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Where to Find the Best NY-Style Bagels

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at NYU chapter.

If you’re as #basic as I am, you’re always on the lookout for an Instagram-worthy bagel. These 9 bagel hot spots will be sure to satisfy you and your squad’s BEC (bacon egg and cheese) carb cravings anytime.

1. Absolute Bagels

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Absolute Bagels has got you set on fresh bagels and fresh spreads including more eccentric ones like tofu spread to accompany them. Nom nom. Find out what kind of bagel you are here.

2. The Bagel Hole

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A cute little bagel shop located in the heart of Brooklyn serves hearty sandwiches and freshly-rolled bagels. Their specialty is their incredible white fish salad. Too hungover? Make your own bagel sliders with this recipe.

3. Bagels on the Square

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For bagels all day, every day, head over to Washington Square Park. Spread dutch apple cream cheese onto a plain bagel or order one of their dozens of sandwiches and you’ll be sure to be satisfied. Wondering why New York bagels are so damn good? We’ve got the inside scoop here.

4. Black Seed Bagel

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A mix of Montreal and New York-style tastes, Black Seed Bagels is home to the perfectly crispy, delicious bagel. They’ve got house-made maple baked ham and roast beef and even tobiko spread. Find out more about Black Seed Bagels here.

5. Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company

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Imagine: You’re sound asleep in bed in the midst of a dream, but the workers in Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee are preparing your breakfast: fresh, hand-rolled bagels to make your day the best it can be. Here’s how to do a DIY brunch in your very own kitchen.

6. Dyker Park Bagels

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Home to the Original Chicken Ridiculous (fried chicken, fresh mozzarella, bacon, lettuce, tomato, oil and vinegar), Dyker Park Bagels are sure to satisfy your carb cravings. Too far from New York? Here’s how to make your very own NY-style bagels. You’re welcome.

7. Murray’s Bagels

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Murray’s Bagels has been feeding Greenwich Village classic NYC bagels since 1996. Like Pomerantz did when he opened his shop, you should follow your heart (which wants a bagel) right to your stomach. Not a fan of bagels? Make your BEC with a twist with this recipe.

8. Russ & Daughters

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Russ & Daughters is not only the prime location to get a BEC, it provides a modern twist on the classic brunch. It’s a mix of Eastern European cuisine and a downtown Jewish flavor that’ll leave you stuck in a vinyl booth sipping on a breakfast martini. Want to make your own brunch? Make this egg, bacon, cheese and avocado dish and you’ll be sure to be satisfied.

9. Tompkin’s Square Bagels

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For those beautiful bagels topped with mac and cheese, birthday cake cream cheese, or chocolate chip cookie dough cream cheese (I know you’ve seen them on Insta before), head over to Tompkin’s Square Bagels. Nommmm. Make your own cookie dough cream cheese with this rockin’ recipe. Enjoy the carbs.

Sara is a first-year writer and editor for Spoon Bucknell. She believes in all things pizza, and would willingly end any and every one of her relationships for donuts. She lives for hamburger spring rolls, quality food instas and cocktails that don't taste like alcohol.