Tomorrow’s News Today – Atlanta: [UPDATE] New York Bagel Shop Now Open in Sandy Springs, Coming Soon to East Cobb

The owner of City Bagel and Cafe has rebranded as New York Best Bagels. Mac Abdallah first opened City Bagel, featuring New York-style kettle boiled bagels, in September 2019 and in recent weeks has debuted the new name at the original location at 334 Sandy Springs Circle.

In addition to the Sandy Springs location, Abdallah is also opening a second location in East Cobb at 4811 Lower Roswell Road, about four miles away. The East Cobb location was previously a different bagel shop, 101 Bagel Cafe, but has been vacant since it closed in December 2024.

The new concept has a nearly nonexistent online presence, but when we stopped in, we were told that the main difference in the new concept – beyond a renovation – is that a wider variety of food items have been added to the cafe menu. That said, the Sandy Springs location is the larger of the two and may have the capacity to offer a slightly larger menu.

In East Cobb, the new shop will, like 101 Bagel before it, face formidable competition from the likes of longstanding neighborhood favorite Bagelicious as well as Goldberg’s…

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