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sigmund pretzel shop: an everyday item at its best
i’m all about the single focus food shop, even if that shop is usually way out of my way, and especially if what they do is good and most importantly it’s very hard to find it elsewhere. the very new sigmund pretzel shop meets all those criteria for me, and so i may be dragging the family back to the east village yet again (the critters don’t mind as long as they get to play for hours at the fantastic tomkins square park playground) just for another go.
i’ve only had a couple pretzels at sigmund pretzel shop so far, but the basic one i had was perfect. warm of course, with a few bits of salt, the texture and freshness were excellent. the pretzel was chewy, and somewhat doughy and moist in a good way with a slight crust on them which tasted very faintly of butter reminding me of some of the best pretzels i have had in berlin. not surprisingly, it was a huge improvement over anything we can get on the street — and i have had my share of those unfortunately.
sigmund’s has about 10 kinds of pretzels including sesame, caraway and cinnamon raisin and you can choose from a few dips like herb goat cheese and beet-horseradish mayo. i tried the gruyère paprika pretzel which was not quite as winning. it tasted just a little soggy, and maybe too gooey. i imagine it would be better right from the oven. sigmund also has a few sandwiches which sounded tasty. some of the options included bresaola with arugula and mustard-mayo and the norwegian smoked salmon with dill creamcheese and cucumber.
and there are appealing treats. one of the women behind sigmund’s, lina kulchinsky, used to be a pastry chef at bouley and she has been making homemade donuts that are selling out early and often. the chocolate gingerbread with pear and chocolate ganache looked pretty good too. now if it were only possible for sigmund to have a small beer selection this would be come more than an occasional place to visit. sigmund pretzel shop, 29 avenue b between 2nd and 3rd streets, manhattan, new york, .
Did you have a dip with your plain pretzel? Is there one you can recommend?
i didn’t. but i’m sure they would let you try a couple. i probably would have gone for the mustard (i’m a bit boring that way) or maybe the horseradish-mayo or the three cheese sauce sounded pretty yummy.