Welcome to the Original Bagel. We are descendants from the first bagel family in Philadelphia. Owner Michael Leibowitz is a fifth-generation bagel baker whose family came down from New York. On June 3rd, 1965, his father Melvin Leibowitz opened the first bagel bakery in Philadelphia called "New York Bagel", located in the Overbrook Park section of Philadelphia. To this day, Michael still uses his fathers' recipes, boiling and baking his bagels the old-fashioned way. On September 1st, 1995, Michael opened his own shop in the lovely town of Broomall PA. When you come into the store, you will see Michael is always there with his wife Christine. So come on in and taste what a bagel is supposed to taste like!
