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The best bagel with lox in New York

A boiled-then-baked bagel with cream cheese, silky cured salmon, capers, red onion and tomato. The dish to eat here, and the three places that do it best. Recipe at chefamazing.com/food-travel/dish/new-york-city.

3 places in New York City · by Chef Amazing · updated October 23, 2026
Photo: russanddaughters.com

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    Russ & Daughters

    Jewish appetizing · East Houston Street, Lower East Side

    Get: The Classic: Gaspé Nova, cream cheese, tomato, onion and capers on an everything bagel

    An appetizing shop since 1914, the place that defines lox and bagels.

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    179 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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    Barney Greengrass

    Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side

    Get: Nova and eggs with onions, plus a bagel with sturgeon

    The 'Sturgeon King' since 1908, with an old-New-York dining room.

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    Ess-a-Bagel

    Third Avenue, Midtown East

    Get: A huge everything bagel with scallion cream cheese and nova

    Big, chewy, hand-rolled bagels that many New Yorkers rate the best in town.

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