"Starting your morning with a golden brown bagel from this takeout window in NoPa is always a good idea. The bagels coming out of this (appropriately) salmon-colored spot are evenly coated with seasonings and have a gorgeous crust. Sandwiches are filled with things like smoked ham and sweet pepper butter, or caper schmear with house-cured lox that's silky and translucent. And tubs of schmear have green onions and capers layered across the top, like sprinkles on a cake." - julia chen 1
"There’s no shortage of excellent bagels in the Bay Area but NoPa’s Schlok’s get bonus points for making its fat, stacked bagel sandwiches available for delivery. Of course, if you’re more of a purist you can stick to the excellent single bagels — which come in flavors including salt, sesame, everything, plain, and onion — with schmear or go for a full meal like the classic salmon sandwich or an egg and cheese prepared with sweet pepper butter." - Dianne de Guzman
"Everything Bagel With Scallion Shmear and Lox Schlok’s Bagels is a pop-up operating on weekends out of The Snug on Fillmore. And the bagels here are something you need to pay attention to - golden-brown and well-seasoned on the outside, and perfectly chewy on the inside. Plus, these bagels are massive. Schlok’s also makes their own buttery, dill-cured lox in-house, which is as fantastic as the bagels themselves. If you’re looking to convert a California bagel skeptic, send them here." - team infatuation
"There’s an entire class of bagel pop-ups-gone-permanent across the Bay Area in recent years; Schlocks is among the favorites, managing to maintain the quality that ensured it’d sell out every weekend during its pop-up days. The bagels are rolled by hand and perfect for a caper or chopped smoked lox schmear. If you’re feeling fancy, add on some smoked salmon or trout roe, or go for a smoked ends sandwich with chopped smoked lox, blackened everything spice, and scallion schmear." - Dianne de Guzman
"The New York-style bagels coming out of Schlok’s brick-and-mortar are always chewy, evenly coated on all sides with various seasonings, and consistently golden-brown. Our go-to is a simple bagel with just schmear and house-cured lox, which is nice and salty and has traces of dill. Schlok's lineup also includes massive bagel sandwiches stuffed with things like caper schmear, eggs, sweet pepper butter, and cheese." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez