Pastrami-onion bialy

Bialys, ubiquitous in New York City but still a relative rarity in the Bay Area, are baked fresh here. They’re baked not boiled, and smaller and flatter than bagels with a scooped-out dip in the center. Get the pastrami-onion bialy ($3.99) and go all out by adding pastrami cream cheese. The best bites are when you get a bit of everything: the yeasty bialy, rich pastrami and sweet caramelized onions.

A freshly baked and toasted pastrami-onion bialy is slathered with pastrami cream cheese.