The Bagel Shop

As a bagel virgin you don’t really get what the fuss is about. After all, it’s just bread with a hole in it. But one bite of a toasted cream cheese-and-chives-smeared sesame bagel, and you’ll be a convert.

So go and get them hot, fresh and with toppings piled high at the new hipster joint, The Bagel Shop. It’s just like Central Perk on Friends, but in Bandra.

You can customise an imaginative bagel sandwich of your own or stick to an extensive menu that includes smoked salmon, low-fat cream cheese, Nutella and avocado varieties. Your gabby girlfriends and you need something potable for your parched throats? Choose from milkshakes, smoothies and a plethora of coffee drinks.

The new age eatery is conveniently located below the queen of kitsch boutiques, Barefoot, in tony Pali Hill. So don’t be surprised to see ladies shop till they drop and then stop in for a caffeine fix.

Before you know it, you’ll be religiously coming by to lounge on the cushy wicker furniture. Or to spy on the hunk reading the paper in the corner.

No wonder breakfast has always been your favourite meal.

The Bagel Shop. Below Barefoot, Pali Mala Road, off Carter Road, Bandra-West. Telephone: 26050178.