Along with pizza, New Yorkers are very passionate about where to get the best bagels in NYC, and it’s no secret Utopia Bagels has been a top contender since opening four decades ago in Whitestone, Queens.
And while we reported back in December that, for the first time since 1981, Utopia Bagels would be expanding to Manhattan, the time has finally come!
According to the shop’s Instagram, the brand new Manhattan location is set to open this Sunday, June 2nd at 9 am. The bagel shop will be open through 4 pm, and the first 100 customers on line will get a free hot bagel while they wait, so be sure to get there early!
Since first opening, Utopia Bagels has been implementing the old world process that we all love so much of individually hand-rolling their bagels and kettle boiling them before baking–which they do with love, of course, as they state on their website.
This process is what gives the bagels their distinctive taste that generation after generation of New Yorkers have come to love so dearly.
According to Eater, the new location will be slightly smaller than the original but will feature a similar glass window that allows customers a behind-the-scenes look at the bagel-making process.
Their new location will be situated on 34th Street and Lexington Avenue, more specifically at 120 E. 34th Street in Murray Hill.
Jesse Spellman, son of owner Scott Spellman, told Eater they chose this area because it had less competition from other bagel shops but still felt like a neighborhood.
And while we’re not entirely sure of the menu, we have a feeling they’ll offer similar options to their Queens counterpart.