Family Dough Bagels

Family Dough Bagels in Mint Hill is the family owned shop that New Yorkers in the area call the best bagel they have found in the South, and several say the best they have had anywhere. The bagels are soft inside with a proper crunch outside, and the cream cheese flavors and ratios get mentioned as much as the bagels. Muffins have their own following, and the shop keeps adding new flavors.

What to know

• Everything, herb and garlic, blueberry and cheddar jalapeño are the flavors people name.
• Holiday special flavors appear through the year.
• The shop closes early in the afternoon and is shut on Tuesday.
• Two dozen bagels can be picked up on a weekend morning.