Is Tal Bagels Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New York, NY)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 New York, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Tal Bagels is listed open on talbagelsnyc.com, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The official Tal Bagels site lists 357 1st Avenue with matching phone and hours; a 2026-07-19 West Side Rag article discusses the original Tal Bagels location separately. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 4, Episode 4
- Address 357 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10010
- Website talbagelsnyc.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The deli episode highlighted Tal Bagels' hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels, the traditional method the shop has used since it was founded on the Upper East Side in 1988, according to the company's own website. Tal Bagels grew from that original store into a small Manhattan chain with locations on Lexington Avenue, East 86th Street, and 1st Avenue near Gramercy, the address featured in this entry. The official site, talbagelsnyc.com, copyrighted 2024, lists the 357 1st Avenue shop with a working phone number and daily 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours.
According to a New York news site, West Side Rag (2026-07-19), a separately owned Tal Bagels location on the Upper West Side was temporarily shut by the health department and later reopened. That location is no longer part of the original chain founded by the company; the 1st Avenue shop featured here is unaffected by that closure.
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Ep 4Jimmy & Drew's
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Ep 4Sarcone's Deli
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Sources we checked
- talbagelsnyc.com https://www.talbagelsnyc.com/
- westsiderag.com https://www.westsiderag.com/2026/07/19/tal-bagels-popular-uws-bagel-spot-closed-by-the-health-department
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Record btiea-0325 · checked by Cal Marchetti.