By late on Saturdays, the shelves of Solly’s Bagelry (189 East 28th Avenue, at Main Street, East Vancouver, 604-872-1821; and 2873 West Broadway, Kitsilano, 604-738-2121) are looking pretty bare the traditional Jewish bakery is popular. As well as bagels and bagel chips, it sells knishes, poppy-filled folds called hamantaschen, almond mandelbroit, linzertorte, and chocolate-almond meringues.
Siegel’s Bagels (1883 Cornwall Avenue, Kitsilano, 604-737-8151; Granville Island Public Market, 604-685-5670) is said to have the proverbial “best bagels.” It’s also frequented for its Montreal-style smoked meat or brie with red pepper sandwiches. Another reliable bagel shop and Jewish-style eatery is longtime favorite Max’s Bakery and Delicatessen (3105 Oak Street, 604-733-4838; also 521 West 8th Avenue, 604-873-6297; both in Central Vancouver).
If you’re wandering around Kits (or a dozen other city neighborhoods), you can’t go wrong with a vegetarian or Black Forest ham bagel sandwich from the Bagel Street Café (multiple locations, including 2320 West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, 604-739-8440).
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