Mr. Aaron’s Goods delivers freshly boiled bagels, Grippos and pesto schmears, and coffee right to your doorstep on Saturdays, or you can pick them up at TKO.

Where to Find the Best Bagels in Nashville

Nashville’s recent bagel boom gives bagel lovers plenty of good options — from bakeries to pop-ups, farmers markets, and home delivery operations

by Delia Jo Ramsey@EaterNashville Updated Jan 10, 2022, 10:37am CST

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Mr. Aaron’s Goods delivers freshly boiled bagels, Grippos and pesto schmears, and coffee right to your doorstep on Saturdays, or you can pick them up at TKO.

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by Delia Jo Ramsey@EaterNashville Updated Jan 10, 2022, 10:37am CST

Nashville hot chicken? Yes, of course. Nashville bagels? Not so much. Music City isn't exactly known for carbs in that form, but it’s come into its own — especially amid the pandemic — as folks started boiling their own bagels at home when trips to New York were not an option to score the breakfast staple. In addition to a few bakeries devoted to the craft, several independent local bakers are offering the delicacy for pickup, home delivery, or sale at farmers markets. Here are eight great options for fresh bagels around town.

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Nicky's Coal Fired Bagel Shop

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Husband-and-wife team Tony and Caroline Galzin’s bagel project was a much-needed COVID-19 shutdown success story — a quick pivot that added coal-fired, counter-order bagels to their repertoire. Made from scratch daily with Nicky’s sourdough starter and baked fresh in Enrico (that’s their coal-fired oven), the crisp, chewy bagels range from plain to everything or sesame, with sandwiches, pizza bagels, custom schmears, and even Matzo ball soup on offer. Order bagels and Barista Parlor coffee ahead online for pick-up in the Nations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

5026 Centennial Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209

(615) 678-4289

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Big Ben’s Bagels (on Saturdays at Richland Park Farmers Market)

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Ben Gardner started making and delivering NY-style bagels in early 2020 and quickly became known around town for standout everything, jalapeno cheddar, and sesame bagels — baked fresh and ready for slathering with cool savory schmears like bacon scallion, dill, or Mediterranean. Preorder online here for pickup at the Richland Park Farmers Market on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. He also ships bagel orders (with a week's notice) and is taking on some fun pop-ups ahead, according to social media posts.

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4711 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37209

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Proper Bagel

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One of the first, yes, “proper” bagels in Nashville — on the scene since opening in 2016 — patrons flock to the Belmont counter-service spot to get their fix of fresh bagels, bagel sandwiches, salads, baked goods, and more.

2011 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212

(615) 928-7276

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H & S Bagels

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The new New York–style bagel shop in Midtown comes from New Jersey-born Hector Sanchez, who has over 40 years of experience in the bagel business. Sanchez serves up real-deal hand-rolled bagels plus fried Taylor ham (or pork roll, depending on who you ask) breakfast sandwiches. Sanchez uses high-gluten flour to give his bagels proper elasticity, then adds sugar, yeast, and water before leaving them to proof overnight, and then boiled fresh for optimal chewiness

105 17th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203

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Bagelshop

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Max Palmer and his wife Kayla began like several others around Nashville in January of 2020 — as a delivery-only bagel shop that started in their home kitchen in January of 2020. Fast forward 14 months to March of 2021, when they landed a permanent home in the Fairlane Hotel after popping up at farmers' markets and on the menus in a few local restaurants. On the menu here, you’ll find rotating flavors and schmears, bagel sandwiches, pretty pastries, and Stay Golden Coffee.

401 Union St, Nashville, TN 37219

(615) 988-5333

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Crieve Hall Bagel Co.

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The new sourdough bagel shop from Ben and Lizzy Cornfield got its start out of their home kitchen during quarantine. They just got an official storefront in yes, Crieve Hall, where they offer flavors from plain and cinnamon sugar to jalapeno cheddar, also all available as bagel braids with plenty of schmears to choose from.

4825 Trousdale Dr #228, Nashville, TN 37220

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Mr. Aaron’s Goods

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You can sometimes find Indiana-born Aaron Distler’s goods at Lebanon’s Demeter’s Common, through Greener Roots, or on menus at Cafe Roze, Margot, TKO, the 404 Kitchen, Saint Stephen, Santo, Deacon’s New South, and Acme Feed & Seed. Distler’s crowd favorite bagels, pasta, sauces, and other goodies used to be available for delivery-only, but now you can preorder them for pickup Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at TKO. He’ll also still deliver them (place orders online) right to your doorstep on Saturdays, just place orders by Thursday at 8 p.m.