe was founded in 1994 and is known for its bagels and coee in The Woodlands community. “The whole concept of Brooklyn is something that once you start working there, you really fall in love with,” Morin said. “It’s a very family-oriented place and you really get to know your customers, like on a one-to-one basis.” Staying local Brooklyn Cafe is owned and operated by Morin, a resident of The Woodlands, along with co-own- ers Mauricio Domenzain and Graham Smyth. While the bagel recipes the cafe is known for have remained a traditional staple for the cafe, Morin said she has updated the concept to provide a setting focused on comfort rather than a fast- paced environment. “Nick used to joke about how he would bring over the water from New York to make sure that the bagels tasted right,” Morin said. “But we do take a lot of time into making sure that the recipes stay the way that he had them.” After years of operating, Brooklyn Cafe has transitioned to follow current cafe trends by oer- ing seasonal drinks and a variety of milk options
including nondairy. It also oers coee with CBD to balance the coee jitters people can get with caeine, Morin said. In addition, as of press time Brooklyn Cafe planned to open a second location on Creekside Forest Drive by Dec. 18. Craving bagels? With 22 bagel varieties, Morin said the bagels and menu items at Brooklyn Cafe are freshly made every morning with ingredients from local vendors. Any leftovers are donated to local churches and food banks such as Woods Edge Church, Congregation Beth Shalom and the Houston Food Bank. Some popular bagel varieties include the blue- berry and the pumpkin bagels; however, the cafe is known for its bacon, egg and cheese sandwich, which is made with an everything bagel. “I think it’s the combination of the soft, crunchy bagel, but with the bacon and the cheese and the egg, it just makes it really, really good,” Morin said. “We also cook everything on our at top.” The eatery also oers a bagel of the month and classic coee options along with signature and seasonal drinks. Upcoming seasonal drinks include the Irish cream latte and the gingerbread spiced latte.
Brooklyn Cafe oers a bagel variety of the month such as its pumpkin bagel.
Assistant Manager Keila Maynard serves a customer a cup of coee.
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