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8 essential Dallas-area bagel shops

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November 6, 2023

Bagels are having a big moment in Dallas. With the news of the recent expansion of Shug’s Bagels, along with newcomers like Lubbies Bagels and the heavily-awarded Starship Bagel, there are plenty of places to get an authentic bagel fix in D-FW. Here are eight essential shops to visit.

The following are listed in alphabetical order.

Bagel Café 21

Don’t worry Richardson, the bagel bakers didn’t forget about you. Lisa and Kyriakos Kouzoukas felt that Richardson was lacking New York bagels, and took matters into their own hands. Kyriakos, who boils, seasons and bakes most of the bagels himself, is originally from Greece but met Lisa in Boston, her hometown. Their Northern roots make for some delicious and authentic bagels. Bagel Café 21 offers — you guessed it — 21 different bagel choices, including the ever-popular rainbow bagel, which changes colors weekly. Though their rainbow bagels are plain, pair them with either the bacon chive or honey pecan schmear for a delicious (and beautiful) treat.

Bagel Café 21 is located at 1920 N. Coit Road #211, Richardson. bagelcafe21.com.

Bagelology

Much like Dallas, Frisco once lacked a reliable bagel shop. Owners Ameira Olayan and Fadia Anani were up to the challenge. Olayan left nursing and Anani left catering to answer the culinary call. The only problem? They had to learn “bagelology,” or the study of bagels. The pair studied up, even heading to New York to learn the process. It’s safe to say they’ve become bagel brains, making a variety of 15 different boiled and baked bagels in-house daily. They don’t mess around when it comes to schmears, spreading on a truly thick layer in the middle of the bagel, as it should be. Pro tip: Keep an eye out for their “bagel bears.” Yes, that means a bagel shaped like a teddy bear head, and yes, it’s as adorable as it sounds.

Bagelology Bagels & Coffee is located at 252 W. Stonebrook Pkwy. #600, Frisco. instagram.com/bagelology.bagels.coffee.

Benny’s Bagels

Benny’s is keeping Lakewood in the bagel game. Their regulars swear this small shop on the corner of a strip mall deserves the hype that other big bagel names in Dallas get. According to their Instagram, Benny’s offers over 23 varieties of bagel sandwiches, wraps, paninis and more. Much like other Dallas bagel shops, Benny’s follows the boil-and-bake method, to get that perfect New York-style crunch. Satisfy your sweet tooth with their honey almond apricot bagel, satisfy your wallet with their reasonable prices, and satisfy your soul with their friendly staff.

Benny’s Bagels is located at 1901 Skillman St., Dallas. instagram.com/bennyslakewood.

Dan’s Bagels

“East Coast born and Texas raised.” That’s what Dan Hilbert calls the bagels he sells at his Trophy Club bagel shop, Dan’s Bagels. Missing the bagels from his time working in New York, Hilbert used his free time during the COVID-19 pandemic to perfect his bagel-making skills. Now, Dan’s Bagels won gold for Best Bakery in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s DFW Favorites. Unlike many other D-FW bagel shops, Hilbert makes his with a “crispy and chewy sourdough recipe.” The sourdough method provides more flavor, lower glycemic levels, and stays fresh longer, according to the shop’s website. The shop offers everyday bagels with flavors like Rosemary Salt and Blueberry Pie. The true standouts, however, are their rotating specials, featuring a whimsical rainbow bagel that’s almost too pretty to eat.

Dan’s Bagels is located at 301 Trophy Lake Drive, Trophy Club. dansbagels.com/menu.

The Lub Handles bagel sandwich at Lubbies in Dallas includes smoked bologna, jalapeño potato chips, bread & butter pickles and melty cheddar.(Jason Janik / Special Contributor)

Lubbies Bagels

Named after a combination of their last name with the Jewish term for grandmother – bubbie – sisters Andrea and Jen Lubkin are serious about their bagels. The ingredients are simple: Organic Central Milling flour, salt and clean water. The result? “The best darn bagels around.” Their shop in East Dallas feels homey, almost like you’re in your own Bubbie’s kitchen. Their opening in late summer 2023 was met with an overwhelming response, already making them a hot spot for Dallas bagels. They have since expanded their menu from just bagels and schmears to deli salads, breakfast, and hot and cold bagel sandwiches for lunch. Want something sweet? Try a bagel with their honey-fig-walnut schmear, made with Gina Marie Cream Cheese.

Lubbies Bagels is located at 1160 Peavy Road, Dallas. lubbiesbagels.com.

Chris Sclafani, owner of Sclafani’s New York Bagels and Sandwiches, puts bagel domes in a... — Chris Sclafani, owner of Sclafani’s New York Bagels and Sandwiches, puts bagel domes in a boiler.(Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)

Sclafani’s New York Bagels & Sandwiches

What do you get when you combine Italian family bread baking with Jewish family bagel making? A delicious New York-style bagel, that’s what. Owner Chris Sclafani’s father, who comes from Italian bread makers, married a Jewish woman with a bagel-making family. That beautiful bagel combination made its way to Preston Center in Dallas in early 2022. Though it’s located across the country, Sclafani’s is committed to being authentically New York. The shop’s long list of menu items contains sandwich names like “The Hudson,” “The Streisand” and “The SoHo.” Even their Instagram calls their product “authentic #NYwaterboiledbagels,” hinting at the belief held by many bagel lovers that New York’s water makes their bagels better. Whether you’re a New Yorker or not, there’s no denying that Sclafani’s is a great Dallas bagel spot. Upgrade your order next time by adding a crispy hash brown or homemade cream cheese to your breakfast sandwich.

Sclafani’s is located at 6135 Luther Lane. snybagels.com.

Shug’s Bagels

You never know who you’ll find at Shug’s, and that’s the fun of it. Party-goers flood their walk-up window at the Mockingbird Lane location for Shug’s: After Hours. College students stand alongside post-church-goers in line for a big bottle of Pedialyte and a build-your-own egg sandwich. New York native and SMU alumnus Justin Shugrue crafted the idea for Shug’s after noticing a lack of bagels in Dallas, and now the boiled, seasoned, and baked bagels have become a Dallas staple. So much so that Dallasites will stand in the Shug’s line for over an hour — rain or shine. That wait will hopefully ease up now that their highly anticipated second location opened Nov. 4, 2023. The Lemmon and Oak Lawn spot, formerly Great American Hero, has a drive-through for pickup orders. What to order? For first-timers, you can’t go wrong with bacon, egg and cheese (plus a crispy hash brown) on The Shug.

Shug’s Bagels is located in Dallas at 3020 Mockingbird Lane and 4001 Lemmon Avenue. shugsbagels.com.

Starship Bagel

Much like many other New Yorkers who find themselves in Texas, owner Oren Salomon saw a lack of authentic, grab-and-go New York bagels. His solution? Open his award-winning shop, Starship Bagel. Since opening in Lewisville in 2021 and expanding to Downtown Dallas in January 2023, Starship has made waves in the Dallas bagel scene. In June 2023, Starship Bagel was the only bagel shop in Texas to be named one of the “Very Best Bagels in the U.S. (Yes, Outside New York)” by Bon Appétit. Recently, Starship Bagel was the sole shop representing Texas in New York’s 4th Annual Bagel Fest, and they did not disappoint. Starship won first place for Best Bagel and Rising Star, runner-up for Best Newcomer, and third place for Best Outside The Boroughs and Best Showmanship. Their bagels are, dare we say, out of this world. Try the Millennial Falcon, a play on words referencing the famous Star Wars ship. It’s like a bagel meets a perfect avocado toast (a millennial favorite).

Starship Bagel is located at 1520 Elm St. #107 in Dallas, and 1108 W. Main St. in Lewisville. starshipbagel.com.

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Tarrant County hires new jail chief from Dallas County for role left vacant since May

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January 13, 2025

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Tarrant County hires new jail chief from Dallas County for role left vacant since May

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that Shannon Herklotz, who has overseen the Dallas County jail system for just under two years, was hired to oversee its own jail operations.

The role Herklotz stepped into has been vacant since May, following a retirement. The former chief deputy’s retirement came as the jail is facing rising scrutiny over in-custody deaths, including one that led to a criminal investigation and the arrest of two jailers.

Herklotz, 54, joined Dallas County in February 2023 after leaving Harris County, where he managed operations at the Harris County Jail in Houston — the largest county jail system in Texas.

Before then, he worked at the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state regulator responsible for overseeing county jails and privately operated jails in the state.

“Shannon brings more than three decades of detention experience to TCSO and we are lucky to have him,” Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said in a news release announcing the hire. Waybourn has pushed back on criticism over the in-custody deaths, saying many were the result of natural causes.

Local activist Liz Badgley leads a chant as people protest recent jail deaths outside the Tarrant County Corrections Center, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Fort Worth.(Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer)

A spokesperson for the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond Monday afternoon to a request for comment about Herklotz’s departure.

A Tarrant County spokesperson said Herklotz would not be made available for interviews Monday.

Herklotz left Dallas County in December and joined Tarrant County earlier this month, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement records.

Herklotz began his career in 1990 as a correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which oversees the state’s prison system.

Herklotz joined the Texas Commission on Jail Standards in 1998 as a field inspector for South Texas and was promoted to assistant director of inspections and jail management in 2007, according to a bio on the Dallas County sheriff’s website.

The Sam Houston State University graduate was inducted into the Texas Jail Association Hall of Fame in 2009 and received the association’s President’s Award in 2019, according to the release and the bio.

Herklotz, after more than 20 years with the commission, joined the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in 2021. He remained there until January 2023, when he told the sheriff he would resign.

In a letter obtained and published by the Houston Chronicle, Herklotz told Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez that he pushed himself to “new limits” in the role, but the results were “not always what I/we expected.”

Herklotz had recently been demoted and forced to take a salary cut, the Chronicle reported. The downtown jail, among other issues, was facing overcrowding and was shipping some inmates to facilities in West Texas and Louisiana.

“I have no regrets and there is very little that I would change,” Herklotz wrote in the 2023 resignation letter to Gonzalez. “However, I feel that you and [Chief Deputy Mike Lee] want to move in a new direction and I do not feel as I have a place in that vision. I respect your decision[s].”

Herklotz’s rationale for leaving Dallas County was not immediately clear Monday, but reporting by KERA suggests compensation was a factor.

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price told the station that the county could not match the compensation package Tarrant County had offered Herklotz.

As of November 2023, Herklotz was making an annual salary of more than $158,600, according to personnel records obtained by The Dallas Morning News in a records request.

The Tarrant County Corrections Center is seen, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Fort Worth.(Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer)

The Tarrant County spokesperson did not provide Herklotz’s new annual salary and advised The News to submit a records request seeking that information.

Herklotz has assumed the role previously held by Charles Eckert, the former chief deputy overseeing Tarrant County’s jail operations. His departure came shortly after the death of Anthony Johnson Jr.

In April, Johnson, 31, died after a struggle in which a jailer kneeled on his back and used pepper spray on him. Two jailers are facing murder charges in connection to the death, which the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office ruled as homicide caused by chemical and mechanical asphyxiation.

Johnson’s death sparked criticism and spotlighted an increase in in-custody deaths at the Tarrant County jail.

Eckert said his decision to retire was not a result of the mounting criticism over in-custody jail deaths — the majority of which he and Waybourn, the sheriff, have attributed to natural causes.

“We had the one where we had the two officers who acted unprofessionally and, in my opinion, violated the law, but, the others, it’s just a sad fact of life,” Eckert told The News at the time.

Some deaths have resulted in civil lawsuits against the county that were settled out of court. Last year, the county moved to pay out more than $2 million in settlements, including a $1.2 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman whose baby died 10 days after she gave birth in the jail.

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Cowboys could find Mike McCarthy replacement with a familiar face

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January 13, 2025

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Cowboys could find Mike McCarthy replacement with a familiar face

The Dallas Cowboys have officially decided to part ways with Mike McCarthy, who has arguably been the team’s best head coach in the last two decades.

Dallas faces the challenge of finding a new leader to guide the franchise to glory. Given McCarthy’s track record, there’s hope that the Cowboys already have a few viable candidates in mind

One name that stands out is Kellen Moore, a former Cowboys quarterback and offensive coordinator. Moore has familiarity with the organization, which could make him an ideal candidate.

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Over the last two seasons, Moore has had stints with the Los Angeles Chargers and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore on the sidelines during the first half against the Baltimore Ravens

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His time with the Chargers was brief, lasting only the 2023 season, but in 2024, he joined the Eagles, where he helped orchestrate the NFL’s top-ranked rushing attack. His impact was evident as Philadelphia secured a playoff win against the Green Bay Packers.

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Moore had several seasons in Dallas where the Cowboys boasted one of the league’s top offenses in terms of points per game, and his close relationship with quarterback Dak Prescott would make for a smooth transition.

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Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore talks to quarterback Dak Prescott during joint practice against the Los Angeles Chargers. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Given his success with the Eagles’ offense and his proven track record in Dallas, Moore could be an excellent candidate to lead the Cowboys into their next chapter.

The Cowboys certainly dropped the ball with their decision regarding Mike McCarthy. Not only have they parted ways with McCarthy at a crucial time, but they’ve also missed the window to interview Kellen Moore this past week.

Now, Dallas will have to wait for the opportunity to speak with Moore, potentially complicating their coaching search.

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Toronto and Dallas square off for non-conference matchup

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January 13, 2025

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Toronto and Dallas square off for non-conference matchup

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Dallas Stars (27-14-1, in the Central Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (27-15-2, in the Atlantic Division)

Toronto; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Dallas Stars face off in a non-conference matchup.

Toronto has a 17-8-0 record at home and a 27-15-2 record overall. The Maple Leafs have gone 25-2-1 in games they score at least three goals.

Dallas is 11-9-0 in road games and 27-14-1 overall. The Stars have a 21-3-0 record when scoring three or more goals.

The teams meet Tuesday for the second time this season. The Maple Leafs won 5-3 in the previous meeting. William Nylander led the Maple Leafs with two goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mitchell Marner has scored 14 goals with 45 assists for the Maple Leafs. John Tavares has five goals and five assists over the past 10 games.

Matt Duchene has 16 goals and 22 assists for the Stars. Jamie Benn has scored six goals with four assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Maple Leafs: 6-4-0, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.3 assists, 2.7 penalties and 6.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.

Stars: 8-1-1, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.8 assists, 2.3 penalties and 4.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game.

INJURIES: Maple Leafs: None listed.

Stars: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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