Bagel Nosh
Sunday, May 1, 2005 17:31
Good breakfast this weekend. Saturday morning we headed over to Bagel Nosh on Wishire in Santa Monica. I had my usual breakfast special with an onion bagel. It’s a cheap combo at less than $5 and you get two eggs any style (I go for scrambled), two pieces of bacon, a bagel and hash browns. With the sunny weather, I opted for iced tea over coffee for my caffine infusion, and always get it in a to-go cup so that I can walk out with a full cup.
The bagels at Bagel Nosh tend to be on the chewy side and are thick so that when they come out of the toaster, they are still a little soft on the inside. After you place your order at the counter, you head down to the register, then grab the table number and find a seat in the dining room. Sometimes, on weekends, it gets crowded and competition for tables can get a little tense.
Bagel Nosh is a great place to read the paper on the weekend, to meet friends and fuel up with some eggs and bagels
1629 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310) 451-8771
By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.
Christine says:
May 26th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Hands down the best bagels in L.A. and if you’re light on cash (as many college students are) they offer a variety of breakfast specials for under five bucks. The cozy and relaxed atmosphere is ideal for casual conversations and leisurely reading. Not to mention, the cute boy who works there on weekends is definitely an added bonus! :D
bill van says:
June 23rd, 2005 at 12:41 am
Bagel Nosh provides simple, consistent fare at reasonable prices. I go for the bagels (big and chewy), the coffee (consistently strong and serve-yourself), and the eggs that actually taste and look like eggs. Also, the staff will accommodate special orders. I ordered soft-scrambled eggs and they were done perfectly.
The main eating room is very sunny and clean and, on the weekdays, easily navigable. There is also a seating area to the left of the door, often overlooked, where reclusive-types can read their newspapers without drawing attention to themselves. Quite nice too if you’re having a bad hair day…..
I highly recommend the solid breakfast fare here.
Santo says:
July 7th, 2005 at 2:42 am
I just returned from NYC and bagels will now be judged against the bagels my jewish father turned me on to in Manhattan. I will even have them shipped to me!! Does Bagel Nosh even compare to the fantastic NYC Bagels!!??
Ed says:
February 22nd, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Dude, if you can find anything in LA approaching the Bagels found in NYC, tell us and you’ve done your mitzva for the month.
Heres a neat story about NYC bagels, by the way, for those who have never been east of Laughlin.
http://www.e-cookbooks.net/articles/bagels.htm
cabby says:
April 20th, 2006 at 11:37 am
Sam’s Bagels on Larchmont. I am not from NYC, but my boyfriend’s family is - and they now request Sam’s when they come for breakfast. Trendy wannabes aside, the place is good, the staff is down-to-earth and very sweet. Sandwiches are great too.