Hello.🖐️🖐️ Here are some of the best bagel shops and cafes in New York City that I ate on my first day in the city. There are many famous foods that come to mind when you think of New York, but bagels are one of them. Recently, various bagel restaurants such as London Bagel have been popping up in Korea, but there are three long-established and popular bagel shops in New York, so today I will introduce Best Bagel & Coffee and Arvaci Coffee.
Where to Get a Bagel in New York: A Guide to the Best Bagels
Onour first day in New York, we were wondering what to eat, but since we were tired from the long flight and jet lag, we decided to simply pack a bagel sandwich and eat it in the comfort of our hotel. Best Bagel & Coffee is about a 5 minute walk from our hotel, Crowne Plaza HY36. Best Bagel & Coffee currently has a 4.6 star rating based on 5,888 reviews on Google Maps, so it’s a well-reviewed and popular place : )
When you enter the store, there is a place to order first and to the right are tables to sit and eat. I was going to take it to go anyway, but since it’s a popular place, it was full and there was nowhere to sit.
First of all, you need to order, and since it was our first visit, we weren’t sure what to order, so we looked up Google Maps and Korean reviews and chose our favorites. You can customize everything from bagels to cream cheese to toppings, or you can choose from a variety of options and add or change toppings as shown in the image above.
There are almost 10 types of bagels, but I was curious about ordering the colorful rainbow bagel , so I chose the most popular Everyday Bagel👍 There are so many types of cream cheese, so you can choose according to your taste. They also sell coffee and various drinks, so you can buy them at the checkout if you need them .
I got the smoked salmon bagel as a base + avocado for 19.62 SD, which was a realization of the very expensive NYC prices from day one : )
After paying and calling the number on the receipt, you can pick up your sandwich at the pickup station. The food comes out quickly and you can watch them make the sandwiches while you wait : ) The music in the store is also upbeat.
Voila, our smoked salmon bagel sandwich. There’s a lot of salmon in there, right? 👍👍 The bagel is heavy and quite large, so we split it between 2 adults. It depends on how much each person eats and what you order, but I think one bagel is usually enough for about 1.5 adults, so if you’re having a light lunch, you could probably split it and eat it with a cup of coffee and still be full 🙂 .
I really liked the combination of smoked salmon, cream cheese, onion, and soft avocado on the savory Everyday Bagel with various seasonings. It was a little salty, but the balance of ingredients was good and the salmon was fresh👍👍 Nowadays, there are many delicious bagel sandwich shops in Korea, so I wasn’t as impressed as I thought I would be, but it’s worth trying at least once at a New York bagel restaurant.
New York cafe Arvaci coffee
I found this cafe while searching Google Maps to see if there was a cafe near my Crowne Plaza HY36 accommodation because I wanted a good cup of coffee with my bagel. Arvaci coffee seems to have about 3 locations in New York, but the one I visited has 596 reviews and a high rating of 4.7 on Google Maps. The reviews don’t have any Asian reviews at all, so I guess it’s mainly visited by locals👍.
The inside of theArvaci coffee cafe was smaller and more compact than I expected, but it seems that they mainly do takeout. Recently, there are a lot of places in Korea that charge around 6,500 ~ 7,000 won for a large cafe latte, but this price in New York doesn’t seem too expensive: )
Iced Latte large $5.10 ☕
In addition to coffee, they also sell beans and cups, and have a small selection of baked goods and other drinks. In New York, I often saw “La Fermier yogurt” in ceramic bottles in hotels and cafes, and the bottles were beautiful, and the flavors were rich and delicious👍 It is said to be a premium French yogurt, so if you see it, try it : )
The latte was delicious with a nice coffee flavor and savory taste👍 It’s not just a Korean favorite latte flavor, so it’s not getting good reviews for nothing lol If you want a savory and delicious latte like in Korea, I think it would be good to try taking it out from this cafe. It also goes well with bagels : )
Overall Rating Best Bagels in NYC
Today I sharedwith you the best bagel I had on the first day of my trip to New York and the best coffee in New York, Arvaci coffee. I arrived in New York after a long flight and wanted to have a quick meal, so I went to a bagel place and it was an excellent choice👍 The coffee was also good : ) I recommend you to try it together. There are many other bagel places in New York, including the big three, so try them all and find your favorite💛
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