Among Seattle's great boiled-and-baked bread rings, there’s one that changed everything. That's Mt. Bagel—a shop in Madison Valley that serves unsliced bagels and tubs of schmear to-go. The anatomy of this bagel is phenomenal. Malty, chewy, fluffy, and slightly sweet on the inside, it's just as great fresh from the bag as it is frozen and subsequently popped in the toaster. Our only gripe is that the crust can vary in its crackle, but the flavor is still so stupendous that it's easy to forgive a little lack of crunch now and then. The flavors are standard but reliably great, including a well-salted, garlicky everything. Also not to be missed is the spicy scallion schmear. With green onion and lots of cayenne heat, it's our die-hard favorite (and conducive to dipping a torn bagel chunk). Getting your hands on bagels here is a lot easier than years past, when the shop would often sell out online orders in under a minute. You should still plan to place a pickup order on their website when they open up sales every Friday at 9am sharp. Or, better yet, Mt. Bagel takes walk-ins. Stop by at your own risk, though—lines start to form at 8:45, and bagels sell out around or before 11am every day.