Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels
Bagel shop · South Slope
453 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Highlights
Chewy bagels with pastrami, lox, unique schmears & sandwiches
Chewy bagels with pastrami, lox, unique schmears & sandwiches
"If we were mayor, we would require every neighborhood to have a good bagel shop. Thankfully, Cobble Hill already adheres to the rule. Shelsky’s is an appetizing store and deli on Court Street, and it’s where you should go for a chewy bagel with smoked fish or a pastrami and egg sandwich on rye. We like to keep it classic with the “Member of the Tribe”—a bagel with your choice of plain or scallion cream cheese, plus a thick layer of buttery nova. Perfect for a Saturday morning stroll, or a Sunday brunch, after a particularly harrowing experience at the Trader Joe’s across the street." - willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman
"Open since 2011, Shelsky’s has become a staple in the neighborhood when it comes to pastrami, bagels, lox, pickled fish, and delicatessen eats, a restaurant from Peter Shelsky, of Eleven Madison and Cafe Sabarsky, and Lewis Spada, formerly of Brooklyn’s Fish Tales. A pork roll, egg, and cheese on a bagel is becoming a classic, and don’t sleep on the lox or pickled herring." - Robert Sietsema
"The modernist bagel shop in Park Slope has all the plainish classics in small dense form, but it sports a few spicy outliers, like its numbing Sichuan peppercorn bagel and chile crisp cream cheese. Indicative of the appetizing shop’s willingness to get creative, the preparation of the bagels here shows extra care: A sourdough starter is employed in the kitchen, actual egg goes into the the egg bagels, and chopped cheese and Taylor ham sandwiches come served on a bagel or a bialy. There’s a second location in Cobble Hill." - Robert Sietsema
"In 2011, someone with experience at places like Kossar’s, Zabar’s, and Eleven Madison Park opened an appetizing shop with a seafood expert who used to work at a market called Fish Tales. That’s the story of Shelsky’s, and it partly explains the time-tested technique behind these airy, caramelized bagels and their fixings. If you want to keep things simple and fishy, get the classic “Member Of The Tribe,” which comes with nova and plain or scallion cream cheese (you want scallion). We also love their pastrami-smoked salmon." - bryan kim, will hartman, willa moore, neha talreja, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah
"Smoked fish, deli meat, and sandwich delivery and takeout available - call to order." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, bryan kim, arden shore, matt tervooren
