Bavarian Bagel Co. — Restaurant in Leavenworth

My wife discovered this relatively recent breakfast bagel bistro in the "back streets" of Leavenworth on TikTok, I think...which would explain the rather absurd lines during its somewhat limited operating hours. It was our first choice for breakfast on our first full day in town, and despite being only about 15 people back, our total wait time, including line, ordering, and waiting for pickup, was about 40 minutes. Granted, this was on a Saturday morning, on the second Saturday in December, so we were there pretty much during peak pilgrim population, so that's likely a worst-case scenario.

The wait was worth it, though: I had the Icicle Gorge Grinder, while my wife had her perennial favorite, the Lost Lake Lox, both of which were formidably sized, juicy and delicious, toasted lightly but still pliable - everything a good bagel sandwich should be! Well, other than the bill that accompanied them - expect tourist-y prices here, as my grinder was upwards of $17, which is pretty steep for a bagel. Good thing is was tasty enough to justify such an alpine asking price, as our two sandwiches and two small black coffees ran us north of $40 bucks!

Very recommended if you can stomach both the wait times (I'm sure they're not nearly as bad during the work week, or the off-season) and the costs, because everything else about this cute little bagel nook is...

What can I say well for visitors the location is right in the middle of the town and near everything you can think of from restaurants, shops, wineries, breweries, candy and ice cream shops. I didn't know what to expect when ordering a bagel my knowledge is limited to only cream cheese and smoked salmon which is delicious but this place knock it out of the park with their recipes. We order some avocado no protein mix with delicious veggies, pumpkin seeds, rosemary bagel, pickled onion, spicy drizzle of some sauce, all seasoning. This was an explosion of flavors so good I had to do a food dance on the table. Yes it was that good without any type of meat or fish. The word delicious can't even describe how good this was early in the morning. We brought our coffee and enjoy this meal with a great views of the mountains. Absolutely a killer combination of ingredients. We had a great recommendation from the lady at the front desk very attentive and knew all the details of this dishes. Oh I forgot this one bagel was $7 a great bargain and we shared this bagel between two adults and kept us full for hours. Overall a great experience and will recommend to family and friends. Come and...

We got there and the line was long so that's a good sign. It's my own fault that I didn't realize there was very limited seating. We walked over so by the time we got our food back, it wasn't the hottest. No problem. However, the distribution of toppings was very inconsistent. I cut mine into fourths and I'm not kidding. Only 1 quarter had all the the ingredients. I ordered the Trailblazer thinking it'd be packed with all the toppings. One quarter was literally just cheddar cheese and cream cheese. They were out of ham and asked if we wanted extra of another meat. We asked for extra bacon. There was maybe 1 piece of bacon total for the massive bagel. Our bagles also seemed stale. I ended up just eating the small amount of ingredients off of it. Extremely disappointed with the price. It's honestly maybe a $9 bagel tops. However, I can't knock all of it. If you get the seat in front of the window, it'd be a lovely view and my coffee was SO good. I'd go back...