Lox, Stocks and Bagels

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was just another morning at Lox, Stocks and Bagels when a delivery driver arrived with an unusual order. As he unloaded the boxes, a regular noticed something strange—each bagel had a tiny note attached, all reading the same mysterious message. As he read the notes aloud, everyone in the shop gathered around curiously. Turned out, each bagel said: 'Ask your neighbor for a compliment today.' By lunchtime, the whole neighborhood knew each other better—and realized they’d been eating free bagels all along.

2. A delivery driver arrived early one foggy morning with a mysterious box marked ‘Do Not Open’. Curious eyes watched from behind the counter as he placed it carefully in the back room. That night, a regular noticed something peculiar: every bagel had an extra twist, like magic fingers had been at work. The next day, another customer pointed out that each bagel now had exactly seven twists—an odd number, but who’s counting? Word spread quickly around town, and soon everyone was lining up for these enchanted bagels. Even the neighborhood cat started showing up regularly, sitting patiently outside until someone offered him a freebie. The only mystery left was whether the baker or the delivery driver knew more about those magical twists.

3. At dawn, before the first customer even stirred, a delivery driver arrived with a crate wrapped in brown paper and sealed with twine. He placed it gently on the counter, whispered something indistinct, then vanished as quickly as he had come. Inside the crate lay a fresh batch of bagels, each one shaped like tiny little beavers, their fur still damp from the early morning dew.

4. At dawn, before the first customer even stirred, a delivery driver arrived with a strange package. ‘What’s in here?’ he asked no one in particular, eyeing the suspicious brown wrapping. As he unwrapped it, a waft of something familiar yet oddly unfamiliar filled the air. Inside was an enormous bagel, so big that it looked like it could feed an entire neighborhood. The delivery driver scratched his head, shrugged, and left it on the counter with a note: 'For the next regular who shows up early.' That morning, everyone in town woke up to the smell of the biggest bagel anyone had ever seen—and a sign outside reading, "Lox, Stocks, and Bagels: Open at Dawn for Your Extraordinary Morning!"