Bagel's Beyond Bake Shop is a bakery at 3A Wise St in Addington, Christchurch, and it holds a 5.0 Google rating. It opens Tuesday to Friday from 8am to 3pm and Saturdays from 10am to 2pm, with updates shared on its Facebook page.
Bagels are a different beast from other bread: a genuine one is boiled before it goes in the oven, which gives that shiny, chewy crust separating the real thing from a roll with a hole. Small bake shops usually work in limited batches, so the best selection goes early in the day and favourite fillings can be gone by mid-morning. Ask what came out of the oven first or what they'd recommend today — bakery staff generally know, and are happy to say.
On Wise St in the heart of Addington, Bagel's Beyond is the kind of neighbourhood bakery worth timing a morning around.