New Yorkers may claim to have the best bagels in the world — but another city is giving the Big Apple a run for its money.
BagelFest, a national competition, was held at Citi Field this weekend where Starship Bagel in the Dallas/Fort Worth-area walked away with the top honor.
The Texas shop was founded by a Brooklyn-born bagel maker and the store is a James Beard-nominated bakery.
The bakery also earned the top honor from the festival in 2023.
About two dozen businesses from 13 states and three other countries battled it out at Sunday’s competition and the festival organizer said it just keeps getting bigger.
“It’s such a New York thing, you’re not going to get this anywhere else in the world but this city, so it’s a celebration of New York culture, but also global bagel culture and it all comes together,” said BagelFest organizer Sam Silverman.
Adding a bit more salt to the wound, New York didn’t even win the People’s Choice Award — that went to Baltik’s Bagel, a shop in Richmond, Virginia.
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