Thanks texesser for making me home sick!  In Houston, i lived 2 minutes from NY bagels...i was reading the post and was surprised that nobody had said their name.  Three brothers just can't compare although they have great challah.  Ed is a personal family friend of ours, though, he is a personal family friend of 100s of families.  He definitely keeps the other guy in balance.  It is defenitely one of the first places i'm going when i go back to houston.