"This narrow shop on the Upper West is crowded with folks ordering elaborate sandwiches with things like avocado and microgreens, or Carnegie Deli pastrami, or even a french toast bagel with mango cream cheese. All good options, but even just a simple slather of scallion cream cheese is great on their chewy, flavorful, browner-than-average bagels, which are easily identifiable by the notable swirling cracks in the crust. Inside, it looks like a cookie-cutter deli, but there's some decent sidewalk real estate where you can hammer out an email or stop to admire a doodle. They've got locations in Columbus Circle and Times Square, too. " - bryan kim, will hartman, willa moore, neha talreja, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah