On 8th Avenue, just a few blocks from Penn Station, is a small bakery and coffee shop that makes the best bagels in New York, IMHO.
The bakery, Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company is in the Chelsea neighborhood at 286 8th Ave.
They serve all manner of bagels, bialys, lox, smoked whitefish, and a dozen flavors of cream cheese.
The bagels come in two sizes, “big” or “mini” — but I warn you, the big ones are enormous.
You can find a variety handrolled, kettle-boiled bagels:
plain, sesame, poppy, onion, garlic, rye (with seeds), everything, cinnamon raisin, egg, multi-grain, whole wheat, whole wheat everything, whole wheat oats & raisins, whole wheat sesame, pumpernickel and salt
Earn Frequent Flyer Miles at Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company
To be perfectly frank, I don’t know if this is the best bagel shop in New York or not.
The bagels are very fresh and very good, and the place earns four stars on Yelp.
But the key thing is that this shop participates in the Rewards Dining program.
I favor the United Mileage Plus Dining program, but most of the major airlines run a similar rewards program with the opportunity to earn their frequent flyer miles at the same list of restaurants.
If you make ten purchases at participating restaurants in a calendar year, you can earn 5 times United Mileage Plus miles every subsequent time you dine at a participating restaurant. (You earn 3x miles for the first ten purchases.) Couple that with a rewards earning credit card to increase your savings.
Thus, if you stop in for bagels or coffee once in a while, you will be on the fast track to earning five times miles at hundreds of participating restaurants.
Do you earn frequent flyer miles through the Rewards Dining program? Have you find any gems that you would like to share?
I’ve been to their location in Astoria, Queens when I visit my mother. The bagels are fantastic. I don’t want to think about how many calories are in them, as they are huge. Great whitefish salad, also.
Yum.
You are TOO funny! I like Katz Deli, but they aren’t in the reward program.
When we were in New York, my sister-in-law asked us to pick up some bagels at this place on our way over to her apartment. I was surprised to find the United miles in my account when I got home!