Staff are friendly and helpful. The lox bagel with lox cream cheese is outstanding. I've had the matzoh ball soup and some bakery items also.

Just an outstanding experience every time I visit Pittsburgh and grab some eats from this restaurant. Perplexing to see any negative reviews tbh. I placed a pickup order through an online app for a couple salt bagels and a pastrami sandwich. For the latter, I had no expectations other than tasty pastrami - as you can see from the photo, it was gigantic with the meat overflowing. The bagels were outstanding, mind you I live in Colorado and it's just not the same as Pittsburgh to East Coast bagels. And the assortment of this establishments pastries was incredible - I grabbed a gigantic black and white cookie, just had to have it as a snack for later. Also I wanted to add how my experience as a customer was equally outstanding. The restaurant staff and even the owner (I believe his name is Mike) were very personable, friendly and kind. Had a nice chat with Mike, as I'm a big fan of college hockey and he played Division 1 years ago. Even from that brief chat, you can tell how much pride they all take in providing an excellent product to their customers - from their baked goods to sandwiches and other things. I will be back the next time I visit!

Left feeling satisfied. The chive bacon shmear was chive cream cheese with 2 big pieces of real bacon! Pleasant surprise. It doesn't have a polished atmosphere but that's what makes it an institution in Sq Hill. The bagels here are above average for Pittsburgh.