578082 Sun Dec 07 11:05:48 -0800 2008 10 4 Pacific Northwest 0 4227217 Got in a conversation with a friend over this, so thought I'd get recommendations here - what are people's votes for best bagel in town? On a related note, as I like having this on a bagel, any one know a good place for whitefish salad spread? Noah's (who's bagels aren't great), used to have a great whitefish salad on a bagel sandwich, but they stopped carrying it last year. Thanks! Sun Dec 07 11:05:48 -0800 2008 85184 broksonic 1 4228813 The only one I consider edible is at Bagel Oasis. The nearest alternative beside that would be a Montreal-style bagel across the border in Vancouver. Mon Dec 08 06:57:03 -0800 2008 4227217 13045 terrier 1 4229287 Make the most of the currently affordable gas prices and take a road trip to one of the following destinations: Head north to Bellingham and go to the Bagelry on Railroad Ave. (Then check out Mallard Ice Cream next door for dessert). OR Head south to Portland and hit up Kenny and Zukes, where they make a nice whitefish salad (along with chopped liver, chicken salad, egg salad, etc.) to spread on their delicious house baked bagels and bialys. Sadly, Seattle no longer has a decent bagel bakery, IMO. Mon Dec 08 09:38:46 -0800 2008 4227217 234120 RouxBabe 2 4233996 Agree about Zenny and Zukes in Portland. Best bagels, whitefish salad and corned beef on the west coast. Tue Dec 09 17:23:31 -0800 2008 4229287 214089 rosesarefree 1 4229409 i find the bagel shop on first avenue between pike and pine to purvey an entirely acceptable product - and the only whitefish salad i know of in seattle )albeit a tad salty) is just down the street at the 'i love new york deli' in the economy arcade under the market clock. Mon Dec 08 10:08:20 -0800 2008 4227217 14758 howard 1st 2 4229537 Are you talking about Pike Place Bagel? That place is horrid. The bagels are too fluffy and the microwave them! Mon Dec 08 10:35:03 -0800 2008 4229409 10120 Lauren 3 4234536 now, that's going the extra mile for sunday morning bagels! Tue Dec 09 21:59:35 -0800 2008 4232609 85184 broksonic 4 4235758 Save some gas. My Coffeehouse in Madison Valley get H&H bagels Fedexed to them every morning. Wed Dec 10 10:23:47 -0800 2008 4234536 19358 hhlodesign 1 4232745 Agreed with bagel oasis. As a lifelong Manhattanite, I'm particular snobby about bagels. Bagel Oasis is fine. The people who work there are hateful, however. No other bagels I've found are reasonable. Pike Place Bagel is drek. Tue Dec 09 11:06:33 -0800 2008 4227217 242017 Chardo 2 4235395 I, too, am an ex-New Yorker, and I agree 100 percent with your take on Bagel Oasis. The bagels there are pretty darn good--not as good as the best I've had in New York, but certainly good enough. The service at Bagel Oasis is absolutely deplorable. It's almost as if they're trying to be slow and uncaring. Whoever owns that place ought to find a new batch of high school kids to work there. Wed Dec 10 08:48:21 -0800 2008 4232745 139515 Earl of Sandwich 2 4323408 Chardo, Ahh, 'drek.' Don't hear that word too much around here, but it does say a mouthful!! Tue Jan 13 15:25:14 -0800 2009 4232745 256900 jfrosenberg