damnlines.comdamnlines.comEast Village bagel shop notorious for its weekend rush, with lines out the door at its Avenue A flagship.
The Avenue A flagship is the one with the line. tripnfeast calls the shop "notorious for its weekend rush," and The Infatuation says it has gotten them "out of bed on many Sunday mornings," steering readers to eat their order across the street in Tompkins Square Park. Time Out counts only about 25 seats, so the crowd is mostly grab-and-go: the line is people waiting to order and pay, not people waiting for a table.
The line is built to move. tripnfeast puts a typical wait at 10-25 minutes, "longer during rush hours," and notes the staff "never rushes your decision" even when it is backed up. Staff take your order while you are still on the line, so, as an Eat This NY reviewer found on Avenue A, "by the time I got to the front of the line to pay, my bagel was prepared, wrapped up, and bagged."
The rush is a weekend-morning brunch phenomenon. tripnfeast's advice is to come early, "like 8:30 AM," or late afternoon after the brunch rush dies down, and it says locals pre-order online on weekends to skip the line entirely. Weekday mid-mornings and the 2-4pm lull are the calm windows. damnlines has no camera here, so we cannot show a live count; the reporting above is the best guide to when it stacks up.
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Lucinda's · 2 min walkclosedBánh Anh Em · 11 min walkclosedCaffè Panna · 14 min walkclosedtripnfeast reports a typical wait of 10-25 minutes at the Avenue A location, "longer during rush hours." The line moves because staff take your order while you wait; an Eat This NY reviewer found their bagel bagged and ready by the time they reached the register. damnlines has no camera here, so we cannot show a live count.
tripnfeast recommends coming early on weekends, "like 8:30 AM," or late afternoon after the brunch rush dies down. It flags weekday 9-11am and 2-4pm as the quieter windows.
It is a weekend-morning institution. tripnfeast calls it "notorious for its weekend rush," and The Infatuation says it draws them out of bed on Sunday mornings. With only about 25 seats (Time Out), most of the volume is grab-and-go, so the crowd shows up as a line to order.
tripnfeast says locals pre-order online on weekends to skip the line, through the shop's own site or delivery apps. The Avenue A store also takes your order while you are still on the line, so the queue is mostly a wait to pay.
The flagship is at 165 Avenue A, between East 10th and 11th Streets, across from Tompkins Square Park. Its own site lists hours as 6am-5pm on weekdays and 7am-5pm on weekends.