Apollo Bagels

"10th Street hasn’t been the same since Apollo Bagels arrived in 2024. If you show up on a weekend after 10am, the athleisure-clad crowd can mean a wait of 45 minutes for a bagel. The line at their West Village location is worse. Go during the week, or to their Williamsburg location—or honestly, to any other great bagel shop." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah

"Apollo Bagels is a minimalist East Village bagel shop. There’s nowhere to sit and only three kinds of bagels available (plain, sesame, and everything). One thing about running a bagel shop that way? It makes a great product. The bagels are sour and bubbly, with a nice, crunchy exterior. The options for toppings include tomato, cream cheese, and butter and jam — so if you’re looking for bacon, egg, and cheese, you’ll have to try Tompkins Square Bagels a block away. There are three other locations now too, in the Greenwich Village, Williamsburg, and the newest one in the Financial District." - Robert Sietsema, Nadia Chaudhury

"Apollo Bagels has filed a suit in court this week to prevent its landlord from attempting to break its lease over the bagel shops’ long lines. The West Village location has taken several measures to mitigate lines, nevertheless, the landlord — Lloyd Goldman’s BLDG Management, which owns 300 properties around the U.S. — is threatening to evict them. It’s not the first time the landlord has gone after the little guy, having pushed out an elderly woman against her will for her rent-stabilized apartment." - Melissa McCart

"Apollo Bagels from Joey Scalabrino (of Leo in Williamsburg) first opened in the East Village in the spring following a few runs as a pop-up in locations around the city (and the world); it quickly expanded to the West Village. Next up is a location in Williamsburg (133 N. Seventh, at Berry Street) debuting “in a few weeks,” Scalabrino confirms. After that, it’s Hoboken (324 Washington Street, between Third and Fourth streets). The bagel that “leans toward bread” is especially good for sandwiches, critic Robert Sietsema notes, like the one with smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, onion, and dill ($15)." - Melissa McCart

"The bagels here caused a sensation with this first branch of an East Village bagelry opened in the West Village. Its limited selection of bagels (plain, sesame, everything) are a bit different than you might be used to — airier, crustier, leaning toward bread. That makes them perfect for sandwiches, including the best order in the shop, a smoked salmon sandwich with cream cheese and dill." - Robert Sietsema