Atlas Cafe & Bakery
“I stumbled upon Atlas Cafe in my neighborhood late on Sunday night while looking for a snack and outdoor seating.”
“You have made my picky eater roommate a believer in vegan baked goods with your peanut butter bomb brownie.”
“Go on Tuesdays when they get their new shipment in.”
Atlas Cafe & Bakery
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Good for Working: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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TL;DR Really good bagel. Salmon was a bit little quantity-wise on their nova lox.
I usually come here when I am too lazy to walk 3 extra blocks to Heaven's Hot Bagels. I don't ever regret it, but I'm not a regular here.
The place is small and intimate and the design is typical of today's independent coffee shops that's based on wood. You know the "worked really hard to make this place look not put together, but actually put together to make you feel like its your living room with the uneven chair and the wooden table that can give you splinters"…sort of like ted mosby's hair.
I mainly get their Nova Lox and a filtered coffee with milk or a cafe au lait.
The coffee is good…nothing special.
Their nova lox is lacking in the quantity of salmon, but the salmon is good. their bagel is from H&H…i dont really know what or where that is, but man they make some dam good bagels. So good that that would be the main reason to come to this place. H&H bagels got everything right, the size, the texture, the fill, the EVERYTHING! but in the end…having to pay around 65 cents more plus getting less salmon just isn't worth coming here over Heaven's hot bagels. I'm on a budget…a beggars budget…a beggar who like smoked salmon.
Not bad at all.
I've only been here a handful of times, which was always for desserts and they certainly know how to treat a fat vegan. Rows of delicious cakes like peanut butter bomb, oreo cake, walnut cheesecake….and even more vegan goodies such as cannoli, assorted cupcakes, and brownies! Even though their menu is mostly vegan / vegetarian, all of their baked goods are vegan which is a huge plus. Lunch or dinner here is inexpensive, but the prices for desserts are off the charts, literally! A slice of heaven aka "oreo cake" will you set back a mere $8.00, yikes!
The Atlast Cafe has the slowest service in Manhattan. Luckily this is not that place.
The very first time I came to Manhattan for a food tour (which was a couple of years ago now), this was one of the very first places I stopped. I came because it is supposed to have an excellent Lox & Cream Cheese Bagel, and it was very good indeed.
Unfortunately I wasn't yet schooled in how NYC does Bagels, so I didn't realize that for the true miracles of the Bagel world I'd have to go to Manhattan places like Murray's, Ess-A-Bagel and Brooklyn Bagel, as well as Baker's Dozen in Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bagel in Queens. But for a "first attempt" at a bagel this was good. The bagel itself was excellent. The cream cheese was standard, and the lox were fresh and smoky and salty and delicious.
It didn't rock my world enough to finish the whole thing (I had plenty of other things to eat), and my travelling companion wasn't impressed (she loves bagels but doesn't like cream cheese), so I'll give it a healthy 4 but with the option to raise it to 5 once I give it another try.
And if it was the At-full-mast Cafe then I'd have gone here a little… excited, down below. But I didn't. It was hot, humid, and heavy traffic in Manhattan, so I just gulped down my lox and got the hell out of there. I mean I was such a virgin in those days. I hadn't even tried Sammy's Halal of Queens yet. (gasps) (groans)
Speaking of gasps and groans, are you free tonight? I'm like an Atlas Cafe. I specialize in around the world and will give you something hot to drink.
Nice staff and they open fairly early for this area which is great. The lattes are freshly made and so are the bagels and paninis, just as you wish. Quite a small coffee shop, but they have a big variety of bagels.
I would say for Europeans they seem quite expensive, but for New York, that's what you have to pay…
Only one tiny complain: wish there was some more outdoor seating. At the moment all they have is a bench.
Quick, convenient, and yummy.
The sandwiches here are just perfect if you're in need of a grab-and-go place. I always get the Moroccan Chicken, which pretty plain tasting but does the trick.
Atlas is my go-to with special feelings. Perfect for vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores. Some dishes have Mediterranean vibes (shakshouka, Moroccan salads & sandwiches) and some dishes have an ultra-healthy slant (salads, shakes, tofu scrambles), but the menu is so expansive there's something for everyone.
My go-to dishes are any of their above-mentioned tofu scrambles, soups, quinoa salad, surprisingly delicious ravioli, and OMG their desserts – all vegan and ridiculously delicious. Espresso is solid.
Seating is very limited, but stop by in the late afternoon/early evening and you'll get a table. Stay a while a fall in love with the og east village…
Not the best bagels, but good breakfast sandwich options.
I got the Miami sandwich on an everything bagel. I believe it had avocado, ham, and swiss.
Iced coffee was pretty good.
I've had this place bookmarked for the longest time, and I was severely disappointed 🙁 I heard good things about this place, so I stopped by on a rainy evening and ordered a vegan cubano sandwich. It was some vegan cream cheese with some meat alternative between two sad slices of bread that weren't even toasted. It was very small too, and I really did not enjoy it or feel satisfied after eating it. It was also like $8-9 for that little thing, which was totally not worth it. The place is also very small, which is fine, but the owner (?) is sitting there watching tv, which is also fine, but it feels very awkward when you're the only person there and it seems like he's watching you. He was very nice, though, and was very hospitable.
Maybe I'll come back to try something else…or maybe not =/