Really, really good breakfast. Intelligentsia coffee is well-complimented by a wide variety of bagel-based sandwiches, lots of different toppings, and decent prices especially considering what you get for your money. They have lunch offerings that I havent had a chance to try but will go out on a limb to say that theyll be very good as well. Ingredients are always fresh and prep time is quick. Theyre being very careful about covid, so theres no indoor seating as of 8/10/2021. Theres great sidewalk seating along Sherman (shaded off until noon, full sun from noon until maybe 4pm).

Personally didn’t like the BLT bagel I ordered - it’s overpriced ($12) and the bagel is quite tiny. There is very little avocado in it, it’s cold, and the Mayo does not go well with the combination.However, the coffee was very good. Would not go back for bagel again but would for coffee.

I had the LoxNess Monster Bagel and it didnt disappoint. It was delicious and filling.

Every worker there was super nice and welcoming. Everytime I go there i leave with a sense of happiness and feel relaxed. Their bagels are heavenly and are the best bagels i have ever had. Their coffee tastes wonderful and fills me with energy. Their iced mocha is to die for and i get it every time i go there.

This place has the worst hours. The last 3 times it has been closed. Sundays (when everyone wants bagels) closed. Afternoon for lunch, closed. Random hours mid day mid week closed. It’s looking like this is a front business and not real. Just go to Einstein Bagles downtown. They are open normal business hours. Don’t waste your time here. It won’t be open.

I dont write bad reviews unless service is really really bad. My husband and I were waiting in line to be served at the counter- two guys walked in to the cash register instead of the bagel line. I told the clerk- twice- twice we were there first. Both her and the other customer ignored my husband and after looking at us. The first guy ordered and the second guy realized it was rude and stepped back. I asked her why she ignored me and she said she didnt think we were ready. I reminded her that I told her twice that we were ready to order. The other clerk cleaning started to laugh at the situation- which was even ruder. Aside for service, the everything bagels are good.

Great selection of tasty bagel sandwiches!

The food is pretty great and their fresh OJ is wonderful. However, the cashier in the morning misgendered me 3 times in front of me (while I was paying) even after I corrected him the 1st 2 times. The girl he was training heard me each time, but did not correct him. As much as I like the food, I dont very much like transphobia and disrespect.

Food is pretty good! Love the variety of bagels and toppings. I get better service at McDonalds though.

Love the lox and bagel-good iced coffee too!

Best bagel I have had in years. Service phenomenal.

Favorite daily place.. love the owner and always a neighborhood feel!!!

Really good sandwiches and coffee for a great price!

Super traditional Bagels!! I loved them!!🥰🥯🥯🥰

Great bagel sandwiches and coffee (Intelligentsia). They also have live music on Sunday mornings

Great place to pick up vegetarian bagels or bagel and lox. Order ahead as it can be busy in the mornings.

S-tier prices with dollar coffee on the weekdays 🤯 gonna miss this place

The bagel, cream cheese, lox, cappers is my jam I love this place!

Ive used Bagel Art multiple times for catering orders and am always impressed with the ease of ordering and quality of the food, but their customer service is what really stands out. Vince and he team are dedicated to person-centered care and strive to meet every need and exceed expectations. Highly recommended!

Actually I would like to give the bagels sandwich I had a four-star service however its another thing there is a young man there today wearing a New York Yankees cap I realize I made an error in judgment when I touch the bottom of the paper coffee cup to see what size it was has he aggressively yell please dont touch the cups I apologized for realizing my error, he then said only because of covid-19. In which I understand, so I apologized a second time, but to his paranoia and his hypocrisy I noticed he was wearing food server gloves that he had on when he took money and gave change from the customer before me, without changing his gloves he then touched my coffee cup took my money gave me my change and proceeded to do the same with the next customer. If hes so worried about the spread of covid-19. You should practice good restaurant sanitation as well. Paper currency and coins are extremely high carriers germs, bacteria and diseases. Talk about cross-contamination this young man needs to be retrained in both sanitation in customer relations.

Wow!! I work close by and stopped in to pick up a veggie bagel on my way to work. This bagel was so delicious and fluffy. They really packed on the cream cheese and put a good amount of cucumber and tomato. Overall, 10/10. Would recommend and Im DEFINITELY going back. Sorry for not posting a photo, the bagel was inhaled in about a minute flat.

Best bagels in all of Evanston!

One of the best bagel breakfast sandwiches Ive ever had and piping hot coffee!!

Awesome coffee and great tasty bagel sandwiches plus the staff is very sweet!

Fresh squeezed orange juice also

Pretty good bagels. The bacon was a little undercooked and eggs undersalted for my taste, but still solid overall. Might have been an off day or my tastes are weird, cant really fault them either way. Definitely going back at some point though

My ETHS employees told me about this place, its great!!!

Good coffee, fast service, great bagels

I was very uncomfortable by a man while sitting in their outdoor dining and the employees made the man leave and helped me feel very safe. I am very upset that I didn’t get their names but I am super thankful for them. 100/10 amazing

Great breakfast spot, and a super friendly team!

Super service; food is fresh and tempting. Try the lox or roast beef! Outdoor seating; choose sun or shade.

Great for a quick breakfast. Family friendly too. Best bagels around. We love the strawberry short cake bagel and the baby lox bagel.... and the Chi tea!

BEST New York style bagels in Chicago area!! Bagels are fresh and soft and they have a wide range of cream cheeses. I’m super picky about my bagels and this is one of two places in Chicagoland that I love (with the other being bagellers coffeehouse in Lincoln Park). Sandwiches aren’t as good but it’s rare to find any place that does both superb. If you’re a bagel fanatic like me this place is a MUST-try. Also, staff is super friendly and nice and will remember your name if you go frequently. They have a wide range of indoor and outdoor seating. Coffee is great too and prices are not bad. Some cute shops across the street and great place to walk around. Lots of funky big houses on nearby residential streets. If you are looking to get out of Chicago and see part of Evanston this is a great place to go. So sad that I don’t come here anymore because of remote learning (used to come here on my school lunch break when I worked in Rogers Park). I miss this place!

Nice place to have a breakfast or brunch.The staffs are hospitable.I used to order bacon cheese and egg with sesame bagel. I think it is the best sandwich.You can also change the bagel with wrap.The tea and esp. the hot chocolate is very good, but you can ask them to make it iced as well.The place is quite big but sometimes it got full too.

Bagels were fresh and tasty. Have good variety for sandwiches. Lox and green mountain sandwiches were really good. Also have excellent service and very helpful staff. Perfect for office catering and also deliver. Highly recommend it!

Delicious lox sandwich on a great bagel!

An Evanston staple. Great bagels, friendly service and fair prices. Definitely recommend!

Very good Bagel. Not cheap but well worth the price.

Delicious bagels, great service, and doing well at following covid guidelines.

Nice sojourn there yesterday with a 16 oz americano, after a fun bike ride. Friendly service, outdoor seating.

The smells alone are amazing. Great staff with friendly service. Coffee is smooth yet strong. I love this place as the alternative coffee stop to the chain down the street. And to top it off delicious bagels and sandwiches. Skip the national brand and spend your money at this small business. You wont be disappointed.

Besides the very fresh bagel sandwiches they make a great latte. This morning they had live musicians singing Christmas carols! Ill take this family owned Evanston business over Starbucks any day.

This is such a joy to have near my work. I love Lox bagels and they have an assortment of Lox themed options, some more fancy than any Ive ever had before. That being said the price is still quite reasonable and the staff are very friendly and helpful. I also tried my first Thai iced coffee there and it was really good!

Amazing staff and owners. Great place for a breakfast or lunch bagel sandwich. This place is an important part of the Evanston community. Thanks for all the wonderful service!

I love this place. Great food and great cafe atmosphere. The staff and management are wonderful and care about everyone coming through the door. Everything Ive ordered here is great, and the chocolate chip scones are a delicious plus to the experience. As a bonus, sometimes on the weekend they have some live musicians in the cafe that really give it that comfortable local cafe vibe.

BUYER BEWARE - I stumbled into Bagel Art this am as I am not a regular customer and didnt know the hours. No hours posted on Sherman St entrance and door was open. The employees tell me they are not open for almost another hour, fine. The discerning issue is the employees doing the food prep behind the main counter were not wearing masks and standing right next to each other. There is a sign on door asking customers to wear mask upon entry, does this not apply to employees? Where is mgmt in ensuring the safety of its employees and customers. Who knows what they are infecting and what other shortcuts they are using for their cleaning. Definitely stay away until covid is over

My egg, bacon and cheese bagel sandwich was delicious!

Great food, limited variety, but fast and inexpensive. Mostly bagel sandwiches and some side salads. Chips, cookies and a few other treats. Very friendly staff, near the Dempster Purple line stop. Nice place to meet for a bite and then engage in local shopping....antiques, pet stuff, curios, craft items. Music venue nearby.

Nice casual spot for breakfast or lunch. Its been a while since Ive been here, but Im just getting around to writing some reviews, and this was always a nice place with good service and tasty food when I lived nearby.

I used to live a few blocks away from this place and would come here often. The bagels are well prepared and the coffee is excellent. They even knew my order!I come back sometimes, just for the feels (and my usual egg cheddar and bacon). I wish they had more locations!

So many great aspects in a small package. Great service with a attentive owner. The food is great and always tastes fresh.

Great bagels and bagel sandwiches!

We normally just got coffee and bagels delivered every Friday. Excellent. Then we tried their sandwiches. FANTASTIC. Its a must do.As a whole, the place is great. The team and management are all fellow Evanstonians. They care about others. They care about the community. They are involved. Its everything one would hope to have in their neighborhood. Thank you Bagel Art.

Awesome staff

Best cafe in Evanston!! Come here! Good for food, coffee, or chilling and studying. Great cafe!!

The bagel shop has a pretty wide selection of spreads, bagel sandwiches, and other breakfast items. The food tastes pretty good and is made fairly quickly. The coffee is decent, and the shop itself is actually really well decorated. If you want to spend thirty minutes reading a paper before you get to work, this is a good place to do it. I do wish that it stayed open a bit later though.

Theres always quick service! And the bagels are fresh and perfectly chewy.

This is one of those neighborhood spots that make the Chicagoland the charming place it is.Try the Nova Lux on an everything bagel or an open face everything bagel with fresh avocado and tomatoes dusted with salt and pepper; you will find yourself returning often!The staff is incredible, warm, welcoming, hard working and they know all the regulars by name.Fabulous spot!

Cute little bagel shop. One of the best bagel sandwiches Ive ever tried (with lox). Highly recommended!

Great bagels. A little less homey than it started out, with new owners, but very friendly! Good coffee and a great location! Ive been hanging out in this space since the 1980s, literally, through many incarnations of the Cafe Express and now two of Bagel Art.Still dont know why some folks dont allow public posters on the wall by the door... Its one of the most pure manifestations of free speech, even if most of it is commercial. Community grows from the seeds on Cafe walls. A little chaos is good for the atmosphere! :-)🐼

Nice place for a relaxing break or a commuter pop in stop. For a first time customer, the menu was straight forward, even with the large range of options.

I know they specialize in bagels .. but this has got to be the best place in this neighborhood for a latte... its legit. . Its the perfect place to sit, relax, and surf the net, and study.

Growing up in the Northeast, its very difficult to find a really good bagel place in Chicagoland. That being said, I think that they do a great job here. Last time I ate here I had a sesame bagel with avocado, cream cheese, and lox. It was great. The coffee is also no slouch. Personally, I would rather go here than Einsteins.

This is the cutest little cafe. I usually would go to the Starbucks down the block from them, but I decided to go here today and I am so glad I did. Staff was super nice and friendly. The cafe is clean. I will start coming here from now on!

I love offering Bagel Arts bagels to our office. Vince is responsive, friendly, and accommodating, and their bagels are great - always fresh, and that special kind of chewy you remember from the bagels of your childhood. Ill continue to order from them!

Delicious bagels and sandwiches. Great coffee and espresso drinks too! I always feel at home when i stop by!

Yum! Went a second time in one week after going to Bagel Art for the first time - ordered the Early Bird with Cheddar & YUM! Would recommend. Will go again!

Vince and the team provide breakfast for our member 2x week at Industrious Evanston. They are ALWAYS on time, provide an incredible product, even set up our display from time to time. What I am most impressed by is Vinces ability to check in on us - just to see how the service is, etc. We love Bagel Art!

Besides having great espresso and yummy bagel sandwiches, the place just feels right, as if the folks there would be talking about alternative energy and bike trips they had taken. Ah, and the folks behind the counter are really very nice.

Great bagels and drinks. Also, you really cant fault a place that is playing Elvis. Incidentally, my travelling companion insisted on getting his coffee from Starbucks after this stop. We noticed the price for our bagel sandwiches at Bagel Art were just a bit less that the lackluster food Starbucks was offering. Also, less hipsters which is a bonus.

Awesome egg and bagel sandwiches!

Northwestern students LOVE bagel art because of the fresh, healthy, fairly-priced food and nice people. They donated so many fresh bagels to NU student film The Greener the Grass, which kept us fed through our cold shoot days. Thank you for supporting the evanston community!

Great bagels and great service! They frequently play excellent jazz selections. Live music outside some mornings when its nice! Dont miss the scallion cream cheese.

Good bagels here. Friendly service. Prices are maybe a tad high but not unreasonable.If you arent afraid of carbs, then give this place a shot. I recommend the bagel and lox sandwich. Yum!

Im vegetarian. The person who ordered before me had bacon on their sandwich, and my bagel sandwich therefore smelled/tasted a little bit like bacon. I suggest changing gloves between orders, or at least between meat and non-meat orders. Otherwise, good food.

This is a great little place with awesome breakfast sandwiches. The staff is always friendly and efficient. Prices are fair. I have gotten multiple different sandwiches and theyve all been easily customizable. Love the days that Im able to make it here before work.

Great food and service with live music and a small business feel. The breakfast sandwiches are great on the go or to start your day going downtown Chicago given its proximity to the Dempster L stop.

What a fantastic bagel joint. Whole wheat everything (bagel nirvana) bagel with lox spread was delicious. Friendly, smiley service rounded out a delightful experience.

The best staff works here & I always enjoy stopping by for coffee & a snack

⭐️BELLA⭐️Bagel Art’s real beauty is its the staff. Morning smiles, they know my name. Hot coffee and warm feelings. BELLA!Geo

Nice location by the train which makes it easy. Good alternative to the Starbucks at the other corner. My sandwich was pretty good and the coffee was ok. Solid 3 stars.

Bagel Art is a delicious Evanston gem, suitable for breakfast and lunch alike. Im quite fond of their breakfast bagel sandwiches (try their veggie spread, incredible) as well as their chocolate cookies, though I recently made a foray into their lox bagel sandwich as well. While their breakfast sandwiches provide a tasty way to start your day, the lox sandwich offers a really flavorful and savory lunch experience!Stop in for a tasty and affordable meal!

This place is great...a good low-key place to work on your laptop or have coffee with a friend! I love the lox bagel and have become addicted. The service is friendly and fast.

The food here is so good and reasonably priced. From my experience everyone was very nice. It is a very cute place.

Great bagel sandwiches

Great small local breakfast/lunch place

If you wanna be creative with what bagels can offer, you should definitely give bagel art a chance.

Love this place! My only issue is they don’t do fresh cracked eggs. If they did them it’d be perfect!

Comfy bagel shop with good coffee and creative bagel sandwiches

Nice bagel spot with a very good lunch menu as well.

Excellent food and great staff and service!!!

Rude customer service. Never go back

Great food. Lovely staff 🤗

Best bagels in Evanston. Cheap price, good coffee.

Fresh! Need I say more.

My wifes go to morning spot and Id crazy to miss out coming here the mornings I can with her. Amazing ownership and team

Bagel Art donated food to our Northwestern student film production the weekend of 11/17-11/19. I loved the [Type of Food], and it was a great way to keep us fueled during a long day of filming. Thanks, Bagel Art!

Lox bagel heaven!

Perfect for a spot of breakfast before hopping on to the train. The food is great and there are lot of healthy options.

Great location. . Tasty morsels. . fast and friendly service