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Bread Roll
New York City Bagels
at Ess-a-Bagel
Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
Recommended by Dan Myers and 7 other food critics.
ess-a-bagel.com
Recommendations
"America's best bagels: Ess-a-Bagel - These classic, old-school bagel shops (there are two) are renowned for their huge, crunchy-skinned, chewy bagels. Whatever you do, don't ask them to toast your bagel!"
"The 10 Best Bagel Shops In NYC: Ess-a-Bagel - Some claim Ess-A-Bagel's offerings are too big. We beg to differ, and will continue to indulge in a crispy, colossal everything bagel loaded with scallion cream cheese, lox and tomato."
"The 10 Best Bagel Shops in NYC: Ess-a-Bagel - Perfumed with yeast and malt, they make for particularly good egg sandwiches at breakfast, with pronounced, crackled crusts that help hold everything together while eating."
"These bagles are not messing around. So buttery-good, it doesn't need schmear."
"These bagels are so good that there's no need to overpower them with novelty flavors."
"The 10 Best Bagel Shops In New York City: Ess-a-Bagel - Ess-A-Bagel is a longtime family establishment with lots of bagel and shmear choices. The line out the door is only a testament to how popular it really is."
"It’s rare that there’s a near-consensus in any category, but Ess-a-Bagel is hands-down considered to have the best bagel in NYC. They’re enormous, tough-skinned, dense almost to the point of breadiness and have a malty kick."
"The 16 Best New York City Bagels: Ess-a-Bagel - These shops draw longtime customers and tourists alike thanks to tasty, rotund bagels that the shops claim — with pride — are largest in the city."