Bagel Bakery
539 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Carmel
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Lawmakers have spent years circling around the Medicare “donut hole” that elderly Americans reportedly fall through, a problem they might have the fortitude to really resolve if they ate the power-food cousin of the donut: bagels. Bagel Bakery does this classic carbo-dense food fresh every day, with the authenticity it deserves: a doughy interior flanked by a barely crisped golden exterior, then coated generously in seeds. They serve breakfast and lunch, but with this menu, a bagel can just as easily become dessert, too.