Reddit is informing me that people outside NYC don't have garlic knots

[conuly]

This can't be true, can it?

Poll #24253 Garlic knots?

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Are they really a NYC only thing?

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Yes
21 (29.2%)

No
51 (70.8%)

Also, cool diagram here: Intersections of Lower Manhattan

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Comments

[redbird]

Definitely a cool map, or set of maps.A couple of those are reminders of why I try to avoid that intersection, and at least one "now which was is up?" even though I used to go through there moderately often (Astor Place/Cooper Square/Lafayette).

[conuly]

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/07/nyregion/neighborhood-report-greewich-village-traffic-mousetrap-foils-city-pedestrians.html

[jtthomas]

Garlic knots outside of NYC are out of a bag you get in the freezer section, which may be the actual difference. Secondarily, they are definitely a newer product in comparison with Texas Toast or straight-up garlic bread. (Alas, I never got to have them before the gluten became an issue.)

[conuly]

Oh, now that's unfortunate. I do like garlic bread, but garlic knots, done right, are a special form of cheap deliciousness.

[julian]

Like, we don't have them *a lot* around here (Boston area), but I've encountered them occasionally.

[crystalpyramid]

We've definitely got them in Philly.

[conuly]

Phew!

[calimac]

I had to look up "garlic knot" to find out what it was, and I've never encountered it in California. We have garlic bread, but it's not made quite the same way.

[conuly]

No, anyplace that sells garlic knots also sells garlic bread.

[captainsblog]

Wegmans has them fresh in the bakery. Not one of their bigger sellers, but they're definitely there.

[captainsblog]

Also, this from a pizzeria in Newburgh: Deepdish Roni Cup & Mozza Stick Pizza made with a Garlic Knot Crust:)

[mtbc]

Of those of us who've heard of them, one connects them with NYC, one connects them with Italian-American stuff.

[conuly]

Well, yeah :)

[elayna]

I've definitely had them and know what they are, but I've never seen them very often. Might have been on a trip.

[steorra]

I don't feel like I can answer the poll as framed, because - well, I know I haven't met them in the places I've lived, but I don't know about non-NYC places I *haven't* lived. And also, I tend not to get a lot of bakery goods because nut cross-contamination is too common, so it would be conceivable that they exist even in places where I have lived.

But I had to look up what they were. Before I did, I was envisioning a variant on a garlic braid, not garlic bread.

They sound delicious. If I ever visit NYC I'll have to see if I can try them.

[conuly]

They are super yummy if done right. If done poorly they're disappointing. You wouldn't think anybody could screw them up, but it does happen.

[dine]

garlic knots are available in Portland. not everywhere - in fact, I think I've only seen them at pizza places, and not all of those. but you can get them here

[conuly]

I'd be surprised to seem them not at a pizza place.

[steorra]

Also, those intersections look like a flock of wonky asterisks.

[conuly]

That's what happens when you go off the grid.

[sixbeforelunch]

They're definitely a thing in Philadelphia, although there is a fair amount of overlap between NYC culture and Philly culture, so that's maybe not surprising.

I can't recall having seen them since I've lived in Florida, but it's also next to impossible to find a decent pizza place in Florida, and also my digestive system hates garlic so I automatically skip over anything with "garlic" in the name when looking at a menu.

[conuly]

Oh no! Poor you! No garlic, sigh.

[jessie_c]

They're very definitely a "Only in the US" thing, because they just don't happen here.

[conuly]

I'll find you a recipe of you like, though honestly the core concept is pretty obvious - tie dough into knots, add garlic, bake.

[alexseanchai]

Domino's Pizza sells garlic knots

[conuly]

Bah, Domino's.

[sabotabby]

I am pretty sure that we have them here. Rarer, though.

[the_siobhan]

I've never heard of garlic knots, but after looking them up I have to say they are relevant to my interests.

[conuly]

They are relevant to the interests of anybody who likes garlic.

[8hyenas]

Well they're at my pizza place in southern oklahoma so like... they've made it here. I can't imagine they're exclusive.

[conuly]

Ah, well, if they can make it there they can make it anywhere :)

[okojosan]

I'm in Washington(state) and we definitely have garlic knots out here. Papa John's pizza has them (though I haven't ordered from them in a good long while, because reasons...)

[greghousesgf]

they don't seem familiar to me at all and I used to live in NYC.

[conuly]

You are missing out!

[rhoda_rants]

There are a handful of specific pizza places--usually run by people who *used* to live in NYC--that have them down here, but they exist.

[conuly]

Those places probably have good or at least decent pizza too.

garlic knots

[kmusser]

They have them at my local pizza place here in Maryland - but I think the owner of that place is a New Yorker. I do not remember them growing up in Chicago. They are very tasty :-)

[adrian_turtle]

I had them in Troy, but not in the midwest.

[buttonsbeadslace]

The pizza place around the corner from me here in DC has garlic knots. And I feel like I had them once or twice back in the Midwest. Breadsticks were definitely more common, though.

[low_delta]

I'm unfamiliar with garlic knots, in Wisconsin.

[conuly]

D:

[rebelsheart]

Garlic knots are a thing I first encountered from a specific pizza place in Blacksburg, VA - I think. It might have been Gaithersburg, MD. That said, as simple as they are to make, I am generally frustrated by their lack of availability in Italian-American eateries and pizza joints - especially at pizza joints that make cheesybread or similar using their pizza dough.

The closet things I've been able to find in a chain pizza place are Domino's garlic twists - which are basically single twist pretzels done with a light dough and a light about of butter (compared to garlic knots) and garlic powder.

About 30 minutes away, we have a small pizza place called The Knot and they have really good garlic knots.

[conuly]

Garlic... powder.

Sigh. My heart is weeping for you.