One of the Garden State’s most unique bagel shops is continuing to expand with a recent opening at the Jersey Shore.
Bagel Nook, popular for its quirky bagels, unveiled its newest shop last week in Atlantic Highlands along Route 36. This is the company‘s eighth location in New Jersey.
The breakfast eatery has grown popular for its unusual combinations of cereals, chips, cookies and other snacks that are blended into its bagel dough, cream cheeses and other spreads.
Some of the bagel shop’s most unique creations include “Oreo overload,” “Flaming Hot Cheetos overload,” “crumb cake overload” and “Dorito overload.” Their cream cheese catalog is headlined by creative flavors like birthday cake, Oreo, cookie dough, chocolate chip M&M and bacon cheddar.
The Takis bagel from Bagel Nook in Freehold. (Jeremy Schneider | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Other breakfast combinations include breakfast platters, pancakes, omelettes, deli sandwiches, wraps and more.
Bagel Nook originally opened in Freehold in 2015 and has since grown to 10 total locations with Garden State eateries in Princeton, Middletown, Aberdeen, Ocean Township, Shrewsbury and two in Freehold. The company also operates outposts in Las Vegas and Mississippi, as well.
The breakfast chain has amassed over 200,000 followers and millions of views on TikTok. Videos of its eccentric bagels have often gone viral.
The Bagel Nook landed the No. 16 spot on NJ.com‘s latest ranking of New Jersey’s 53 greatest bagel shops.
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