Found this place because I had an intense craving for some smoked salmon and an everything bagel. This place definitely did not let me down. I throughly enjoyed my breakfast! The warm, gracious service we received was just the smear on the bagel. Hehehe.
I have never been to a bagel shop which provided so much visibility to the back of the house. I was equal parts captivated and impressed to see folks in the back rolling and proofing the dough. So cool. Not sure what gave their bagels more cred, the viewing window or the fact that they everything both sides of the bagel, which is absolutely essential, but not always guaranteed! The coffee was also very good as well. You could just tell these folks took a certain amount of pride in what they do.
My only slight qualms were the use of farmed smoked salmon and the seemingly previously frozen hashbrown cake.
Seriously folks, these bagels are so good, we ordered 6 to-go on Saturday and they only made it to Monday (wish I could claim there were more than 2 of us). Loved the pumpernickel too!