Schmear Bagel Parlor - 44th St

I love going to get bagel breakfast sandwiches here with my girlfriend. I’m gluten free and there’s options for me (request gf extra toasted) and good stuff for her. We love the hot honey, wake n bacon and pino breakfast sandwiches. The eggs taste fluffy and fresh!! (A rarity with breakfast sandwiches imo). It’s great but can get crowded on the weekends!

I am literally obsessed with this place. I used to walk by on my way to get coffee every morning and just cry inside because I cant eat gluten but it smelled so good. Then one day I saw the little "*gluten free available!" on the sign. And you better believe I spun myself right around like a cartoon character. My go to is the Wake n' Bacon. It is a glorious pile of bagel, bacon, egg, cooper sharp, and chive cream cheese. And I'm telling you when I say cream cheese I mean CREAM CHEESE. You bite into this thing and it's like a volcanic eruption of cream cheese. And the bagel itself despite being gluten free, honestly is one of the best gf bagels I've ever had. It's still dense (unavoidable with gf sorry) but aside from that it doesn't crumble or anything like you'd expect gf to. It's just like a dense regular bagel which is magical. On top of this the owner (I assume owner) is so nice. One time their gf bagels were a bit crumbly, and he ended up refunding me instead of trying to serve a less-than-ideal bagel. Which I thought was so incredibly kind that he would rather not make that money than serve something he wasn't happy with. He always says "I'm sorry the gf bagels are going to take a bit of a wait since they come frozen" Sir? Please? Perfection takes time I will wait? You can order online with toasttab if you don't want to wait as long but I enjoy hanging out for a bit to break from work. Anyway if you are gf or just want a killer bagel sammy, you simply must visit this place. Picture + cat tax