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Best Bagel & Coffee, a no-frills Midtown Manhattan mainstay at 225 West 35th Street, earns a solid 4.6-star rating for its straightforward take on classic New York bagels. Tagged as a casual, neighborhood bakery and takeout spot, it clearly knows its craft—but creator Giuliacrossbow suggests the experience lives or dies by your order.
In her video “Mangio AVANZI di CIBO a NEW YORK,” she noted the shop dispensed plenty of plain bagels with cream cheese, but found that without toppings “it felt like a punishment.” She did praise the friendly staff. The takeaway: come ready to customize, and you’ll likely leave happy.
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Reviewers rave about the bagel, calling it the star of the menu, and the overall vibe is warm and satisfyingly simple.
“They gave me five plain bagels: a green one (Shrek bagel) with cheese on top, a sweet one, a whole wheat one, and regular ones. The bagels are heavy and the green one is crunchy on the outside, not bad. But eating them plain is a punishment — you need cream cheese or smoked salmon. They also gave me a cream cheese spread that's like Philadelphia, not sour, it helps. For $5.50 for five bagels it's a lot of bread, but without toppings it's disappointing. I'm a bit bitter about this box.”
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1 creator has covered Best Bagel & Coffee. Most active: Giuliacrossbow
A bagel shop that gave a lot of plain bagels with cream cheese, but without toppings it felt like a punishment, though the staff was friendly.
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They gave me five plain bagels: a green one (Shrek bagel) with cheese on top, a sweet one, a whole wheat one, and regular ones. The bagels are heavy and the green one is crunchy on the outside, not bad. But eating them plain is a punishment — you need cream cheese or smoked salmon. They also gave me a cream cheese spread that's like Philadelphia, not sour, it helps. For $5.50 for five bagels it's a lot of bread, but without toppings it's disappointing. I'm a bit bitter about this box.
