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The ultimate crackly, chewy bagel.

This week’s mission: Healthier rice/potato chips and cream cheese–filled bagel cylinders.

It’s in the boiling and the malt.

. As with most places, the best bagel varieties at Absolute are going to be your old standbys – plain, sesame, poppy, and maybe everything. A dozen split between those varieties will serve you well.

the bill. The gnudi were the best! Also had great lunch at Nice Green Bo on Bayard in Chinatown and dinner at Le Colonial on 57th. We have used them in Chicago as well. Breakfast one day at Lenny’s with H&H bagels led to...

Bagel Bakery, and Bueller’s (best so far), but have yet to find anything really commendable. -s

I plan on buying a few dozen bagels to bring back to San Francisco and freeze them after my visit to NY, what’s the best bagel place out there? H&H? Murray’s? Anything else?

I live in old bridge nj and am seeking the best bagels in the area.

Okay, who’s got the best bagels in town — I mean real, boiled water bagels. And no ungapatchka flavors, like cinnamon raisin, blueberry or who knows what. Getting beyond salt, poppy and maybe onion is too...

Okay, who’s got the best bagels in town — I mean real, boiled water bagels. And no ungapatchka flavors, like cinnamon raisin, blueberry or who knows what. Getting beyond salt, poppy and maybe onion is too...

Ditto. While still far from true New York style, Manhattan Bagel is the best I’ve had on the Westside.