This has become my go-to place to pick-up bagels for playgroup, school functions, Sunday morning after church, out of town guests - you name it, it works. These are the only bagels we have had here in Charlotte that actually taste like New York bagels. They are incredible! I would give it five stars were it not for the grumpy service I have received during post-church rush hour. Alas, everybody has a bad day and perhaps this gentleman was so excited to see the line out the door, that he forgot to be pleasant to his coworkers and customers.
I am not a fan of putting sandwich fixings inside a bagel so I cannot speak to lunch options but they do look good! (Not to be a buzzkill, but do you know how many calories are in a plain bagel? The New York Times once did a story on NY bagels and found that the calories per bagel - no cream cheese - ranged from 380 to 800 dependent on the size. Yikes!) I prefer to keep my bagels plain and simple - simple like chocolate chip cream cheese. Yes, I did say chocolate chip cream cheese. And I will confess that I have ordered a bagel (just one) so I could validate the purchase of a small tub of chocolate chip cream cheese - pay for it by weight.
Check out Poppy's Bagels - and definitely try the chocolate chip cream cheese. Yum.