Here are The 22 Best Bagel Joints In New York City: Eater NY

NEW YORK, NY — It is not easy to get named as the best of anything in New York City, but to rise to the top of the highest-rated bagel list in the five boroughs is a particularly challenging feat.

It is the city's unofficial favorite food (sorry pizza) and there is a seemingly endless list of joints that make mouthwatering bagels.

Eater NY, a food ranking and news website, recently released a ranking of the 22 best bagel joints in NYC.

"The bagel may or may not have been invented by Germans living in Poland in the 14th century, but here, it’s associated with Jewish-American cuisine, as well as being one of the city’s most iconic foods," Eater NY staff wrote as an introduction to the ranking. "Revered by people all over the country, it’s rare to find a faithful duplication elsewhere."

Here are the 22 best bagel spots in New York City, according to Eater. Let us know in the comment section if one of your favorites got left out.

• Riverdale Bagels: 5650 Riverdale Avenue (Bronx)
• Bo's Bagels: 235 West 116th Street (Manhattan)
• Absolute Bagels: 2788 Broadway (Manhattan)
• Bagel Talk: 368 Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan)
• To Laiko: 29-29 23rd Street (Manhattan)
• Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company (Manhattan)
• Tal Bagels: 977 1st Avenue (Manhattan)
• Ess-a-Bagel: 831 3rd Avenue (Manhattan)
• Murray's Bagels: 500 6th Avenue (Manhattan)
• Hudson Bagels: 82 Christopher Street (Manhattan)
• Bagel Bob's: 51 University Place (Manhattan)
• Black Seed Bagels: 176 1st Avenue (Manhattan)
• Tompkins Square Bagels: 165 Avenue A (Manhattan)
• Sadelle's: 463 West Broadway (Manhattan)
• Forest Hills Bagel: 10441 Queens Boulevard (Queens)
• Russ & Daughters: 179 East Houston Street (Manhattan)
• Kossar's Bagels & Bialys: 367 Grand Street (Manhattan)
• The Bad Bagel: 40 Wyckoff Avenue (Brooklyn)
• Shelsky's Brooklyn Bagels: 453 4th Avenue (Brooklyn)
• Bagel Hole: 400 7th Avenue (Brooklyn)
• Terrace Bagels: 222 Prospect Park West (Brooklyn)
• Tasty Bagels: 1705 86th Street (Brooklyn)

You can read the complete bagel ranking from Eater NY on its website.