Best Bagels Close to the Zoo??

[YYZSolly]

Hi - heading with kids to Washington and want to get some excellent bagels. What's close?

Thanks in advance, Chowhounds.

YYZSolly

[woodleyparkhound]

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you are out of luck, unless there is something I don't know about - if that is the case, others can chime in. I don't know of a place to get "excellent" bagels anywhere in DC, much less near the zoo. However, there is a place to get excellent pizza by the slice near the zoo (a few blocks north at Cleveland Park) -- Vace, if that is of any interest.

Will you have a car?

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Vace
3315 Connecticut Avenue NW, DC 20008

[YYZSolly]

Pizza slices are ALWAYS of interest - thanks :)

[Doh]

Here's a recent WaPost roundup of bagel places-- you'll notice most of them are in the burbs (although Bethesda Bagels is "only" about a 10 minute metro ride from the zoo). http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/bes...

I think Open City has bagels, so that might be the closest place to the zoo but I haven't actually tried them.

edit to add: I just remembered So's Your Mom (a deli on Columbia Road in Adams Morgan) has bagels that are ok for DC.

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Open City
2331 Calvert St NW, Washington, DC 20008

[hamster]

Depending when you come, the new Bethesda Bagel north of Dupont Circle might be open by then. Probably closer than Bethesda, but still would be a long walk from the zoo.

[woodleyparkhound]

I forgot about So's Your Mom - love that place! They have really good breakfast sandwiches there on bagels. Personally, I think it's too far to walk to the zoo from there. It would probably take 30-40 mins. They also are take-out only (no seating).

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So's Your Mom
1831 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009

[Doh]

I think it's about a mile from the front door of the zoo (CT ave), but if you walk downhill through the zoo and go out the back, it would be (even) more convenient.

[YYZSolly]

Thanks, all!!

[J_DC]

Aren't So's Your Mom bagels H&H bagels that were frozen and delivered from New York? I remember reading that somewhere...

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So's Your Mom
1831 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009