Whether toasted to perfection and smeared with cream cheese or layered with toppings to create a unique sandwich, the deliciously round bagel is a versatile dish morning or night.
While you can get a bag of bagels from your local grocery store, the experience of getting a bagel fresh from the bakery, maybe even still warm from the oven, is hard to forget.
Of course, not every bagel shop is created equally. The experts at Eat This, Not That poured over the data to determine the best bagel place in every state.
ALABAMA: Big Blue Bagel Deli in Auburn
ALASKA: The Bagel Shop in Homer
ARIZONA: Hot Bagels and Deli, Various Locations
ARKANSAS: Ozark Mountain Bagel Co. in Bentonville
CALIFORNIA: Brooklyn Bagel Bakery in Los Angeles
COLORADO: Rosenberg's in Denver
CONNECTICUT: The Original Bagel King in Fairfield
DELAWARE: Surf Bagel in Rehoboth
FLORIDA: Brooklyn Water Bagel, Various Locations
GEORGIA: Emerald City Bagels in East Atlanta Village
HAWAII: Westside Bagels in Lahaina
IDAHO: Sarah's Bagel Cafe in Boise
ILLINOIS: Kaufman's Bagel and Delicatessen in Skokie
INDIANA: Ripple Bagel Deli in Indianapolis
IOWA: 5 Borough Bagels in Clive
KANSAS: Wheatfield's Bakery Cafe in Lawrence
KENTUCKY: Cold Smoke Bagels in the Logan Street Market in Louisville
LOUISIANA: Flour Moon Bagels in New Orleans
MAINE: Union Bagel Company in Portland
MARYLAND: Bottoms Up Bagels in Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS: Katz Bagel Bakery in Chelsea
MICHIGAN: New York Bagel in Various Locations
MINNESOTA: Asa's Bakery in Minneapolis
MISSISSIPPI: Big River Bagels in Clarksdale
MISSOURI: Protzel's Delicatessen in Clayton
MONTANA: The Sourdough Bagel in Billings
NEBRASKA: The Bagel Bin in Omaha
NEVADA: Life's a Bagel in Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Bagel Alley in Nashua
NEW JERSEY: Wonder Bagels in Jersey City
NEW MEXICO: New York on Catron in Santa Fe
NEW YORK: Ess-a-Bagel in New York City
NORTH CAROLINA: Benchwarmers Bagels in Raleigh
NORTH DAKOTA: BernBaum's Bagel in Fargo
OHIO: Lox, Stock, and Brisket in Shaker Heights
OKLAHOMA: Old School Bagel Cafe in Tulsa
OREGON: Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels in Portland
PENNSYLVANIA: Kaplan's New Model Bakery in Philadelphia
RHODE ISLAND: Rebelle Artisan Bagels in Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA: Bagel Nation in Charleston
SOUTH DAKOTA: Black Hills Bagel in Rapid City
TENNESSEE: Mitchell Delicatessen in Nashville
TEXAS: Nervous Charlie's in Austin
UTAH: The Bagel Project in Salt Lake City
VERMONT: Myer's Bagel Bakery in Burlington
VIRGINIA: Yorgo's Bageldashery in Norfolk
WASHINGTON: Mt. Bagel in Seattle
WEST VIRGINIA: Royalicious in Charles Town
WISCONSIN: Allie Boy's Bagelry & Luncheonette in Milwaukee
WYOMING: Pearl Street Bagel in Jackson