Dan Myers

"America's best bagels: Kossar's Bagels & Bialys - Kossar's bagels are smallish, hand-rolled and kettle-boiled, dense and chewy, and always fresh."

Rebecca Fishbein

"This LES institution may be famed for its namesake bialys, but the 90 cent bagels here are nothing to sneer at, either."

Zachary Feldman

"The 10 Best Bagel Shops in NYC: Kossar's Bagels & Bialys - As far as we can tell, it's working. Bialys, bulka (sandwich rolls), bagels, and pletzls (oblong bialy/roll hybrids) are all squeezable and chewy, but only the bagels have an audible crunch."

Valerie Stivers

"The bagels are fantastic, but no trip to Kossar’s would be complete without sampling that half-a-hole step-sibling, the bialy. The cream cheese is a touch on the slippery side, but goes well with the bagel."

Craig Nelson

"There’s no seating, but for now you can still stop in for delicious egg bagels (using fresh eggs not a mix, an unfortunate rarity in New York), the best-selling everything bagels."