3 Greenwich Village Bagel Joints Named Among Best In NYC

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — It is not easy to get named the best of anything in New York City, but to rise to the top of the highest-rated bagel list 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.

Greenwich Village just had three bagel spots get named among the 22 best in New York City.

Eater NY named Murray's Bagels at 500 6th Avenue, Hudson Bagels at 82 Christopher Street, and Bagel Bob's at 51 University Place as three of "NYC's 22 Finest Bagels."

Here's what the food website's editors had to say about each joint.

Murray's Bagels

"Open since 1996, Murray’s was born out of a desire for a superior neighborhood bagelry in Greenwich Village. The result is large but light bagels with a crackly crust and modest interior chew. Beyond standard cream cheese, cured fish, and egg fillings, Murray’s co-specialty is substantial meat and poultry sandwiches bigger than usual, made from salami, hot corned beef, chicken cutlets, and just about any deli meat or fish salad one can think of."

Hudson Bagels

"Sometimes you don’t want a flashy bagel, with a choice of sizes, and a bewildering array of bagel flavors (some of which ought not to exist), and psychedelic cream cheeses. The bagels here are solid, fresh from the oven, of modest size, and perfect in every way for the person who truly loves bagels."

Bagel Bob's

"For a little bagel shop, this two-decade-old Greenwich Village spot just north of NYU tries very hard. In addition to 14 varieties of bagels, and a smaller selection of mini bagels and flat bagels, it offers unusual cream cheese flavors such as Nutella, peanut butter, and jalapeno, as well as a diversified collection of fish salads for bagel sandwiches. The pumpernickel bagel with olive cream cheese is particularly recommended."

You can read the full best bagel ranking on Eater NY's website.