Real New York bagels. Rolled by hand in the Midwest.

Kettle-boiled. Baked fresh every morning. Local, family-owned and made the hard way, on purpose.

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A sausage, egg and cheese on a poppy bagel, cut in half and held up with the cheese pulling between the halves

The craft

Four steps we never skip.

Hand rolled
Every bagel is shaped by hand. No forming machine.
Never rushed
Our dough recipe stays in house. We give it the time it needs, and we never rush it.
Kettle boiled
Boiled in a kettle before it bakes, the New York way. Never steamed.
Baked fresh
Baked fresh every morning in a rotating deck oven.

What goes in

Flour we stand behind
High-quality flour that is never bleached and never bromated, plus whole grains in our honey whole wheat bagels.
Produce picked for flavor
Heirloom tomatoes and fresh greens, picked for flavor, not shelf life, and sourced locally when they are in season.
Atlantic salmon
Premium cold-smoked Atlantic salmon, sliced thin for lox and piled high on the Brighton Beach.
Smoked natural turkey breast
Smoked natural turkey breast on the Long Island and our catering platters in Chicago and Lake Geneva; house-roasted turkey breast in Madison.
Craft coffee, locally roasted
Locally roasted beans from Passion House Coffee Roasters in Chicago and Lake Geneva, and Colectivo Coffee in Madison. Brewed hot, poured cold or pulled as espresso.
All made by us
Every bagel rolled by hand, every cream cheese whipped, and every deli salad and sauce made from scratch in our own kitchens.

Signatures

Stacked high, on a bagel that was dough at dawn.

Bacon, Egg & Cheddar
Thick-cut bacon, a fried egg and aged cheddar.
Order this: Bacon, Egg & Cheddar
OMFG
Nashville fried chicken, thick-cut bacon, a fried egg, aged cheddar and spicy aioli.
Order this: OMFG
Lox & Cream Cheese
Atlantic cold-smoked salmon and house-whipped cream cheese. The classic.
Order this: Lox & Cream Cheese
The Williamsburg
Pastrami, NY strong mustard and coleslaw.
Order this: The Williamsburg
Spicy Sausage, Egg & Cheddar
Spicy Italian sausage, a fried egg and aged cheddar.
Order this: Spicy Sausage, Egg & Cheddar
Catering · serves 13
Riverside Park Platter
A NY Dozen® (13 bagels), a pound of lox, two 8 oz spreads and all the fixings.
Order this: Riverside Park Platter

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At Gotham right now

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Lincoln Brunch Fest
Saturday, Oct 10, 10am–2pm: we're serving at Lincoln Brunch Fest on Lincoln Ave between Diversey and Wellington, steps from our Lakeview shop.
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Chicago Bagel Fest 2027
We're coming back to Chicago Bagel Fest in February 2027. The organizers haven't announced the date yet; we'll share it when they do.
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Find us

Six shops. Zero shortcuts.

Four in Chicago, two in Wisconsin. Find the one closest to you and order ahead.

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Chicago

Gold Coast1212 N Dearborn St., ChicagoDaily 7 am – 2 pm
Lakeview2801 N Lincoln Ave., Unit B, ChicagoDaily 7 am – 2 pm
South Loop521 S Dearborn St., ChicagoDaily 7 am – 1 pm
Magnificent Mile162 E Superior St., Unit B, ChicagoDaily 6:30 am – 2 pm

Wisconsin

Madison112 E Mifflin St., MadisonTue–Sat 8 am – 2 pm · Sun 8 am till we run out! (Usually noon)
Lake Geneva300 Wrigley Dr., Unit B, Lake GenevaDaily 7 am – 2 pm

Catering

Feeding the whole office? Start here.

Bagel platters come with a NY Dozen® (13 bagels) and serve 13, with a pound of lox or sliced deli meats, house-whipped spreads and all the fixings. New in Chicago: sandwich platters and bagel & cream cheese platters, nine wrapped and sliced in half. Add coffee and you're done.

In Chicago and Lake Geneva, order online and schedule it up to 60 days ahead. For big orders, order at least a day ahead so we can bake for you. Not sure how much you need? See our ordering guide.

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Gotham lox platter from above: cold-smoked salmon, sliced cucumber, lemon, capers, red onion, arugula and pickles

A Gotham Sandwich Platter of bacon, egg and cheddar bagel sandwiches, wrapped and sliced in half

Gotham Bagels co-founders Kenneth Scharf and Joe Gaglio

In loving memory of Kenneth Scharf (1956–2021), pictured with fellow co-founder Joe Gaglio.

Local & family-owned since 2006

You don't need New York water. You need a New Yorker.

Gotham started in 2006 with one New Yorker, one dream, and a hunch that the secret to a real bagel was never the water — it was the hands that rolled it. Two decades later, we're still rolling every bagel by hand, and still proving that hunch right one dozen at a time.

Still local. Still family-owned. Still rolled by hand.

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