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Bagels, Bialys & Lox →Tompkins Square Bagels — East Village
165 Avenue A · bold flavors and a long run of house-made cream cheeses — the new-school standard, with four more shops
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More in Bagels, Bialys & Lox
- Barney Greengrass — Upper West SideThe Sturgeon King — eggs scrambled with lox and onions at formica untouched since the '50s
- Russ & Daughters — Lower East SideThe original appetizing shop at 179 E Houston — lox, whitefish & the Super Heebster; sit-down Cafe at 127 Orchard, plus Brooklyn Navy Yard & W 34th St
- Zabar’s — Upper West Side2245 Broadway at 80th · hand-sliced smoked fish at the counter, bagels by the bag — then upstairs for the housewares
- Shelsky’s of Brooklyn — Court Street141 Court St · appetizing, smoked fish & hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels — a modern take on the old counter; bagel shop at 453 4th Ave
- Kossar’s Bagels & Bialys — Lower East SideBrick-oven bialys and kettle-boiled bagels since Mirsky & Kossar opened on Ridge St — the bialy is the order; the original is on Grand St
- H&H Bagels — Upper West Side & around town“NYC’s legendary bagels since 1972” — also UES, Kips Bay, Moynihan Train Hall & Penn Station for the train-bound
- Ess-a-Bagel — Midtown EastThe big, overstuffed Midtown classic — now at 47th & Third (moved from 51st), plus a 32nd St shop
- Utopia Bagels — WhitestoneMade “the old-fashioned way… by hand” — the Queens pilgrimage, now also in Midtown, LIC & on Third Ave