text: Continuing our quest to experience the Montreal bagel we made our way to Fairmount Bagel and found that the line was out the door While the line moved pretty quickly the overall experience was not so good Once inside it was difficult to figure out the system and it was so crowded that it was overwhelming and I could not wait to get outsidennThe bagels themselves were OK Fairly similar in texture to NY bagels but smaller and with a very very faint hint of sweet We tried an everything bagel and found that the flavor pales in comparison to the NY equivalent Also had a garlic bagel which was fairly disappointing because the garlic was overlooked like burnt overcooked and left an unpleasant after taste nnMost disappointing however was the cream cheese They had several packaged cheeses available including Philadelphia which was a real drag From the menu board and the way things were run it was not clear whether or not we could get a bagel with cream cheese on it or if we had to purchase a package of cream cheese So we quickly asked for salmon cream cheese They gave us options and we clearly chose the wrong one Lactantia This had little flavor of smoked salmon and had the chalky taste of low fat cream cheesennSadly this place was a disappointment