Went to Griffith for a hike and hit up the new Boichik. Cardio for carbs! We got stuck behind the horses. Overheard from the elite on high: “how did those people walking get here? did they WALK up?” “what hike are we on? is it the hollywood hike?”
Does my Boichik hot take belong in this thread? Overall I thought it was pretty decent. Had them a while ago in the bay area which was enough for me to pick up some extra for home. We managed to slide in after the lunch rush and avoid a line, though it was several-people deep at times. Nothing too crazy though.
Thought the bagel was good. I’d come back if I was in the area. Their bagels are too small for their sandwiches though! I got a whitefish salad sandwich, which was good. But everything splooges out the moment you bite down, because the crumb is pretty firm. I end up irrigating the filling to different bites on my own. I’m honestly not sure if they’ve tried eating their own bagel sandwiches, because it’s pretty difficult. Also, beautiful cross-sections made for instagram, but it’s like 60% vegetable by volume in the very middle. Bagels made for Californians … Egg salad was good too.
Very different from my usual NYC go-to, which is a nova-lox cream cheese from Leo’s. Those are HUGE pillowy creatures where the vertical mass of filling usually covers just 70% of the surface area (so the splooge lands on the bagel). But even a bagel sandwich here is cheaper than a flight back to nyc by far.
The upside is that the bagels are smaller, so I can indulge more often ?!? Overall I’m happy to pick up extra to bring home and fill properly.
Edited to add – the whitefish salad sandwich was ~10$ and lox sandwich ~$16. I get that small bagels are their thing, but I guess it also keeps the prices in check. Another fix is to get the vegetables on the sandwich on the side (or just order the filling I guess!). Got pumpernickel everything – which was indeed very good.
