Noah's New York Bagels with Jennie Pierson

"Noah's New York Bagels with Jennie Pierson" is Episode 231 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Noah's New York Bagels with Jennie Pierson" was released on December 5, 2019.

## Synopsis

The 'boys are joined by actor and comedian Jennie Pierson (*Blackish* & *Powerless*) to taste a breakfast favorite at Noah's New York Bagels. Plus, the crew taste test Budweiser varietals in a new segment Seasons of Bud.

## Nick's intro

Berkeley, California: this liberal NorCal college town, home of the University of California, was named for Irish philosopher, George Berkeley, though with the pronunciation altered to cater to the saner spelling of American English.

But the city of Berkeley's collective political philosophy has informed its identity as a center of American leftism. Though its protest culture was first visible via the pacifist movement in opposition to Japanese internment camps in World War II, the mid-sized town gained national attention as a hippie enclave in the 1960s, due to its vigorous and visible student protest movement in favor of civil rights and in opposition to the Vietnam War. Its activist streak has continued to this day, though it's become less potent as the Bay Area's onerous housing costs have increasingly pushed out the working class.

And its liberal culture has had other effects - notably a local law that, for a time, effectively banned chain stores, including restaurants, creating an opening for local boutiques and eateries.

And among those independent eateries was a Berkeley bagel shop founded in 1989 by an ex-pat from New York City. The bagelry thrived with locals and, in spiritual defiance of the law that helped birth it, would become a chain itself, seeming to expand to 38 stores in the time it took to toast an everything bagel. In 1995, it was bought by rival chain Einstein Bros. Bagels, though it continued to operate as its own brand alongside labelmates like Caribou Coffee and Bruegger's Bagels.

Today, with 54 locations up and down the Left Coast, this Berkeley-born bagel bakery with a Biblical name shows that, even with one of the most liberal zip codes in the country, the lure of self-enrichment promised by capitalism is difficult to resist.

This week on *Doughboys*: Noah's New York Bagels.

## Fork rating

* Chorizo Avocado Sunrise Sandwich
* Iced Sugar Cookie
 Mike Mitchell
* Orange Juice
* Hot Pastrami Sandwich
* Turkey Avocado Club Sandwich
* Bagel Dog
* Nova Lox Sandwich
 Jennie Pierson

## Flavor of the Week: Seasons of Bud

In this segment, The Doughboys try some different varieties of Bud Light.

They crack open Bud Light Orange, Bud Light Lemon Tea, and Budweiser / Jim Beam Copper Lager.

Everyone was tolerant of the Orange and Copper Lager, but didn't particularly like them; nobody liked the Lemon Tea. They offered their rankings of the three.

 Mike Mitchell
 Jennie Pierson

Bud Light OrangeBud Light Lemon TeaJim Beam/Budweiser Copper Lager

## #hashtags

* #SandmanMoneybags
* #FrozenBagelSherlock

## Related Episodes

* DD. Mouth of the Border: Fat Chance Kitchen Semifinals
* 196. Mouth of the Border: Finals
* 231. **Noah's New York Bagels**
* DD. Hero's Journey: Sub-Optimal: Nonstandard Region

## Photos

Chorizo Avocado SunriseChorizo Avocado SunriseIced Sugar CookieVanilla Hazelnut Latte