NYC's BEST BAGEL & Coffee! Better Than Ess-A-Bagel

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Жыл бұрын

When it comes to the best bagel in NYC, everyone knows all about Ess-A-Bagel. Others will say Absolute Bagel, Russ & Daughters, or even Forest Hills Bagels. But what if I told you that New York's best bagel was Best Bagel? No you didn't read that incorrectly, the best bagel in New York City in my mind is Best Bagel & Coffee, located at 35th street and 7th ave. This isn't another restaurant in the vein of the movie Elf, where it's a generic bagel with an equally generic name. What's even more suspicious is this place is also in a very touristy location, being just a block away from the Empire State Building and Herald Square Macy's. Despite all this, Best Bagel and Coffee backs up its name and is, in my mind, the best bagel in Manhattan and the best bagel in New York! While many people will go for a bagel and lox sandwich, or a bagel egg sandwich, the star at Best Bagel & Coffee (or any NYC bagel shop in my mind) is to just get a flavored bagel with cream cheese. My favorites here are blueberry bagel with blueberry cream cheese, garlic bagel with garlic cream cheese, and toasted onion bagel with scallion cream cheese. Of all NYC deli foods, especially NYC cheap eats and NYC cheap foods, the bagel is one of my favorites. It is the ultimate New York breakfast and the bagel is the most portable of all of them. If you're a tourist you can't leave NYC until you have a NYC bagel, and if you're a local you have to head to Midtown Manhattan and check out Best Bagel and Coffee, one of the best restaurants in New York for breakfast and one of the best cheap eats in New York City!
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Best Bagel & Coffee
225 W 35th St A, New York, NY 10001

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@brooklynboy5834 Жыл бұрын

Ur so natural talking to the camera like a pro vlogger, you deff gonna blow up🔥 Respect for filming urself while everyone looks at you. I could never lol

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I still get nervous every time I film and self conscious, but it gets easier every single time

@Miss_Enchanted Жыл бұрын

I came across your channel via Reddit and your videos are an absolute treat! I love how unbiased and authentic you are with your reviews. :) Keep up the good work and I’m really looking forward to your future uploads!!

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Wow I haven't posted on Reddit in a while, glad some of my old posts are still up. Glad you're enjoying the content!

@nathansimpson2363 Жыл бұрын

You ought try the Za'atar bagels at Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe on Vanderbilt. Very good stuff. Also Shelsky's on Court street for smoked fish

@SparkzMxzXZ Жыл бұрын

Sooo generous with the spreads. A place after my own heart. Down with miserable stingy spreads!!

@bjornbittner3224 Жыл бұрын

Was there 3 years ago, went there for holidays from germany… Never had such great bagles again! Loved to see your clip, thank you so much for the memories!

@d3vsy Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love your channel, bud. I hope it grows well 🙂☺️🥰

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@happyp2305 Жыл бұрын

recently found ur channel loving the vids keep it going

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Welcome aboard!

@allimkhan7540 Жыл бұрын

I like this channel all your videos are fantastic !!!!!!!

@jeffs.4313 Жыл бұрын

Well done UA. Looking forward to your next review.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying the content!

@jimmyamico4713 3 ай бұрын

The bagels looked very good❤

@pimpernelsmith3798 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff I subscribed. Liked!

@brandoncarpenter9681 Жыл бұрын

This might be the first non lox bagel review from a New York bagel review, I enjoy this review and all of your reviews!

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes I love a bagel with lox but just cream cheese is the way to go imo

@brand88 6 ай бұрын

My favorite bagel place to eat whenever I’m in NYC

@samjeremy6276 Жыл бұрын

amazing how you put a nice touch on your vids.yes! we can 🙌👍👍👍🙌

@joshkerr Жыл бұрын

Tip from a pro bagel eater. If you do a savory bagel, do a sweet cream cheese. If you do a sweet bagel, do a savory cream cheese. The goal is to balance the flavors.

@RHTrix Жыл бұрын

Today I learned.

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

You can also add free chives to your cream cheese if you have a backyard that grows natural onion grass.

@katec4096 Жыл бұрын

Hi. Not sure about the blueberry bagel because I only eat the everything bagel. I never put in a sweet cream cheese. Please google. Many people agree savory is a great option.

@bryanryan4504 Жыл бұрын

Uh ...no. that's personal preference

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Good tips! Thanks!

@soldanovht Жыл бұрын

Great review UA.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ddiablo999 Жыл бұрын

Can’t go wrong with those bagel options you chose UA. 🔥

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Yep! If I had more stomach I also would've went with a garlic bagel, that's a top one for me too!

@jeremyepstein7977 Жыл бұрын

Video hasn't started yet but yes Best Bagel is a low-key gem! It's fantastic.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

It's very good!

@user-ut3nn1ey7h Ай бұрын

hello ua, thank you for the stream - it was looking like a nice location on 35th street near 8th ave - usually near there my place to go from anywhere i am coming from even to the 34th street amc theater - sitting in the mcd's on 8th ave. the blueberry is great for a sweet bagel. you look really bundled up near thanksgiving then with the shopper crowd. elle for philly plain

@alisachamoy225 8 ай бұрын

I would think a blueberry bagel with blueberry cream cheese would be a LOT of blueberry/sweet flavor - maybe next time try a blueberry bagel (if you like those) with a plain cream cheese or the scallion cream cheese. I have actually never been to this place and I prefer Ess-A-Bagel in general but this sounds great - your reviews are always very comprehensive!

@ThePilbaraPrince Жыл бұрын

Man you’re the best. I’ve never eaten bagels but your description makes me want fly over to NYC and visit this shop. I also love how everyone photo bombs your video. It’s hilarious 😂

@cojaysea 6 ай бұрын

I ate here the last time I was in New York the bagel and Salmon was fabulous.

@MrCloud-ob7sh Жыл бұрын

It would be nice to see you do some videos is Philly. Not even for cheesesteak reviews(in my opinion overdone) but for some local markets that offer some unique things. Specifically some Amish farmers markets that have some great local eats. I’m in Delco, a county right outside of Philadelphia and there is a famous market not far from me that delivers in terms of atmosphere, people, food, and the origins of the Amish that first started. Booths Corner is the name. At least half of the businesses are run by the Amish who usually arrive in large vans in the wee morning hours (Amish can’t drive motor vehicles but can travel in them with a driver.) if you’ve never had SCRAPPLE, then this is the perfect place to try the greatest breakfast meat the world has ever known!

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Yes good idea! I definitely want to do a Philly video soon. To be honest I probably will start with a cheesesteak video since that's what they are most known for but I definitely want to introduce non cheesesteak foods in Philly too!

@sundaybest27 Жыл бұрын

If you do, go for the Barclay prime cheesesteak and champagne one but I’m not sure about their film policy. Jim’s was the best, but it burnt down. :( Pats vs genos it is… honestly, quite overrated and overpriced!

@sundaybest27 Жыл бұрын

You can do ice cream! Arctic Scoop is good. Also Franklin Fountain (though the prices are insane… like $20 for a sundae)

@kcmclove Жыл бұрын

Your channel is cool

@lizw.4901 7 ай бұрын

Hi UA - I pronounce it more like Ess-ah Bagel than Ess-ay Bagel. "Ess" is Yiddish for "eat" so the name actually means "eat a bagel." Cute name for a bagel place! Another great video - thank you!

@DovidM 3 ай бұрын

That’s a good amount of filling in the bagel.

@tonyparisi3975 6 ай бұрын

Is that Steven Spielberg standing behind you drinking the orange juice? 😂

@vincentcorcoran6247 Жыл бұрын

I'm NYC to core...I love toasting my beagles

@biomanization Жыл бұрын

Nice review. But you shoulda done the ultimate, lox, onion, cream cheese on a poppyseed! You know bagels!!!

@olivermartin2670 7 ай бұрын

I was there. My favorite.

@BradMarcus Жыл бұрын

I'll have to give it a try. One important thing to know about the NY bagel scene is the difference between Ess-a-bagel locations. the 1st Avenue location is my pick for the best bagel in the city, followed by Utopia in Queens. Absolute has the best cream cheeses and many friends like their bagels the best, not me. Ess-a-bagel's owners split up several years back, one having the 1st avenue location and the other opening the 3rd ave location and then the 32nd street location, inferior to 1st ave in my book.

@mhbbej1 8 ай бұрын

You need to try Utopia bagel in Whitestone Queens.

@CN-qk8is 11 ай бұрын

8:13 I love here lol

@chrissygerwitz520 Жыл бұрын

The rule about toasting bagels should be: When the bagels are fresh, you eat them untoasted, but if you still have any the next day, then toast them then. The only exception is when you are getting a hot breakfast sandwich. In that case, a toasted bagel will be better for the sandwich.

@rdgwd237 Жыл бұрын

Yes, that is the proper bagel etiquette.

@ericbecker7249 7 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@seipeele3437 Жыл бұрын

There is a town in NJ called haledon, they have the fluffiest bagels I've ever had. I would suggest NY bagels Cafe 1068 high mountain rd in north haledon nj.

@WanderingRoe Жыл бұрын

Those do look like some amazing bagels 🤩I eat ‘em both toasted and non-roasted. Never been to New York - I wonder why they don’t like toasting their bagels…?

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

The New Yorker bagel purist rationale is that bagels are already baked to make them crispy and hard, so by toasting them you're supposedly overdoing it. Still, this is just a view that a minority of dogmatic bagel eaters hold. Every bagel shop in NYC will ask every customer if they want it toasted, so it really truly is 100% personal preference. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

@WanderingRoe Жыл бұрын

@@uaeats Ah I see, makes sense!

@2Wheels_NYC Жыл бұрын

Make it out to Queens... We have some old school joints like Oasis which is 24 hours!

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Good idea! I'll definitely do some Queens vids sometime!

@ykdvbeats Жыл бұрын

are you supposed to warm these up to eat? cuz i ate the everything bagel at room temperature and it was pretty average

@parreyany9423 Жыл бұрын

I guarantee this is the best place for bagel in New York. I can't eat somewhere else after you try bagel at this shop. High recommend " smoked salmon cream cheese bagel " it is heavenly delicious!!! Actually they are great everything. Service is fast even the line is very long. And Korean family owns this shop. We used to talk to son and he is very nice guy.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Yeah! I love this place. People often overlook it because of its name and location but it is my favorite bagel in the whole city

@BarberMario Жыл бұрын

Go to Tompkins ! Get The Weezer on an Everything Bagel and chipotle cream cheese ! So good!

@PinkSwifty22 9 ай бұрын

I grew up in NYC and I'm probably in the minority of people who don't have a such strong opinion on how to eat bagels and what spread is "appropriate". Do what you like and don't waste food because you feel pressured to eat like others. If a bagel is fresh then it doesn't need toasting, but if I have leftover bagels from the day before then i feel like it needs to be toasted when I'm at home. I personally like anything crunchy.

@jelenabrowne7846 Жыл бұрын

UA, your vids are great Have you considered removing the background music? I think it would improve the viewing experience 🙂

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I kinda like the background music since I think it keeps the videos light in feel. But hopefully it's not too loud now, before I was not good at gauging its volume

@MrLilsmileysancho Жыл бұрын

Let me tell you something as A NEW YORKER I love toasted bagels, nothing wrong with that.

@SparkzMxzXZ Жыл бұрын

Are bagels bad when they’re toasted? Is it because you can’t appreciate the way the bagels are made (the chewy texture etc)? My bagel place automatically doesn’t toast the bagel either..

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think the argument against toasting them is that it makes the bagels less chewy and also bagels are already baked so you're sorta overcooking it. I like them toasted though and, despite what very opinionated bagel people say, loads of people in NYC get them toasted.

@spireprintingpackaging2093 Жыл бұрын

Tal is # 1 and Ess-a-bagel # 2 both on 1st ave around 18th street

@MrRadicalsheep Жыл бұрын

Utopia Bagels is that place anygood?

@itsabeautclark9960 Жыл бұрын

UA why do you always look to your left when looking into the camera?

@jimmymcnutty4844 10 күн бұрын

Gotta go with plain cream cheese every time to baseline the bagel.

@ilduce4721 Жыл бұрын

Blueberry Bagel flavor was decided by a rogue committee - Jon Stewart, bagel flavor committee member

@thai33oz Жыл бұрын

this right across the street from sushi 35 W

@Mike-hz4cp Жыл бұрын

You can heat the bagel but toasting inside and out dies change the taste and texture. Better off putting bagel unsliced in a oven

@DaveDeVault Жыл бұрын

You should make t-shirts with: "Mmmm....Mmmm." on one the front and "UA Eats" on the back.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Haha would people be interested in that?

@DaveDeVault Жыл бұрын

@@uaeats Do a poll to find out. There are a few places that specialize in KZfaqrs merch.

@Richiedagger87 Жыл бұрын

Lol UA really attacks that bagel when he bites into it.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

I was very hungry haha

@pippi7144 Жыл бұрын

Russ and daughters buddy … get it straight-utopia bagels in Queens #2

@Joseph1NJ 6 ай бұрын

I don't get it, they're toasting the bagel on the wrong side, you toast the inside, not the the outside.

@Mayoso0831 Жыл бұрын

i have to try this thanks i do the same thing you do only w no cameras and im a fat loser thanks for the vids

@bryanryan4504 Жыл бұрын

Ess-A-Bagel would do great business in East Los Angeles.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Ess-A-Bagel is good too!

@DavidPerez-oj2dv 6 ай бұрын

BEST BAGEL RIVERDALE NY AT C-TOWN SUPERMARKET

@mugenjin205 Ай бұрын

I would still say Tompkins has the best bagel

@tested123 Жыл бұрын

where have all the cheap and good spots gone?

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

Usually outside of midtown.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

They still exist! They even are still around in Midtown. I'll definitely showcase more of them going forward

@kcmclove Жыл бұрын

Come to San Antonio there is so much cool stuff here

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

I would love to visit Texas for a video someday!

@elvisulufanua5071 10 ай бұрын

Alright, gonna try a blueberry bagel with blueberry cream cheese! 😊

@XKeyscore124 Жыл бұрын

Lol utopia bagel is where it's at

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Great rec! I'll try it!

@michaelbrady6646 Жыл бұрын

Essa Bagel then Tal. Repeat

@rdgwd237 Жыл бұрын

Ess-a-bagel means eat a bagel

@KravenSpider Жыл бұрын

Surprised he hasn’t been caught by the Time Police

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Excuse me sir, I'm looking for a time fugitive named Tim Kim...

@longzhao8778 Жыл бұрын

are you with FLG? just want to find out if we are going to get disappointed by another asian food youtuber

@danielpan. Жыл бұрын

who’s FLG? Am I missing something?

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

Stop posting obscure acronyms. Thank you

@xshima5001 Жыл бұрын

@@danielpan. FLG is a cult. It stands for Falun Gong

@plhv Жыл бұрын

The creep Mikey Chen is in FLG!!

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

I am not in FLG

@BlackJesus8463 6 ай бұрын

If you dont toast your bagels youre not living right!

@NippleSauce Жыл бұрын

Wait what, this is better than esa bagel!?

@bryanryan4504 Жыл бұрын

Not for the cholos, mang.

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

I like it! Ess a bagel is good too though so kind of personal preference. It's at least on the same level though imo

@NippleSauce Жыл бұрын

@@uaeats Ahh, gotcha. I guess any bagels that are fresh in NY are probably pretty good, haha. But I'll definitely try this place out the next time I head into the city! Thanks!

@chrissygerwitz520 Жыл бұрын

It's just "Best Bagel" and they also have coffee, lol.

@robertdepesci3418 Жыл бұрын

All I know is russ and daughters is the most overrated bagel and theyre incredible cheapskates on the lox amount. Ess A bagel is the best ive had so far. Havent had absolute yet and will need to try best bagel

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

I haven't had Russ and Daughers in a long time. I remember liking them then but I may need to try them again sometime. Ess A Bagel is good. Absolute and Best Bagel are good too. Totally up to preference imo!

@MrHir2012 Жыл бұрын

Manhattan is the only place in the world where you can find real bagels.

@mhbbej1 8 ай бұрын

Not true. There are some great bagel places in Queens, Brooklyn and The Bronx.

@bigvito69 Жыл бұрын

I heard the manager demands that's there's an equal amount of blueberries in each bagel

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

haha very possible

@Piffydaily Жыл бұрын

@1:25 Finally! someone not ragging on Dunkin Donuts!, KZfaq "foodies" is always talking negative about Dunkin Donuts, I like Dunkin coffee😅🤷🏽

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

Dunkin Donuts is good. Sometimes your local gas station will have good breakfast sandwiches too depending on which state you’re in

@jamesbael6255 Жыл бұрын

Never had a Dunkin employee lecture me when I order a large coffee, lots and lots of sugar, lots and lots of cream. Not only that, they've never messed the order up. Now Starbucks on the other hand? Great bathrooms if you really, really need to poop.

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbael6255 I disagree about Starbucks bathrooms. Starbucks is usually very busy with lots of customers so the bathroom are used a lot. As a result the bathrooms will commonly have that lingering smell if you know what I mean

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

I like Dunkin Donuts coffee! Now I'm not saying it's my favorite coffee or it's the best coffee ever, but it's decent and I still prefer it to a lot of non-chain store coffees. Also here I was just saying I thought Best Bagel coffee was worse than Dunkin Donuts, to clarify I wasn't saying Dunkin Donuts was the gold standard.

@domperignon8882 Жыл бұрын

@Piffydaily...Dunkins coffee is nasty. McDonald's has better coffee, imo.

@Bud3236 Жыл бұрын

lol Dunkin coffee sucks

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t have that much flavor but people like it because it’s sort of neutral tasting especially if it’s loaded with cream and sugar

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Haha I never said Dunkin coffee was amazing, I said I preferred it to Best Bagel's coffee. For the record though I don't mind Dunkin's coffee.

@domperignon8882 Жыл бұрын

Yup. Mcdonalds has better coffee.

@feechlamanna676 Жыл бұрын

too heavily spread UA

@stardustchild5182 Жыл бұрын

People still wearing masks?

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

People have been wearing masks in crowded packed areas even before Covid. It’s actually a good idea

@anonymouszero9422 Жыл бұрын

What does your name UA mean. What's your real name?

@marshmallowmark Жыл бұрын

Who are these psychopaths so against toasting bagels?? Stay away from me

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

As long as you don’t put ketchup on it it’s fine.

@arefuzfarook Жыл бұрын

at the jew bagelry in jewyork

@trentbateman Жыл бұрын

Dude you can’t seriously be wearing a mask almost 3 years later. What’s the point if you take it off when you eat anyways or you can’t get covid while eating?

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t call him dude. I would call him sir.

@ms_understood9841 Жыл бұрын

And what’s your point? He can wear a mask if he wants to!

@mylord4916 Жыл бұрын

Mind your business, he doesn’t have to justify anything. Who tf are you hahaha

@mrreddington777 Жыл бұрын

You didn’t know you can’t get Covid while drinking coffee with a best bagel? Lol

@randall197 Жыл бұрын

He’s the only one wearing a mask. By wearing a mask he’s perpetuating backwards and severely detrimental left wing “science”. It makes me sick to my stomach…. take it off.But hey I’m a subscriber I like the content.

@jaimecruz7905 Жыл бұрын

Man u aren't from New york how would know where the best bagel pizza and burgers are peace out

@CoutureCW Жыл бұрын

Been enjoying a lot of your videos, love the channel. I would like to make a comment on your thumbnails, to hopefully help you improve your channel overall! They are a little bit hard to scan, there's a lot of writing in 1 small place. Some have the pictures with the business names already on it, then you add the business name title on top of it, then added blocks with info on it. Some titles are slanted, have different typefaces and colors. It's a lot to take in and requires some effort to understand fully what the video is about. I definitely recommend the "less is more" approach. There are thankfully a ton of good videos and articles out there that explain how to improve a thumbnail. But yeah, just some feedback based on my personal experience going through your channel. Keep up the good work UA!

@uaeats Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! I'll take that all into consideration. I do tend to be a bit too text heavy. Glad you're still enjoying the content!