The Bagel Store

Wow I’m impressed! I don’t often give 5 star ratings so this is a big deal! Best hamentashen I’ve ever had! Oh so good! I had a bialy too which was great with the whitefish salad and lox cream cheese — delicious. This is definitely my favorite kind of comfort food. I’ll be back!

This place is in walking distance from my house so I thought I would give it a try. I wouldn’t say that bagels were bad at all but I wouldn’t say OMG those were awesome either. They were really just right in the middle of good and bad maybe leaning a little more on the good side.
Note: Because they are Kosher they don’t toast or put on cream cheese. This is something I find kind of strange because I know I have been to Kosher places that do this so I’m not sure exactly what law this is. They do sell cream as well so I suggest you get these to go and eat them at home if you like them toasted or with cream.

They’re kosher (who knew?) which I was told means 1) they can’t toast your bagel and 2) they can’t apply spread to the bagel for you. To me, these are two must-​haves for a bagel shop. I left disappointed and feeling slightly confused, mainly because I spent over 7 years in the Jewish deli & bagel capital of the country and never heard of such a thing. Two stars for friendly staff, but if you’re looking to purchase a bagel for breakfast, I’d advise to look elsewhere.

Was expecting authentic NY bagels that were crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Nothing special about the bagels here. Maybe the weekend isn’t a good day to get bagels here.

I moved here from NYC. The website says, «New York Style Bagels», but the bagels are not New York style, unless soft-​style bagels have invaded and colonized NYC.
These are soft-​style bagels. The bagels are not like H&H’s bagels (or other NYC bagel stores) as another reviewer claimed.
Positive point: They have whitefish salad. It is the first time I’ve had it since moving to Denver, and it was great to have.
They also have loaves of bread and pastries which this review does not cover.

By far the best bagels you can get in the Denver area! So fresh and delicious, their salt bagels are my favorite.

I have had these bagels, never been in the store though. They are delicious! As others have said its a little crusty on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. My favs are the sesame and blueberry (very subtle). Go support local businesses!

The bagel store was recommended to me as a shop that made good bagels. I went twice and got about 20 assorted bagels total, just to make sure. The recommendation, along with most of these other reviews, was crap. This is no bagel shop. It is a circular bread shop. In the words of my Russian Jewish father, these bagels have «gone the way of all bad bagels.»
To elaborate, the bagels are too light, too fluffy, too delicate, and don’t have any flavor. The pumpernickel tastes like a plain bagel that they artificially colored brown. The cinnamon raisin completely disintegrates and tears apart when you try to shmear it. A bagel that cannot handle a standard shmearing is no bagel at all. The egg bagels, while they actually do taste like egg bagels, are not nearly dense enough. They get crunchy and cracker-​like when toasted because they do not have the density to withstand a decent toasting. They retain very little of the chew that a bagel ought to have in the middle. If you cut one of these Bagel Store bagels in half it is obvious that they are over-​risen because the holes in the dough are too big. (not the hole in the middle, but the holes in the cut surface of the bagel) Some flavors are better than others, indicating poor quality control, but I use the word flavors cautiously because all the flavors really taste about the same.
On a positive note, the staff is friendly and I was helped immediately each time I went into the store.
I hate to say it, because I do like supporting local businesses, but Breugger’s is better. Breugger’s has some issues, but their bagels, sadly, are closer to what I would be willing to call a real bagel.
Right now, at this moment, I am eating a pumpernickel bagel from the Bagel Store. It has the right texture, but if I was blindfolded I would not guess pumpernickel. It just doesn’t have the taste at all. Not even close. Just tastes like plain. Looks brown… tastes white. If this was the texture of all their bagels I would be relatively happy. Its not. This is the best texture of the bunch. The other flavors are slightly closer to their intended taste profile. Unfortunately, as the flavor goes up, the texture comes down to the fluffy, delicate, tear-​apart crap I mentioned above.
If they could get a nice texture and an authentic flavor in the same bagel, I would change my mind and go back there. No hard feelings. Alas, I doubt that will happen.

Finally made it here, albeit late on a Sunday afternoon. Selection was dwindling as it was close to closing, but there were still people in and out the whole time.
Friendly staff, we got a half dozen bagels and some small pastries. I LOVED my everything and whole wheat and the pastries were really amazing too, my husband said they were exactly like his (now dearly departed) Grandmother’s pastry dough/​pie crusts.
We will have to come back for more and to try the breads, they looked amazing, we just didn’t want to order too much! Well its less than 24 hours later and nothing’s left! :D

No frills bagel shop serving what might be the best bagel I’ve had in Colorado.
While I’m no fine dining expert, I do consider myself very well versed in important topics like pizza, bagels, and beer. And while there’s no shortage of good beer in CO, the options for pizza and bagels can be sorely lacking in comparison to my home state of NJ. I found this place thanks to Unilocal and knew I had to try it out for myself.
I was SO impressed. I was lucky enough to get there right as a fresh batch was coming out and I ordered 2 egg bagels. They don’t toast them or prepare them for you, so I got a tub of Rachael’s veggie cream cheese to go. The bagel was perfect– crusty and slightly chewy on the outside, giving way to a warm, soft center. So 5 stars as far as that’s concerned. But I have to deduct a star for the cream cheese. It was just not good at all. I’m pretty bummed I bought a tub of it. They also have Philly cream cheese there but I don’t consider that much of an alternative. However, the bagels are good enough to be eaten alone so that’s what I will do next time!

Pay no attention to the scattered bad reviews from people who inexplicably wanted pazckis or Philly cream cheese and couldn’t find it here. Go complain about how you couldn’t get a chicken nugget at Le Bernadin.
Truly: This is the only place to go in Denver for bagels. Maybe the only place in all of Colorado or the West. They do it right — boil and bake. They end up chewy and flaky and if you arrive to get one while it’s still warm, you will sit in your car and eat it and sigh with happiness. They don’t sell stupid cinnamon asiago spinach feta crunch bagels. They sell real challah. Real bialys. Real everything. It’s like stepping into a Zabars or Murrys or H&H in Manhattan, only their prices are better and there’s rarely a line.
If only we lived closer.

I just got back from a trip to NYC and must say, I was a little disappointed with my bagel experience, which I chalk up to the bagel store raising the bagel bar!
These bagels are great, seriously better than the best I could find in «the city». Unfortunate, I’m not living in Denver, but I make it a point to pick up some of these whenever I’m back, I even try to take some back to SC when I can.

Oh my! Bagels! Real, toothy, flavorful Bagels! The salted tops are my new favorite! I sat in the parking lot and ate four of them! Friday seems to be the best day for a full selection… I’ll never eat at Einstein’s or Brugers again!

The Bagel Store showed up in my search for paczki. Called to confirm if they did in fact have these polish treats. Initially the woman on the other end was very warm, when I explained what it was I was looking for and if in fact they did have them, I received a cutting «No» and click of the line. The pure rudeness, Ill certainly never be a customer regardless how good the reviews are.

I am not Jewish but «The Bagel Store» is good enough to make me want to convert! Legit bagels that go toe to toe with anything in NYC. All of the pastries are over the top good too. Try *anything* and you won’t be disappointed.

The Bagel Store is the place to find fresh bagels, challah, and scrumptious pastries, all strictly Kosher. Conveniently located near Leetsdale on Monaco, The Bagel Store is a Denver institution!

No frills, just straightforward quality product.
Authentic chewy, tender, toothsome Jewish-​style NY bagels in a variety of traditional flavors. Also, they have excellent challah, mandel bread and hamentaschen.
Be sure to check the hours before heading over — it’s best to get there earlier than later for better selected. First come first serve.

This review is for their challah since I’m yet to try their bagels (I know, I know)
We ordered a giant challah from here for our wedding and it was awesome and inexpensive. Because we ordered one that was so large everyone was able to enjoy it and I’m glad we went that route. I’ll be back to order challahs from here again and to pick up some bagels!

I’ve been bummed since moving here from NYC because there have been no «legit» bagels. Bummed until today, that is!
My friend recommended this place months ago and I’d completely forgotten about it. Mostly because it’s tucked away in a shopping plaza in the middle of nowhere (to me, anyway.)
I got there 5 minutes before it closed. There was nothing left. There was, however, a cranky Orthodox woman buying a bunch of bread and complaining about the price. That’s how I knew I was in a good spot. I bought 4 bagels and a little tub of cream cheese to go.
Going back next week!

This is what the sign says. Bagel shop in a strip mall. But the bagels are yum. Chewey. Delish!
I love little gems that are look all divey with treasure inside. THats what this is!