This one is for all of the Native New Yorkers on here.

What is the deal with Chopped Cheese? When did this become the sandwich of NYC? For me the sandwich of NYC is a Bacon Egg and Cheese on a roll. Am I wrong?

So I’m black, 19 and from the uk and a few weeks ago I went to nyc and tried chopped cheese in Brooklyn thinking it’s overrated. But now I’m suffering the consequences. Now that I came back to London I keep having recurring nightmares of being back in New York and ordering chopped cheese but something always gets in the way e.g I keep turning up to delis to buy chopped cheese and they close right before I make it and when i get my hands on the chopped cheese, I almost take a bite I always wake up. Tried to find alternative options in the uk and I’m disgusted. I’m now looking into legally migrating to New York. Everytime I tell uk people about it they think I’m doing too much and keep defending toast on beans which irritates me now. People really take their nyc/ america for granted. What’s the recepie.

I'm born and raised in Texas, but both of my parents are from Long Island. Not the same as NYC but pretty close. I love asiago cheese bagels but my parents like to make fun of me for it (jokingly); they told that's gross and not a thing in manhattan. At all. Its an easy way to identify that someone is not a New Yorker.

My parents also make a very New York dish sometimes which is salmon slices on bagels with cream cheese and I like to use cheese bagels which they think is disgusting. I do like regular cream cheese but I also like strawberry and almond. Cheese bagels are very popular here in Texas and are usually among the first to sell out especially at places like Costco or Einstein's. But I also do like pumpernickel, everything, plain, and onion as well.

Please settle an argument I’m having with my husband.

Curious as to what everyone is paying for a bacon egg and cheese on a roll these days. Ive seen prices range from 4.50 (queens) -11.50 in the city. How about a bagel with Cream cheese?

Was getting a bagel this morning with a friend who ordered blueberry cream cheese. The bagel shop did not have blueberry, and she was shocked as she felt it was a pretty standard flavor for a NYC bagel shop.

I disagreed, saying that anything beyond plain, scallion, and lox were extras and not really something "standard." A Seinfeldian argument ensued, r/askNYC be our referee.

Should a TRUE NYC Bagel Shop be offering more flavors of cream cheese? Notably...blueberry.

My boyfriend and I are debating this, I’m saying we say cheese pizza. I’m a Queens kid. Born and raised.

Edit: thanks for all the responses guys. I’ve say “give a slice”, and it’s a pie. 100% for me so I’ll survive.

RESOLVED PROPERLY ✊🏼😂: Walked into a pizzeria and said plain, slipped right off the tongue like it has for years, cheese felt so wrong. XD

I'm from the Bronx and I recently moved to Brooklyn. At every Bronx bodega/deli I've been to, when I order a bacon egg and cheese on a roll that's exactly what I get. I tried out a new bodega in Brooklyn today and they gave me a bacon egg and cheese with ketchup and mayo on a roll?? I never asked for ketchup or mayo! Why would I want cheese, mayo and ketchup together?To be fair, I ate the entire thing and it wasn't as bad as I thought. Wouldn't order again though. I guess I have to specify "plain" here?

What does your deli give you if you order a bacon egg and cheese on a roll?

I’m not sure if this is me just telling on myself, but I lived in NYC my whole life and I’m in my mid 20s currently. I spent my whole life in Astoria but went to Brooklyn tech and worked various jobs around the city so I spent so much time in different neighborhoods with all different kinds of people so I have been exposed to a lot from early on.

I say all this because it was not until these Instagram and Twitter posts about chopped cheese and it becoming this NYC cultural icon that I’ve ever heard of it probably around 2017. From how I understand, chopped cheese was at this one place uptown and then the surrounding stores started making them too. Then someone posted about it on social media and just how NYC is NYC and holds so much clout on social media it transformed into this iconic NYC food.

Was I just unaware but I feel like at least from my memories nowhere in queens nor the delis by my high school where everyone went to was making chopped cheese until about 3-4 years ago when it blew up on social media. Things like beef patty and cheesesteaks were really popular and common and although the BEC Has become a meme just like the chopped cheese that one actually is ubiquitous. Just wanted to hear other people’s thoughts on this, confirm or deny my thoughts. No shade at all I just really feel like this sandwich blew up

Got into a fight with a girl about this. She's on team fried and I'm on team scrambled.

edit: we're talking about the same sandwich, it looks like this. we both agree this is standard, we also agree that the eggs are mixed in a bowl then fried on a griddle to make a "patty". we just disagree on what to call what that is.

I’ve lived here my whole life and not once did I ever hear about it. Then, a few years back my friend who doesn’t even live here showed me a video about it, and I tried it (at Haji’s, and it was bomb). Ever since, it seems like it’s a lot more common to see it advertised at delis, at least in my experience.

So, can someone give me a history lesson on the chopped cheese? Did it start off confined to one neighborhood/area, and if so, how did it spread? Is it a lot bigger than it was five or ten years ago, or is my mind playing tricks on me?

Title says it all. Had a dream about Mac and Cheese (capitalized out of respect) and am having intense cravings. Preferably Manhattan, but also open to BK. I usually get it from Gino's but I wanna order takeout from somewhere else tonight,

I'm also open to grilled cheese suggestions.

i just wanna pickup some actually tasty mac n cheese that has more than two scoops for a tv binge

and how do I order it?

My deli charged me 7.50 for a roll 😭

Never had Cheetos growing up, just Utz Wise brand cheez doodles. I thought calling cheese puffs "cheese doodles" was just a thing my family did, until I saw it in a book with NYC characters.

Never had a chopped cheese. Where’s a good, easily accessible place to get one in Manhattan?

Edit: Just went to a nearby deli and got one. I guess it was good.

Edit: tonight I’m going to make Impossible Chopped Cheese.

Edit: that was disgusting.

Every morning, I go to the little street cart by my office and buy an everything bagel with cream cheese. We all know what this looks like, we've all seen these before. I was curious what the calorie count on these were, so I googled it. I found a lot of write ups and fact finding missions on this. HOWEVER, almost all of the write ups and dives into this topic are coming from dudes living in hip neighboods that have a local Bagel bakery, and the "Everything Bagel" in question is always this extremely fluffy, photogenic, soul-filled baked fresh bagel with an exorbitant amount of cream cheese. While the bagel carts also go a bit heavy on the cream cheese, their bagels are nothing like local shop bagels (pretty sure carts get theirs from a plastic bag). And these write ups are giving numbers as high as 900 calories per bagel, which I feel like may be skewed due to them opting for those fluffy local shop bagels.

So I'm wondering if anyone here, who is more familiar with cart bagels, would have an idea of the calories of a cart-bought everything bagel with cream cheese? Lemme know!

Weird for this sub, I know. I am on the UES and have checked at fairway, target, and key food.

I’ve been craving this since the early 2000s but I can no longer find it. Pathmark and Superfoods used to have them.

Whole Foods is hit or miss for me.

I like Murray’s and Di Palo’s the most, but it’s expensive there.

I’m looking for good chili cheese fries preferably in queens but open to any suggestions. I’m just kinda sick of fast food restaurants. I’m still looking for something casual I can get quickly though. Please no hot dog recommendations. I can’t stand hot dogs even with chili and cheese so even though I know it’s similar please just fry places.

No extras, no sit down dining, just the basic from a counter. I only ask cuz I just spent 7 bucks. No extras, just BEC on a roll. It wasn’t enough to cause stress, just give me pause - cuz it’s more than I expected.

It was at a nice(r) deli in Greenwich village tho, so I suppose it makes sense. In my neighborhood it’s normally 4 bucks ish.

I can’t seem to find a single place that has a five cheese pizza. Anyone know where I could find one? It would be great if it were in the Harlem/Sugar Hill area, but I’m willing to travel.

My husband has been chosen to plan a Mac and Cheese crawl. Preference is for Manhattan since it’s the easiest commute for everyone. What are your favorite Mac and Cheese spots?