And sure, yow will discover an incredible one in Miami. You simply need to know the place to look.
Though Miami does not have New York water flowing from its faucets, we do have our share of spectacular bagel makers.
Get out your lox and cream cheese as a result of Miami’s greatest bagels are listed beneath in alphabetical order.
Bagel Bar East is a favourite breakfast hang-out for North Miami residents who crave bagels.
Photo by Nicole Danna
Bagel Bar East
1990 NE 123rd St., North Miami
305-895-7022
bagelbareast.com
Bagel chips. Bialys. Mini bagels. Bagels by the dozen. Bagel Bar East has all of it, and the discerning bagel clientele — AKA transplanted New Yorkers — go together with it. This North Miami standby nonetheless hand rolls, boils, and bakes greater than a dozen varieties each day, from rye, pumpernickel, and sesame to oat bran, asiago, and blueberry. Whether you unfold smoked fish or cream cheese in your bagel or choose it as a breakfast sandwich with egg and cheese, this old-school spot does Miami proud.
The Bagel Club Miami
2400 N. Miami Ave., Miami
786-275-4397
bagelclubmiami.com
Chewy, flavorful, and completely seasoned, the bagels on the Bagel Club Miami are greatest when was the stacked, thick sandwiches that elicit uncontrollable drooling when pictured on the restaurant’s Instagram feed. Be it a basic “BEC” (bacon, egg, and cheese) or a build-your-own, there’s one thing on the menu for any style with schmears like smoked salmon, whitefish, avocado, and “Volcano” (a jalapeño-infused cream cheese).
Bagel Max Miami
1951 NW Seventh Ave., Miami
305-454-9065
instagram.com/bagelmaxmiami
Philadelphia transplant Charlotte Light is the one-woman present behind Bagel Max Miami and started baking up her small-batch, hand-rolled bagels on the market at seventh Cafe. What started as a option to fill the void of bagel bakeries in her dwelling neighborhood of North Miami Beach in late 2021 has since blossomed right into a thriving pickup and supply enterprise from her Miami Beach dwelling. Before embarking on a brick-and-mortar location, Light continues to extend her batches, maintaining with demand by crafting dozens of bagels for supply and pickup orders. Made utilizing a number of sorts of flour and wild yeast, they provide a candy and daring taste that’s one hundred pc Miami, out there in varieties like sesame, poppy, onion, salt, and the whole lot on common or complete wheat. Don’t miss the chopped jalapeño and mild-cheddar model with tasty bits of every packed into each sq. inch of dough.
Coral Bagels
2750 SW twenty sixth Ave., Miami
786-767-6134
coralbagels.com
Established in 1986, Coral Bagels is an off-the-cuff breakfast and lunch restaurant that simply so occurs to supply a number of the greatest bagels in Miami. A locals-only spot, this hidden gem began as a bagel store and grew into its present standing because the breakfast and lunch spot favourite for Groveites within the know. Today the menu serves up a number of basic American diner staples alongside a bagel lineup that features flavors like egg, sesame, blueberry, cinnamon raisin, pumpernickel, and asiago. No matter which one you select or the way you select to prime it, you possibly can’t go incorrect with this longtime, family-run institution.
El Bagel
6910 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
786-536-7365
elbagel.com
Matteson Koche’s takeout-only Biscayne Boulevard bagelerÃa — to not be confused along with your common bagel deli — has develop into Miami’s bagel breed, a favourite for the reason that one-day-a-week meals truck pop-up’s inception in 2017. Five components with no components or conditioners make up these sourdough bagels, that are cold-fermented, boiled, and baked recent every morning. Since opening the brick-and-mortar spot in March 2020, repeat clients know to order forward through the web site to keep away from what would in any other case be a prolonged line. While purists should purchase an unadorned bagel or a dozen to take dwelling, a stable record of sandwiches are the go-to choices. Crafty creations embrace the longtime favourite “EB Original,” made with thick-cut bacon, scallion cream cheese, and roasted jalapeños or the “King Guava,” a bagel of your alternative schmeared with guava jam and cream cheese completed off with papitas and a fried egg.
The LNB Grovestand turmeric bagel smothered in black pepper and scallion cream cheese is a factor of magnificence.
Photo by Nicole Danna
LNB Grovestand
13591 SW one hundred and thirty fifth Ave., Miami
305-222-7676
lnbgrovestand.com
LNB Grovestand’s turmeric bagels are the rationale to make the trek out to this Kendall farmers stand. It’s all because of husband-and-wife staff Walter Chefitz and Adena Ellenby, who use the produce grown on the Ellenby’s Redland grove and farm to create a lot of health-focused foods and drinks choices. That consists of their turmeric bagel, every one boasting a full ounce of LNB’s whole-root turmeric focus made with black pepper, honey, and ginger. They’re served with LNB’s scallion and black pepper cream cheese for a delicious, whipped texture that pairs nicely with the bagel’s completely crispy and crunchy exterior shell and a pillowy, subtly flavored inside. Just be sure you get there early: their fruit stand off one hundred and thirty fifth Avenue in West Kendall solely serves bagels at some point per week each Sundays from 9 a.m. to three p.m. The remainder of the week is spent working the household farm.
Outrageous Bagel Co.
8843 SW 107th Ave., Miami
305-595-0188
outrageousbagel.com
If it is selection you crave, Outrageous Bagels Co. is the place to go. Robert Sandler, proprietor and founding father of the Outrageous Bagel Company, will ask if you recognize what makes his bagels “outrageous.” The reply, fairly merely, is choice. The Kendall institution gives a staggering array of 25 flavors, every created from scratch and freshly baked each day. While yow will discover conventional toppings like sesame, garlic, and onion — or that fantastic amalgamation of all 4 with the piquant “the whole lot” — taste cravers come right here for the savory sundried tomato, fruity guava, tacky cheddar herb, or the indulgent triple cinnamon. To preserve the flavour combos coming, schmear them with dozens of housemade spreads, from the standard suspects like backyard veggie and scallion cream cheese to the extra novel flavors like honey almond, strawberry, and decadent honey butter. Or construct your sandwich with bacon, sausage, cheese, and egg. Of course, you possibly can’t miss the home specialty bagel pizzas — a plain bagel splayed open and toasted with a beneficiant portion of candy and tangy tomato sauce and melted mozzarella.
Sour Seed gives a curated array of open-faced sandwiches served on house-baked sourdough bagels.
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Sour Seed
3255 NE First Ave., Miami
786-655-4945
sourseedbagels.com
Sour Seed is a becoming title for this breakfast and lunch spot promoting upmarket bagel sandwiches in midtown Miami. Here, chef/proprietor Christopher Slawson’s latest enterprise produces some actually picturesque open-faced sandwiches atop handcrafted, Montreal-style sourdough bagels. The naturally fermented and leavened dough is crunchy and flavorful, rendering it the proper vessel for toppings like preserved lemon and Calabrian chili flecked with recent sprigs of dill or a wealthy and fragrant, probiotic-boasting truffle-cashew cream cheese. Slawson says he is been pursuing bagel-baking mastery, tweaking his Montreal-inspired recipe each day to make sure it is “good.” The result’s a thinner, denser bagel created from a dough that ferments for twenty-four to 36 hours earlier than it is boiled in molasses-sweetened water and baked to a crispy, barely burnt shell. Flavors embrace onion, poppyseed, sesame, the whole lot, and plain.
Toasted Bagelry is a tribute to all issues bagels from brothers Islam and Khaled Mohammed.
Toasted Bagelry photograph
Toasted Bagelry
Multiple space areas, together with:
83 SW Eighth St., Miami
305-400-6996
toastedbagelry.com
Brothers Islam and Khaled Mohammed are the staff behind Toasted Bagelry & Deli, now with a number of South Florida areas, together with a number of in Miami. The brothers say they honed their bagel-making abilities at numerous eating places throughout New York and New Jersey earlier than relocating to Miami. What units Toasted Bagelry & Deli aside is the Mohammed brothers’ dedication to preserving the old-school method of constructing bagels, utilizing solely kosher malt, flour, conditioner, and filtered water. The menu options deli classics, together with Nova lox with cream cheese, tomato, onions, capers, and tuna and rooster salads. Guests may select from 9 totally different cream cheese spreads, every ready in-house each day.
Zak the Baker started making bagels in 2019 in response to buyer suggestions.
Zak the Baker photograph
Zak the Baker
295 NW twenty sixth St., Miami
786-294-0876
zakthebaker.com
Zak Stern of Wynwood’s Zak the Baker did not all the time make bagels, however the individuals needed — nay, demanded — them. In 2019, he acquiesced, spiking pots of boiling water with honey to check the recipe and approach. He spent months figuring out the whole lot from cooking time to how onion flakes would keep put. Today, Stern’s kosher deli-style strategy to baking has created the proper basis for making a number of the Magic City’s greatest bagels, yielding the perfect ratio of crusty to chewy. Find plain, poppy, sesame, and the whole lot bagels recent out of the Wynwood store’s oven round 8 a.m., and savor them solo or topped with lox, cream cheese, capers, and a dusting of recent dill.