Hands down our favorite bagels! NY style bagels are way way overrated when you compare them to Philly Style!! The bagel spreads are equally amazing! And the staff are best and the nicest!! Love you guys! Thanks for being right around the corner!! Our boys always get excited when we say we are going to the bagel shop Bc you guys are "The Bagel Shop" in their opinion.
On the way to friends stopped here on a whim. Darn good bagels, pleasant counter staff, decent price. Crowded but that is because the bagels are so good.
Holy crap these things are great. I won't talk too much about the boiling in beer or cooking them in pizza ovens because everyone else already has, so instead:
We first found Philly Style Bagels randomly while in Fishtown visiting a friend, one bite and we were hooked, and now it wouldn't be a trip to Philly without stopping there.
Now we are moving to Philly soon, and these guys are a part of what made up our mind.
Oh, and I haven't mentioned the coffee yet. They serve and sell bags of Counter Culture, which has turned out to be our favorite brand of coffee, ever. My wife used to be a barista, and I've been a coffee snob since forever, I even attempt to roast my own beans occasionally - which I'm sorta OK at... but NOTHING compares to Counter Culture. So good.
One more thing, GET THE LOX(!!!!) - we love lox on our bagels and this stuff beats Zabars. I don't know where they are getting it, but it tastes like the best salmon sushi plus smoke and salt.
<3 !!
1451 E Columbia Ave - Philadelphia
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