Greg’s Bagels

Great bagels with all kinds of smoked salmon.
Never open when I want them to be.

I’m from Jersey… so you know my expectations of bagels are high.
Greg’s bagels was good, and satisfying… but doesn’t compare to the homeland. As for the service… definitely some good looking counter help, which never hurts!

Ordered bagel with lox, cream cheese and onion. The bagel is a round piece of bread that is
extremely small. (1) very thin layer of lox and a very small amount of cream cheese. There was no onion on the bagel. In retrospect it was probably a good thing or else I wouldn’t have seen the lox! 2 bagels and a cup of coffee cost me $ 17.00! Anyone who thinks this place is good isn’t used to anything and should get out more! This place wouldn’t make it one day if it were located in New York or Philadelphia where they take pride in what they do and put love into their product.
BTW if you walk by the shop very early in the morning you’ll see the owner making bagels without a shirt on. His furrier than Robin Williams chest hairs are probably in the bagels.
Can’t believe the board of health hasn’t closed them down. Spouse walks by the store every morning and just told me he sees him topless every morning.

Best bagel in Towson, by far. It’s unbelievable how good they taste. The salmon lox is my favorite. Lot’s of different salmon options that have a range of flavors, imported from all over the world! The staff is always friendly and helpful. My only two complaints are, I wish they would accept credit card: It’s cash and check only. And I wish they were open every day. They have some seemingly random days that they are closed.

Best bagels and lox around!!! Excellent selection of salmon and bagels. Can sit outside and people watch and enjoy life!

I stopped by on a Sunday morning. The line was fairly long with 5 people ahead of me. I was looking for a good smoked salmon bagel in the area. I drove a little bit out of the way to find me some at Greg’s Bagels. After perusing the long list of choices, I decided on the Canadian Candy with capers on a toasted everything bagel. The elderly lady who was at the front was very kind and attentive. Once I got my bagel, I immediately unwrapped it and took a bite. It was delicious. I got that sweet tooth, so it was pretty tasty to me. I had wanted to get another bagel for my significant other, but I ran out of cash. :(I definitely will be back next time with more cash in my wallet to try the other smoked salmon selections.

Great egg salad, especially with the curry and the owner is hilarious. We like coming here, but the bagels aren’t necessarily my favorite.

Stopped in here to grab some bagels after lunch at Ejji. When I arrived, the woman behind the counter was helping someone else, so I waited patiently, despite there being 2 or 3 other employees behind the counter doing clean up (the place wasn’t set to close for over an hour…)
Stood around and waited for 10m without acknowledgement or so much as a «we’ll be right with you» from the woman behind the counter… Just, not friendly service, I eventually turned around and walked back out. I’m sure the food would be worth it, but I’m not going back

I have only gotten bagels here once but I am already a huge fan. What a gold mine! I am a born and raised mid-​upstate NY’er and bagels are the one thing I really thought I had to give up on in Baltimore. There is a big difference between a round piece of bread and a bagel… most places down here don’t seem to understand that. Yes, I’m a little bit of a bagel snob :]
That being said, I’m really impressed by this place! I ran in the store five minutes before he closed and there were still four varieties of fresh bagels left. It seems like he would have a whole lot of different flavors in the mornings, which makes me excited to go back. I only glanced at the wall of topping varieties but I noted the great selection, especially in salmon. Until I go back I can’t attest to how any of these taste but my gut says they’re sure to be delicious. I chose onion and poppy bagels, and I ate one with my own lox for dinner that night and then then served the rest for breakfast the next day. Both times were excellent… the bread had the right gummy-​moistness that bagels are supposed to have. They didn’t need to be toasted at all, which is usually necessary to tolerate Baltimore bagels. The size of the bagels are smaller than I’ve come to expect. I actually enjoy this, because one of these is the perfect size for me to finish whereas an average-​sized bagel is really too much in my opinion. If they had lasted more than 24 hours in my house I would have been able to comment on their preservation qualities, but I can’t!
The interior, as another reviewer so aptly put it, is ‘unpretentious’. Picture multiple signs handwritten in magic markers, lots of formica, and no-​fuss décor. It really reminds me of my hometown’s bagel shop.
They only take cash and the service is so very friendly… I think I met Greg himself! He seems like a kind and warm man which makes me all the more willing to take my business back there. The only thing that bothers me a little is that they have weird hours and are seemingly always closed at normal business times. This knocked them a star for me. I know bagel shops close early, but it makes it hard to get bagels when you rarely have a day free of normal working hours.

I wanted to like this place. But these are not bagels.
Einstein bagels are not bagels, and Greg’s are in the round bread category like Einstein’s.
It is a nice place with a very friendly staff. The sandwiches and other things look good. There is parking in front and on the street, located in a redeveloped area right off York Road and Northern Parkway.
Bagels have a slightly hard exterior that makes them unique among most breads and rolls. They have a chewiness that is hard to define. They are a thing in of themselves.
When I was a kid my dad would drive into Baltimore once a week to get bagels, usually off Reisterstown Road. In Bethesda you can get them at Bethesda Bagel or Goldbergs (Silver Spring). I have a long history with bagels, even though I don’t get them often (anymore). I don’t want to claim any ethnic ability, though I have the pedigree. I think any Jew or Gentile can know what a really good bagel tastes like.
I don’t understand why people who make round bread call it a bagel: Greg’s makes rolls and I think we should all agree that a roll is a roll and a bagel is a cousin of the roll but something distinct. There are good ones and bad ones and then there are the bagels that are not actually bagels. These are tasty rolls, so know that going in.
These ain’t bagels. Sorry.

It’s cash only. Just needed to be sure to let you know. They also accept Rolex watches. Seriously.
Greg’s awesomeness is not only found in the astonishing list of fresh salmon to adorn your delicious bagel, it’s the entire experience. The interior is unpretentious, a welcome change from many of the stores in Belvedere Square. The owners are hustling behind the counter, sometimes moving faster than the crew of polite and cheery local college kids. Everything about Greg’s feels close and friendly. It’s well made food. It’s good selection. How about clotted cream as a topping with jam? Maybe havarti or gouda when you add egg and bacon to your vidalia or colossus bagel? (You must try the colossus — it’s like an everything but way better.) Greg’s is just damn good quality from the top to the bottom. It’s been the best bagel spot in Baltimore for forever for many reasons.

Seriously, there is no smell in the world better than fresh bagels out of Greg’s oven. We just popped in after lunch today, and there were 2 dozen chocolate chip bagels, and while I planned on only 4 bagels to bring home, I wound up grabbing a half dozen of those and a half dozen plain. The food is amazing, the owners are amazing, the smoked salmons are amazing. There is nothing that isn’t amazing here.
BE AWARE: They only accept cash

Greg’s is everything a bagel joint should be. Don’t think twice. Go.
Helpful hint: It’s cash only!

Delicious bagels with a large assortment of bagels and cream cheese. Just the way you want it, with fancy lox, too. Wish that they had an endless supply of their food, although I guess that’s the charm of being a small mom-​n-​pop place.
Happiness, get in ma belly!

Greg is the best bagel purveyor I’ve ever come across. the everything bagel with Scottish salmon is my go-​to bagel. I’ve known Greg and the crew for nearly 20 years and while I am no longer local, it remains a place of pilgrimage whenever I come to the area.

When it comes to bagels, I’m very particular. My fav bagel place is the Goldberg’s, on Reisterstown Road and I’ve not found a comparison yet.
I ordered an everything bagel, with the Scottish lox; I believe. And the bagel I received, kinda looked squashed and the veggies I asked for, appeared as if they were thrown on my bagel.
I guess I just miss the bagels I grew up with in Jersey. The old fashioned bagel shops, that sell a variety of steaming, freshly made bagels — with just a few flavors of shmear: plain, lox & chive. In my mind, it’s the bagel that’s supposed to shine. It’s big, chewy inside, with toppings that are distinguishable and full of flavor, onions/​garlic/​salt.
Greg’s was not this.

Best bagels I’ve had in my entire life! I have one word for these bagels: masterful. Fresh, well made, balanced texture, just the right density.
We had a selection of bagels with lox — they were perfect!
This place has ruined me for bagels. I will always have this as my golden standard which will be hard to compete with!
Greg was friendly and the place was cute, it had a home-​like feel. Would definitely recommend.

I have heard about this place having long long lines — but in the middle of the day on a Saturday, it was smooth sailing.
They have a long list of different types of smoked salmon and tons of different bagels; plain, wheat, chocolate cherry, blueberry, etc. Plus, they have every type of topping you could imagine — veggies, hummus, cream cheese, butter.
I opted for a flax seed bagel, dusted with sesame and spicy red pepper with egg and maple chicken sausage. It’s not pretentious here — paper plates for here and they wrap your bagel in foil and slide it into a brown paper lunch bag if you get your sammie to go. Their eggs are not cooked to order — it is more of an egg patty. They forgot my cheddar cheese, but the bagel was so delish, I barely noticed until I was half done.
Believe me, how I have ever gone to Panera, when this place is two blocks south is beyond me. It will never happen again.

A+ bagels & a zillion to choose from. Largest selection of lox in the known world.
Staff is terrific.
Go there.
Order.
Eat.
Enjoy.
Say hello to the owners, Greg and Cathy.
Seriously: Don’t miss out.

If you like lox on a bagel this place is your heaven… if you have never had lox on a bagel, yet you enjoy sushi, I highly highly recommend this place to be your first lox experience, and trust me you will never look back!
Don’t be discouraged when walking into this place, its a bit shabby inside, but make sure you glue your eyeballs onto the long black chalkboard that has all of their different types on lox listed… yes they have more than one, they are marinated differently, spiced, smoked, you name it they have it.
My favorite is the Balti-​Style… I also love the Norwegian one too. The bagels here are smaller than most and not chewy at all, they are best for lox… I do not recommend taking a dozen home or anything because they do get hard quick. Breakfast sandwiches are awesome!!! Be aware though that their sausage is not a breakfast sausage, it is like a kelbasa or something, however I still get a sausage, egg and cheese on a bagel every once in a while, its delicious!
If you want coffee do yourself a favor and walk down the sidewalk to Atwater’s to get the BEST coffee you will ever have in your life.
Greg’s Bagels is owned by… Greg… you can point him out because he has a painting of him and him and his kids hanging on the wall. His wife is usually working the register and is the sweetest lady you will ever meet in your life.
CASH ONLY!!! Be aware that this place does not accept credit cards, they are very dated in this aspect. I used to come here once a week at least and they got to know me a bit and every once in a while they would give me my food and tell them to pay them later… who does that? I of course would pay them back the next day, but it just goes to show that these are genuine people.
Highly recommended!!! Take the drive out here! Don’t miss out on the best lox in Baltimore!