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"The contest for the best bagel in New York City is long and contentious, but Pio Hot Bagels, hidden in an unassuming shopping plaza on the South Shore of Staten Island, is a worthy candidate. The shop, which has been a bagel store for around 20 years but has changed hands multiple times, marries that slightly crusty outside with a spongy soft and doughy interior in its bagels, ideal for soaking up butter. A ham, egg and cheese sandwich on an egg everything — with salt, pepper and ketchup, of course — is equally divine." - Claire Elisabeth