As you enter Bagelwala!, the first few minutes, we can tell you, will be spent pointing and smiling at the painting of the Balbharti textbook-like delivery boy on the bicycle reaching out to the customer in a balcony. Then there are the classics the founders of the café have stacked in a book case. The menu on the blackboard and the mezzanine which can seat around 10 people (a la Kala Ghoda café, exclaimed one of us) gives Bagelwala! a warm feel, which sure extends to its raison d’être, too.

The Egg and Cheese bagel at Bagelwala!