Utopia Bagels recently renovated and expanded, but it's still insanely crowded on a weekend morning.
Love Utopia Bagels! The best part about being sometimes nocturnal and an early bird the rest of the time is that this is just a 5 minute drive north of the LIE at 4 am.
UTOPIA BAGELS WHITESTONE FREE
Free parking lot in the back as you do have to pay for street parking via the central parking box during posted hours. It was absolutely stupendous with a generous helping of lox. Definitely worth it and then some! Got the lox and cream cheese with the slice of onion on an egg bagel last time. I have also stopped by on a Saturday at 7:45 am when the line was 14 deep but it was moving. Yes I do need a whole suitcase for the lot but for the 50 ex NYers in my group in Az waiting for Utopia and the next pot luck, this is a no brainer.I got there at 3:50 am and there were 3 cars already parked with folks waiting and ready 2 more pulled up by 4:04 am. So lucky that they open at 4 am when I can get my fix of the fresh hot goodies- I love the everything, garlic, onion and the bialys- and pack another 9 dozen before I drop off the rental car at Budget JFK and get on the 7 am to Phoenix Sky Harbor. Why? Because it’s a goddamn New York City bagel, and you’re going to eat it surrounded by New Yorkers, breaking your jaw gnawing it, cursing and complaining to the New Yorker next to you.īut, of course, bad bagels are few and far between, and our best are the best in the world.Best Bagel and Bialy Bar None in New York! I second Deborah's statement in her review below that this is the #1 and tastiest Bagel made with Love and NY Water. The atmosphere is richer, and everything tastes better on a stroll through Prospect Park compared to a drive through Elizabeth.Įven the worst hole-less, machine-made bagel in New York, produced across state lines and stale from a day or more in the back rack of a Midtown deli, is still better than the best bagel in Jersey. There’s a reason people pay a premium to live and eat here (The Post found that three dozen bagels in NJ cost $36, versus $53.25 in NYC). As to NYC’s secret, he agrees the reputation adds mental flavor, and subscribes to the age-old argument: “I think it’s in the water,” he says, adding for effect, “Where is New Jersey, by the way?” “The best bagels are in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan - in that order,” the bagel-maker of more than 31 years tells The Post. “I live in Jersey, so I can say that they don’t have the best bagels,” says Frank Bavaro, owner of Brooklyn’s La Bagel Delight bagel shops, bagel purveyor since 1986. 1,” says Scott Spellman, owner of Utopia Bagels in Queens. “All I can say is, New Jersey, watch out - because we are definitely No. People not from here are constantly pretending to be, or over-investing their identity in, some vaguely unique aspect of where they’re from - the regional grocery store! Mediocre sports teams! No sales tax! Full-service gas stations! It’s not always fun for outsiders how good New York is at winning - it makes you want to root for the underdog sometimes.
I get it, it’s hard letting NYC keep every superlative - biggest, brightest, oldest, tallest, rudest, least sleep, most famous, best bagels. Just because it’s cute to cheer on the underdog doesn’t mean Joisey has a dog in this fight. Sure, many of the same immigrant groups who heralded New York’s bagel tradition are in Jersey, too, but the water here is far superior. Bagel capital of the world #NationalBagelDay
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