The Best Bagel Shops in Berkeley, by the Record
Berkeley has sent exactly one place into the record so far: Boichik Bagels, honored by San Francisco Chronicle.
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Rank 1. Boichik Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
The line outside this Berkeley bagel shop has been there since day one and shows no sign of leaving. Boichik turns out chubby, chewy, malty New York-style bagels, kosher and done traditionally: salt bagels heavy with big sea-salt flakes, pumpernickel baked nearly chocolate-dark. The San Francisco Chronicle named them the Bay Area's best. Cream cheese runs from plain whipped to Hatch chile, and the house-made whitefish salad sandwich makes a strong case for staying.