LoxSmith Bagels
Bagel shop · Beacon Hill ·
Bagels, smoked fish, Asian-inspired dishes, rotating schmears
Bagels, smoked fish, Asian-inspired dishes, rotating schmears
"The exceptional smoked fish at Beacon Hill's Loxsmith is the best in the city and a worthy sidekick to their bagels. And with options like unagi, whitefish, sturgeon, and sable, it makes a lot of sense that the owner has a sushi background. While slices of the buttery lox trend a little thick, it’s so good that we don’t care about getting chunky salmon strands stuck between molars. A foolproof order is the namesake Loxsmith sandwich, complete with nova lox and scallion schmear on an everything bagel topped with tomato, caper, and onions." - kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, gabe guarente
"I consider Loxsmith (Beacon Hill/West Seattle) a go-to for lox lovers." - Sean Keeley
"After years of crisscrossing the city with various pop-ups, Loxsmith found a permanent home in Beacon Hill with a prime location right around the corner from the light rail station (as well as an outpost in West Seattle). Smoked fish have long been the star of their show but Loxsmith has a wide variety of rotating schmears, sides, and sandwiches, not to mention its own line of everything seasoning hot sauce." - Eater Staff
"A line forms 20 minutes before Loxsmith opens its doors on weekend mornings. A line of Seattlelites who are chasing the high of a good schmear. This longtime bagel spot is now in a permanent location on Beacon Hill and the bagels are fluffy, with a crisp exterior and a chew that snaps back. Bagel options range from everything to sesame nori—plus, there's babka. And while the whitefish salad wouldn't quite hold up at a shiva, and the lox is sliced a little too thick for our taste, we're excited to have somewhere on the south end to get these things. A foolproof order is the namesake Loxsmith sandwich with nova lox and scallion schmear, on an everything bagel topped with tomato, caper, and onions. And if you hear someone say to the cashier “I Used To Live In Brooklyn,” don't worry. You haven't stumbled onto an Amazon campus. Someone is just ordering the herring, whitefish, and nova lox bagel." - Kayla Sager-Riley
"After a popular pandemic pop-up, Loxsmith Bagels is opening a permanent café behind the Beacon Hill light rail station at 2709 17th Avenue S in May; known for bagels with dark-brown, blistery crusts and chewy interiors (praised by J. Kenji López-Alt), the shop will offer 20 types of bagels, East-Coast style breakfast sandwiches, and bagels and bialys loaded with Japanese and Korean ingredients like toro, ikura, gochujang, and kimchi—the owner, Matthew Segal, used to be a sushi chef." - Jade Yamazaki Stewart