Brooklyn Boy Bagels Has Opened a Drive-Thru at Its Marrickville Warehouse

After years of farmers markets and pop-up stores — from a six-seater cafe in Matraville to a kitchen in Marrickville and a Darlinghurst store and its recently closed cafe in Circular Quay's huge Gateway Sydney dining precinct — Sydney bagel-slinger Brooklyn Boy Bagels has launched a new venture that's telling of our current times: a drive-thru.

When COVID-19 restrictions first came into place, Brooklyn Boy Bagels announced, "Forget toilet paper - we're going to give you something you really need for the apocalypse. Stay tuned". Since then, it's been offering home-delivery to a bunch of Sydney suburbs and has had some pop-ups at Double Bay's White Rabbit cafe. Now, it's converted the parking lot of its existing wholesale bakery on Marrickville's Carrington Road so you can pick up freshly baked (and boiled) goods without leaving your car.

The drive-thru sold out of everything on its first day. And, with the self-proclaimed (and widely agreed upon) title as Sydney's "real-deal NYC bagels", it's easy to see why. The new venture obviously focuses on the bakers' signature boiled boys, with plain, rainbow, onion, blueberry, sesame, gluten free and pumpkin versions available, as well as its famed everything bagel.

Of course, you'll need some schmear, which Brooklyn Boy Bagels is selling by the bucketful. The 285-millilitre tubs of cream cheese include plain, jalapeño, lox with capers, garlic and chive flavours and a vegan almond 'cream cheese' one. Nutella, raspberry jam and peanut butter are also available, as are toppings such as lox and pastrami.

While you'll definitely want the bagels, you'll also find sourdough, challah, loaves of rye, chocolate chip and sea salt cookies and a NY pushcart-style pretzel on the menu, plus takeaway coffee from local specialty coffee roasters The Little Marrionette.

There are also bagel box sets available to pre-order, should you want to to stock up. There's The Survival Kit ($42.95), with eight bagels, cream cheese, Nutella and jam; a vegan box for $49.95; and the mega The Self-Isolation Nosh Fest, which includes 20 bagels and five tubs of its various cream cheeses and will set you back $104.95.

Brooklyn Boy Bagels Drive-Thru is located at 19 Carrington Road, Marrickville and is open from 7am–12pm Tuesday–Thursday and 7am–1pm Friday–Sunday.