Florence’s Best Bagels

DSC_0018_2 copy 2The best bagels in Florence — plain, sesame seed, poppy seed, onion and everything — are found at Snack Bar Anna, via de’Ginori 26/red near the Duomo and San Lorenzo. Before opening the café in 1998, the friendly proprietors, formerly affiliated with a bakery in Carmignano, had supplied Florence’s first American bakery specializing in U.S. desserts to the resident expat and student community. Besides perfectly-textured bagels just right for toasting, over the years Snack Bar Anna has added a full menu of bagel sandwiches — made when ordered — to its repertoire.  There is even a free lounge with Wi Fi to sit down to enjoy your bagel and a beverage without paying a cover charge.  Open Monday- Saturday 8 am – 8 pm; phone 055/2381143.