Rejoice: We’re currently in the third golden age of Seattle bagels.
First, there was the ’90s bagel boom that saw places like Bernie’s, Noah’s, and Bruegger’s come and go. Then the 2010s expansion of local shops brought us Eltana, Westman’s, Rubinstein’s, and Zylberschtein’s. Now we’re seeing the arrival of post-pandemic bakers elevating the region’s bagel bona fides (Old Salt at Manolin, the pop-up Aaron’s Bagels, Tacoma’s Howdy Bagel).
Through every era, every shop closure, and every hype cycle, Bagel Oasis has endured. It’s been in Ravenna since 1988, when it really was an oasis — a fertile place of sustenance and respite in a desert devoid of bagels,
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