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BAY AREA
Boichik Bagels
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
boichikbagels.com
With eight shops scattered across the Bay Area, you can find a Boichik bagel just about anywhere. Look for three shops in San Francisco and one each in Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Los Gatos, Larkspur and Berkeley, which is where the company’s factory is located. Offering spreads, salads and party platters as well as bagels.
SAN FRANCISCO
House of Bagels
(415) 752-6000 • houseofbagels.com
This San Francisco Legacy Business has been making classic New York-style bagels since 1962. The bagels are proofed overnight on wooden boards, boiled in water and then baked on stone. Also available are artisan breads, croissants, cragels, challah, hamantaschen, black and white cookies, rugelach, Russian tea cakes and other pastries.
SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA
Izzy’s Brooklyn Bagels
PALO ALTO
(650) 329-0700 • izzysbrooklynbagels.com
Supervised by the Vaad Hakashrus of Northern California, Izzy’s offers more than 30 varieties of bagels, from the traditional to “the most complex” and all boasting “authentic Brooklyn flavor.” Founded in 1996, this kosher eatery also sells wild lox, shmears, salads and cookies and is open for breakfast and lunch. Catering also is available.