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Apr 23, 2015 | 10:03 pm

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Originally Posted by dfwoods

I cannot compare them to real NY bagels, but I think the best in the Chicago area are from:

New York Bagel and Bialy
4714 W. Touhy
Lincolnwood, IL

I think they have another location on Dempster in Skokie, but I don't see an address. I have found that their traditional bagels are the best -- slightly hard outside, but dense & chewy inside. But I would avoid the trendy yuppie ones that they also sell. They definitely use the real cooking method as you can see the vats for boiling and the ovens for baking. No steam injection ovens that create the nasty "round bread with a hole in the middle" type of bagel.

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I grew up in Lincolnwood and agree. I now live further north and whenever I drive up Edens I'll stop.

I always ask if they have any hot, when available they are best ever anywhere.

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