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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

#PeachysPicks Peachy Picks Bagel Point Upper East Side #TerrificTakeout #BagelPoint @bagel_point by #Owners #SamKaplan #OmarDahbali #AhmedZaid and Team! 787 Lexington Ave between 61st and 62nd Manhattan


It's never been who you know, it's WHOM YOU KNOW and we know Sam Kaplan and his superior bagelsPreviously, they earned an esteemed position of being the only venue in Brooklyn at all to earn Peachy's Picks status, and equally impressive is the newer post on Manhattan's storied Upper East side, previously featured last spring.  They are currently Peachy's favorite bagels anywhere, both locations and other ilks we have tried don't compare qualitatively.  Ahmed Zaid and Omar Dahbali are also owners of this location, and we were delighted to see diligent worker Ceren again too.
Bagels are made fresh until 1pm and they close at 4pm seven days a week, eight if you're a Beatle!
The fruit salad is entirely fresh and a welcome accompaniment to balance out your essential bagel carbs.  Unlike the Brooklyn location, there are not green salads.
However, just like the Brooklyn location, the freshly squeezed fruit juices are a spectrum of splendor devoted to embellishing your Bagel Point experience in every way.  Even if we could find bagels as great as these elsewhere, juices as competitive as these simply do not exist anywhere else in tandem with bagel quality.
They are Peachy's second favorite element of this menu.
Orange Juice is the quintessential classic.
Green juice is nutritiously dominant with apples, cucumber and kale.
And the Hangover Helper of pineapple, orange, green apple and red apple is alcohol's best friend!
This varies seasonally with the season's fresh bounty.
All juices are made fresh every morning and we can taste it.
Also this last one is the most inventive in flavor and name...

Chicken Noodle Soup is triumphant in warming you up with natural goodness and if you are more of a lunch bagel eater, it's perfect.
The Manhattan Special Hand Rolled Bagel, With Fresh Sliced Nova Lox, Cream Cheese, Tomato,Capers & Onion is a surefire hit for your appetite in the morning and we had it on a uberfresh Egg Everything Bagel, which is a luxury in this day of egg scarcity. The components were brilliantly assembled for a taste victory.
You'll feel like a kid in a candy store venturing to see all the bagels asserting their fluffy freshness, smiling at you and you cannot pass go and collect $200 without choosing an assortment to feed your inner bagel monster; we suggest getting two of everything you covet because one is not enough.  The scallion cream cheese is the ideal companion for onion, garlic, egg everything and the bialy bunch.  
The joy of cutting open a rainbow Bagel cannot be overstated; we're told there is a touch of vanilla around 10%, however it tasted the same as plain to us, evocative of the freshness and total quality evident in the quintessential Bagel point bagel.
The building blocks of this business confirm on a standalone basis the foundation for their success.
Mushrooms, fresh mozzarella, basil and tomato sauce rest upon a bagel to make all of your pizza and bagel dreams come true in one single swoop on a pizza bagel!  And for those of you that all really know Peachy, you know of her close relationship with the Bacon, Egg and Cheese!  Here, there is not the traditional pig bacon which we know and love however they have us sold on the beef bacon which you should try.
Garden Omelette is joined by equally amazing hashbrowns which totally hit the spot.  This is a bevy of vegetables: mixed peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomato and spinach all expertly chopped successfully punctuate a perfectly composed omelette!  And if you are an avocado toast person, Bagel Point has thought of you, too.  On seven grain bread topped off with a sensational halo of sprouts, Green Fit extends your St. Patrick's Day successfully with arugula, tomato and balsamic.
Peachy Picks Bagel Point!

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