EditorialJoseph DeRuvo Jr., who has been barefoot for 20 years, picks up bagels at a bakery in Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 6, 2023. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialJoseph DeRuvo Jr., who has been barefoot for 20 years, picks up bagels at a bakery in Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 6, 2023. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialJoseph DeRuvo Jr., who has been barefoot for 20 years, picks up bagels at a bakery in Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 6, 2023. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialBins full of bagels in the storeroom of Gate Gourmet, a global airline catering company that provides meals to flights out of more than 200 airports, at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Nov. 29, 2022. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
EditorialRep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), a Democratic candidate for governor, greets people at Mo's Bagels & Deli in Aventura, Fla. on Aug. 14, 2022. (Saul Martinez/The New York Times)
EditorialRep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), a Democratic candidate for governor, greets people at Mo's Bagels & Deli in Aventura, Fla. on Aug. 14, 2022. (Saul Martinez/The New York Times)
EditorialRep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), a Democratic candidate for governor, greets people at Mo's Bagels & Deli in Aventura, Fla. on Aug. 14 2022. (Saul Martinez/The New York Times)
EditorialBO’s Bagels in Harlem is one of the many small businesses in New York City that struggled during the pandemic without international tourists. (Gabby Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialBO’s Bagels in Harlem is one of the many small businesses in New York City that struggled during the pandemic without international tourists. (Gabby Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialSeguine Hot Bagels, which is situated on the South Shore of Staten Island, an area with some of the highest rates of coronavirus cases in New York City, July 16, 2021. (Olga Ginzburg/The New York Times)
EditorialFresh bagels, are rolled by hand and are palm-sized, awaiting customers at Mark's Off Madison in New York on June 14, 2021. (Daniel Krieger/The New York Times)
EditorialNichole Craddock, an operations manager at the Greater Knead, inspect bagels before packaging at the company’s warehouse in Bensalem, Pa. on Nov. 23, 2020. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)
EditorialKim Gaglio, delivers an order to customer Caroline Knee, in the doorway of Gotham Bagels in Madison, Wis., Thursday, May 14, 2020. (Lauren Justice/The New York Times)