Shop Highlights: Phenomenal sandwich menu, fresh baked bagels, ultra hip following 

Total Package Review: This bagel shop has got it all. Breakfast sandwich menu served all day plus specialty lunch sandwiches with oodles of flavor packed veggie options. I was very impressed by the bagels and sandwiches here but was turned off by the type of people that lined up out the door waiting for bagels. Somewhere on hipstagram an influencer must have posted a Tompkins Square sandwich glam shot because every basic chic young adult in Manhattan was here in force. I wish I could've enjoyed my sandwich without feeling like I was wearing pajamas amidst the fashion forward folk.

Total Package Score: 9 / 10

Bagel Score: 10 / 10

Shop Ambiance: Their 2nd Ave location is a small and unassuming storefront with a couple of sidewalk tables. The interior was a bustling mess of bagel lovers all filed into a line that wrapped all the way to the back. The oven and flattop are towards the rear of the shop while the bagels were on display behind the cream cheese cooler that connected to the register. Some additional inside seating was near the front window. The place was not trying to be hip but it sure seemed that way with all the chic and beautiful people all over the place.

Personal History with Shop: Anna and I had our first NYC bagel experience here at Thompkins in 2022 while on our bike tour of the east coast.

Ownership: Two-of-a-kind Small Business 

Page last updated November 2022