El Bagelero

This place has pushed its way to the top of my favorite local breakfast spots! We really needed a good bagel place, and El Bagelero is it. 🔥 The bagel sandwiches are great! But the real best menu item is the breakfast burrito—perfect for splitting between two people (because it's wrapped in two halves!). Everybody is really friendly, and the food comes fast. Great ambience too!

Stumbled upon this place looking for breakfast and my friends and I are so glad we did. We’ve been looking for good food in Chicago and this satisfied our craving!! The carnitas breakfast bagel was my favorite in particular since the carnitas were so flavorful and crunchy yet tender. The chorizo bagel was also super yummy! Definitely will be coming back!

Really good bagel sandwiches at a fair price. You can tell the bagels are high quality! Really nice staff and food came out quick. Will definitely be back.

Fast casual counter service spot with delicious bagels! I was also super impressed by the iced coffee. I got the BEC on a jalapeño cheddar bagel and it was delicious with lots of bacon. The bagel was toasted on the flat top so crispy and buttery inside. I will definitely be back, this is a great addition to the neighborhood!

I was blown away by the quality of the bagels! I'm picky about my bagels and these were in all honesty better than the ones I've had in New York. Baked fresh with a crispy exterior and soft interior. Was sad to see little Lazos go, but overall I think this is a fantastic addition to the neighborhood. Bucktowns been desperate for a bagel shop!

We are so excited to have a new yummy sandwich shop in the neighborhood! Friendly staff and delicious sandwiches! I tried the steak and egg on an Asiago bagel with chipotle mayo and my husband got the El Machismo on a jalapeño cheddar bagel and both were excellent! We can’t wait to go back and try more!

We live so close by and were really hoping for this place to be a hit. The owner/manager is incredibly helpful and friendly but sadly the food is just disappointing. We ordered two breakfast bagel sandwiches, bacon/egg/cheese and sausage/egg/cheese. The cheese seemed to be missing or barely there and the meat portions were laughable if not insulting for $9 a bagel sandwich - one small piece of bacon and one quarter sized sausage piece on the other sandwich.

Bagels are decent.a lil chewy. BY noon they were out of a lot of stuff and spreads. The original extensive advertised does not exist and it has become a short concise menu. Unable to order a la carte as the staff seems to be stuck on only what's in the computer system. My son really wanted a pizza bagel, and I wanted the Monte Cristo bagel, shown on the "opening soon" menu, unfortunately that menu never happened. For the price of the lox bagel, it was a small portion. Hopefully the menu will expand and they can figure out how to make a "custom" off menu bagel

Went to the soft open today. Rosemary bagels were great as were the tacos. The bagel sandwiches were good but just a standard bagel sandwich. Waiting for the donas to start being served!

So far I have had a bacon egg and cheese, and a everything bagel with cream cheese and the bagels are very good. The everything bagel comes with a lot of seeds but I'd like them to add more garlic to the mix. My boyfriend tried the breakfast burrito which was huge and delicious. So excited to have a local bagel spot now!

We came in and ordered a bacon egg and cheese and the classic (bagel lox). Both were amazing. The staff working there are also very nice and friendly. Service was great, we messed up our order but they still fixed it for us even though it was our fault. Forgot to take pictures sadly :(( next time I'll remember

Cute new place for a quick bite. The bagels are tasty, the donuts are fresh and the breakfast burrito was GREAT. Salsa for the burrito was also yummy. Portions are good for the price and will definitely be adding this into the breakfast rotation.

Great find near the Western Blue Line stop. Big variety of bagels. I had the Cuban, was delicious and filling. Friend had the breakfast burrito, divided into two tortillas for easy eating. Friendly staff too!

A great family owned business. Bagel sandwiches, breakfast burritos, and donuts. Will frequent this spot.

This place has pushed its way to the top of my favorite local breakfast spots! We really needed a good bagel place, and El Bagelero is it. The bagel sandwiches are great! But the real best menu item is the breakfast burrito--perfect for splitting between two people (because it's wrapped in two halves!). Everybody is really friendly, and the food comes fast. Great ambience too!

Best breakfast sando I've had in YEARS! I got a bacon, egg, and cheese on sesame and my husband got "the classic" on rosemary -- 10/10 cannot recommend more!!