Scenes from Black Seed, NYC’s hottest new bagel phenom

Black Seed, the buzzy bagel shop from Noah Bernamoff (Mile End) and Matt Kliegman (The Smile), debuted in Soho last week, garnering hour-long waits for their Montreal-meets-Gotham rounds—we even spotted Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in line for a lox-and-schmear on opening day. The turnout was so great that the wood-paneled joint had to close on Monday, April 28 due to the overwhelming demand, with the staff returning fresh-faced on Tuesday to roll out even more of their bagel beauts. Haven’t made it in to try the ambitious house-made spreads and abundantly seeded, wood-fired rings? Our food-porny slideshow will change that real quick. Check out the full menu below:

BLACK SEED MENU:

HAND-ROLLED WOOD-FIRED BAGELS
$1.50/piece | $8/half dozen | $15/baker’s dozen
Plain, poppy, sesame, everything, salt, garlic, pumpernickel, multigrain

STANDARD SPREADS
Butter + $1
House-made cream cheese, tofu cream cheese + $1.50
House-made jam, house-made almond butter + $1.75

FANCY SPREADS
Scallion, horseradish, veggie, herbed tofu + $1.75

FISH SPREADS
Smoked bluefish + $3.50
Lox and dill+ $4
Tobiko caviar + $4.50

SLICED FISH
Rainbow trout + $6
Cold smoked salmon + $6.50
Beet-cured lox + $8
Sable + $10

SALADS
Egg + $3.00
Line-caught tuna + $4.50
Smoked whitefish + $5

CHEESE
Cheddar, Muenster, Swiss, Havarti, smoked Gouda + $2
Ricotta + $3.50

TOPPINGS
Red onions, capers, cucumber, radish, butter lettuce + $.50
Tomato, avocado, sprouts, herbs + $1

VEGETABLE SALADS
Health salad, sweet cucumber salad, radish salad, Israeli salad $4
German potato salad, kale salad $5

SIGNATURE SANDWICHES
1 Salmon, cream cheese, red onion, tomato and capers $11
2 Beet-cured salmon, horseradish cream cheese, radish and herbs $12
3 Tobiko spread, salmon and butter lettuce $13
4 Whitefish salad, cream cheese and sweet cucumber $9
5 Sable, salmon and scallion cream cheese $15
6 Tuna-salad and Muenster-cheese melt $8
7 Egg salad, butter lettuce, red onion and cracked pepper $6
8 Ricotta, apple and honey $6
9 Tofu cream cheese, avocado and sprouts $5
10 Lox and dill spread, radish, sprouts $7
11 Two eggs, cheese, Mile End bacon $8