The 6 Best Bagel Spots in Cincinnati, OH: Discover Our Top Choices!
One of the most comforting breakfast foods around is a tasty bagel. You can eat these doughnut-shaped yeast breads with a variety of toppings such as butter, plain or flavored cream cheese, smoked salmon, or sweet honey and cinnamon. Bagels come in a range of styles like New York, Montreal, St. Louis, or European. Whether you want a plain bagel, an everything bagel, or a jalapeno cheese bagel with guacamole, these Cincinnati, Ohio, area bagel shops have you covered.
Go on a culinary adventure when you visit Five One Three Bagel Co. Try bagel flavors such as apricot pistachio, roasted garlic mozzarella, or raspberry dark chocolate chip. Of course, you can enjoy plain, sea salt, and everything bagels with spreads such as bacon and roasted onion, vegetable and herbs, or apple cider caramel. Five One Three Bagel Co. partners with Findlay Kitchen to make their bagels. You can pick up the tasty bagels at several local farmers markets or order them online.
Bagel Stop
Stop by the First Financial Tower at 312 Elm St. to stock up on bagels and baked goods from the Bagel Stop. Choose from plain, sesame, everything, whole wheat, or cinnamon raisin bagels. Spruce your bagels up with spreads such as plain or flavored cream cheese, sweet butter, cinnamon butter, or peanut butter and jelly.
Bagel Stop serves a variety of breakfast items such as breakfast bagels with bacon or sausage and an egg, breakfast burritos, and egg, cheese, and vegetable wraps. You can also order classic deli-style sandwiches like roasted turkey or cranberry chicken salad. Compliment your meal with a soda or coffee, and add a chocolate chip cookie for dessert.
OTR Bagel Bar
Enjoy hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels at OTR Bagel Bar. The team at OTR Bagel Bar lets the dough rise overnight and they cook the bagels until they have a crispy exterior and a chewy interior. Depending on what your taste buds desire, choose from flavors such as sesame seed, savory rosemary, cinnamon raisin, or poppy seed. Top your bagel with cream cheese spreads like jalapeno garlic, roasted veggie, or natural strawberry. OTR Bagel Bar also offers a vegan spread.
Would you like a bagel sandwich? Not a problem, as OTR Bagel Bar offers scrumptious concoctions like a smoked turkey club, NYC lox, or bacon avocado. Grab a salad to go with your sandwich and sip on hot Tazo tea, cold brew coffee, or seltzer water. You can find OTR Bagel Bar in the historic Over the Rhine neighborhood at 1401 Walnut St. You can also pick up their bagels at various locations throughout Cincinnati.
Marx Hot Bagels
Take a little road trip about 14 miles to Blue Ash for authentic, certified kosher bagels at Marx Hot Bagels. The bakers boil each bagel in water and bake them on stone shelves without using oil or butter. With over 30 bagel varieties to choose from as well as sandwiches, soups, and salads, you're sure to find something to satisfy you.
For a simple bagel try ones like sesame seed, pumpernickel, or onion. Try something different like orange cranberry, sourdough rye, chocolate chip. Cream cheese spreads range from plain to smoked salmon. Marx Hot Bagels also offers a variety of sandwiches for breakfast or lunch. Try the herring in wine sauce, hummus and tabouli, or a chopped lox spread on your favorite bagel. On a chilly day, pick up a bowl of hot soup, and on a warm afternoon, try a refreshing salad. Don't forget to add dessert to your order. Have a piece of crumb cake, coffee cake, or strudel.
Bruegger's Bagels
When you want an authentic New York-style bagel, head over to Bruegger's Bagels with several locations throughout the city. Since 1983, Bruegger's Bagels has served locals and visitors mouth-watering kettle-boiled, stone hearth-baked bagels. You'll have a hard time choosing which bagel to order from their extensive menu. Gourmet bagels include cheesy hash brown, jalapeno cheddar, and rosemary olive oil. Pick up your favorite bagels such as everything, pumpernickel, whole wheat, or poppy-seed. Slather your bagel with cream cheese spreads like garden veggie, light herb garlic, Sriracha honey, or smoked salmon.
If you're craving a bagel breakfast sandwich, Bruegger's Bagels won't disappoint. Try the Farmhouse with eggs, meat, and cheddar cream cheese on a cheesy hash brown bagel or pastrami, egg, and Swiss on a pumpernickel bagel. You can also get lunch sandwiches served on your favorite bagel, as well as signature soups like creamy chicken with wild rice. Satisfy your sweet tooth with a blueberry muffin or chocolate chip cookie.
Barry Bagels
With stores located throughout Ohio, you can always stock up on your favorer bagels and spreads at Barry Bagels in Kettering. Grab a single or a pack of bagels from their menu. Flavors include onion, garlic, poppy seed, salt, and honey wheat. Watch for their specialty seasonal bagels like pumpkin spice. You can also pick up raisin, blueberry, vanilla cinnamon, or chocolate chip cookie bagels to help satisfy your sweet tooth.
Whether you like a plain cream cheese spread or a flavored one, Barry Bagels has you covered. Cream cheese spreads include lite scallion, cinnamon swirl, lite southwest jalapeno, vegetable ranch, and honey brown sugar. Barry Bagels also carries savory pizza bagels, bagels with peanut butter and jelly, and ones topped with hummus.
Stop by for lunch and have a sandwich made with a bagel. Try hot pastrami, chicken salad, veggie and cheese, or a bacon, lettuce, and tomato concoction on your favorite bagel flavor. Add a bowl of soup like matzo ball or seasonal chili to your order. When you need food for a large group, get the bagel and cream cheese tray. You get two bagels per person, strawberry jam, butter, and three flavors of cream cheese.
So there you have our list of Cincinnati's top bagel shops. Cincy's other top breakfast spots have good bagels, too, so if you're looking for more of a spread of options, we recommend checking out our recent "Best Breakfast Spots" post.
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