Absolute Bagels, 107th and Bway. (12 replies, last updated by Ian December 2, 2005)

Absolute Bagels is exactly what you are searching for. Not too big or doughy, crisp on the outside and soft in the middle. It’s on 108th and Broadway. (16 replies, last updated by BluPlateSpec June 10, 2008)

absolute bagels on the far upper west side and murray’s down in chelsea and the village are the two best bagels i’ve had in manhattan. if you’re willing to travel to brooklyn, i really like bagel hole in park... (26 replies, last updated by gumnaam January 11, 2007)

The bagels are pretty good at Kupel’s, but don’t be seduced by anything else in the bakery cases: their pastries are absolutely awful. (21 replies, last updated by buffet king October 3, 2009)

Oh, absolutely. But I gotta say, jalapeno-cheddar cheese = pretty goyische! ;) I seem to remember when even cinnamon-raisin bagels were extremely suspect. (sveet? you vant sveet begel??) Plain, poppy, sesame, salt, and onion, the... (62 replies, last updated by C. Simon June 26, 2002)

Stein’s, absolutely. They’re really from up North (Philly, I think) and they do import not only H&H bagels but a lot of perfectly NE-style Jewish and Italian Deli foods. Their cream cheese is Philadelphia. (15 replies, last updated by Adrienne December 5, 2007)

Another good bagel place north of 85th is Absolute Bagels on Broadway and 107/108th-ish. (2 replies, last updated by Alex Halsey July 6, 2005)

If you’re willing to walk down a little but Absolut Bagels on Broadway and 109th is great. (3 replies, last updated by Dan Geist August 31, 2005)

That would be Absolute Bagel, I think. (6 replies, last updated by piccola February 18, 2006)

Absolute Bagels, 2788 Broadway & W. 108 St. Kossar’s Bialys, 367 Grand St. at Norfolk. (11 replies, last updated by sea97horse August 24, 2007)

Absolute Bagels 2788 Broadway (21 replies, last updated by Pan February 23, 2009)

I would like to get some bagels delivered to my office on Friday (it is near Bryant Park). Other than H&H, do any of the really “good” places (i.e. Absolute, Ess-a, etc.) deliver to midtown offices? I’m only... (1 reply, last updated by theannerska September 27, 2006)

Best Lox – Russ and Daughters, Fairway (Eastern Gaspe), Zabars, Barney Greengrass... Best Bagel - Absolute, David’s, H&H, Murray’s, ess-a-bagel.... Best place to get them together as a sandwich.....good question. (17 replies, last updated by MWinston June 22, 2009)

I concur with amp156—for at least the last five years, Absolute on B’way & 107th has made the best bagels in Manahattan. The best borough bagel in my experience is at Everything on a Bagel in Astoria—Ditmars... (32 replies, last updated by Dave Feldman September 25, 2003)

Lock Stock and Bagel is a personal favorite of mine. The bagels are absolutely fantastic, and it’s been around forever. (Hayden and McCormick Ranch) (10 replies, last updated by ciaogal January 24, 2008)