Best Bagels Restaurants in Magnificent Mile & Streeterville (60611)
5 hand-picked restaurants, critic-reviewed and ranked
Last Updated: January 2026
Our Top Pick
Yolk - Streeterville
Big-menu brunch spot where bagels plug into hearty breakfast plates.
Notable Picks
8.6
A high-energy breakfast-and-brunch room where bagels share space with scramblers, benedicts, and griddled sweets, Yolk Streeterville is one of the neighborhood’s most validated morning spots. The move for bagel lovers is to treat it like a diner-meets-bagel shop: build a bagel-and-cream-cheese plate or turn the bagel into a loaded breakfast sandwich alongside coffee and sides.
Must-Try Dishes:
Bagel & cream cheese, Two-egg bacon pesto bagel sandwich, Eggs Benedict with bagel on the side
What makes it special: Big-menu brunch spot where bagels plug into hearty breakfast plates.
Kanela Breakfast Club brings a slightly Greek-leaning brunch menu to Streeterville, with lox-and-bagel plates and fried egg bagel sandwiches sharing space with pancakes and crab cake benedicts. It’s a sit-down option where the bagel set skews more composed and cafe-style than grab-and-go, with enough variety to please both bagel traditionalists and brunch grazers.
Must-Try Dishes:
Lox and Bagel with chive cream cheese, Fried egg bagel sandwich, Crab Cake Benedict
What makes it special: A polished brunch cafe where lox bagels and eggy bagel sandwiches are treated like plated entrees.
#3
Tempo Cafe
8.3
A Gold Coast staple since the early 1980s, Tempo Cafe is a big-menu diner where bagels show up in classic Nova lox plates and as supporting players to enormous skillets and omelettes. Locals lean on it for reliable, late-running breakfasts and straightforward lox-on-bagel setups before shopping the Mag Mile.
Must-Try Dishes:
Nova lox on a bagel platter, Bagel with cream cheese and capers, Poor Man’s Skillet with a bagel on the side
What makes it special: Long-running diner where classic lox and bagel plates come with big portions and all-day breakfast energy.
Vibes:
Quick Bites Champions
Cheap Eats Budget Brilliance
Comfort Food Classics
Solo Dining Sanctuaries
Gotham Bagels brings a New York–style bagel shop format just off the Magnificent Mile, with hand-rolled bagels, whipped cream cheeses, and smoked-fish fixings sold by the sandwich or by the dozen. It’s the most bagel-focused operation in 60611, ideal when you want a proper seeded bagel with lox or a hefty breakfast sandwich rather than a general brunch plate.
Must-Try Dishes:
Bagel and Cream Cheese, Brighton Beach smoked salmon bagel sandwich, Bacon, Egg & Cheddar bagel sandwich
What makes it special: Dedicated bagel shop hand-rolling New York–style bagels with full salmon and deli fixings steps from the Mag Mile.
Worthy Picks
7.8
This Streeterville outpost of the Chicago-born Dollop Coffee group functions as a bright, laptop-friendly cafe with vegan-friendly bagels and a build-your-own bagel option alongside pastries and espresso drinks. It’s less a full breakfast destination than a reliable grab-a-bagel-and-work stop, especially for nearby residents and hospital staff.
Must-Try Dishes:
Build Your Own Bagel, Bagel sandwiches with egg and cheese, Toasted everything bagel with chive cream cheese
What makes it special: Local coffee roaster’s Streeterville cafe with vegan-friendly bagels and a customizable bagel program in a workspace-friendly room.