Chicago Bagel Authority - Armitage

Literally the best bagel shop in all of Chicago. Been coming here for 10 years and never disappoints. Highly recommend the Messy Katie - you won’t regret it!

As a New Jerseyan, I have high expectations for my bagel sandwiches. While this is not quite how I used to enjoy bagels, these sandwiches are excellent!! My favorite is the Hangover Helper!! By the way, the staff here is great too, especially Kerry, she gave me wonderful recommendations. Please please please give her a raise!!

Best bagels in Chicago hands down.

Good but not worth the wait or hassle. I have ordered on the Toast app for pickup multiple times and half the time I don't get a notification (app or text) when my food is ready. This is really irritating because the food takes so long (25-30 minutes) and I don't want to get there too early and have to wait or get there too late and have cold food. Another time after waiting forever, I got home only to see that they gave me someone else's sandwich that was totally different from what I ordered. Most recently I placed a pickup order on Toast. I went in the restaurant to get it at the estimated time the app gave me, without getting a notification, because multiple times in the past my food has been ready and sitting on the shelf even though I received no text/notification that my food was ready. A smug employee interrupted me while I was looking for my food and said it wouldn't be ready until I got a text. So I foolishly listened to him and stood in the crowded restaurant and waited 5-10 minutes. Another employee saw me waiting and went to check on the order for me. Surprise, my food was already sitting on the shelf getting cold even though I still hadn't gotten a text/notification. If only the smug, know-it-all employee wouldn't have nagged me out of looking for my food, I could have gotten it when it was still hot and not cold. I'm done with this place. If you're going to nag people about looking for their food before they get a notification, how about you actually send the notifications when the food is ready?

I missed this place. So gooooooood.

I don’t usually leave negative reviews but these bagels are disappointing if you’re a New Yorker.

Must get the everything bagel with lox schmear, super yummy. Also sit at the patio out back!