I wish someone would have told me this is not my kind of bagel place. What I mean by that is that they don't toast bagels and smear them with anything you could possibly think of. It's a to go, dozen bagels to take home type of place.
I was so excited to try Fairmount Bagel because I used to work at a bagel place with the same name. My little heart and big appetite were crushed after walking miles to stand in line and realize nope, no toasted bagels with smears for me. Blargh.
The actual bagels we got and ate by themselves or dipped in cream cheese (one "all dressed" or everything in American speak and one chocolate chip) were good bagels, don't get me wrong. I was just very disappointed that I couldn't experience the bagels as a proper breakfast.