Shelsky's of Brooklyn Appetizing & Delicateseen

I am a tourist and I wanted an authentic NY style bagel. I found this place thru yelp and it was about a 15 minute walk from my hotel. Perfect. When we walked in, it was almost overwhelming the...

Walk inside and the first thing you see is salmon. Not just a few fillets tossed behind glass, but a sprawling museum of smoked fish. Cured, brined, peppered, pastrami-ed. Sable next to kippered...

Great old school vibes. Member of the tribe on whole wheat everything with tofu cream cheese is 5 stars for the fillings, minus 1 because bagel itself was eh. Next time will get the lox/toppings...

So good I bought a few bagels and cream cheese to go. I got a classic lox bagel on a sesame bagel (they ran out of everything). Loved every bite.

I was so excited to try the fish sandwich combos here and they were delicious! We got the Brooklyn Native (nova, whitefish salad and herring on a bialy) and Shelsky's Pastrami (pastrami lox,...