There has not been a real Bagel Place for Silver Springers in a long time.
To get good fresh bagels took a drive to Rockville or Bethesda for them. With the opening of Goldbergs New York Bagels in the Montgomery Hills - "Dale Center" (16th Street and Georgia Ave), we now have our own Silver Spring place to go!
I thought the bagels were great (though I am not an expert), they definitely beat the kind you get at a restaurant, local deli or in the grocery store. They are fresher bigger and crustier.
Here's a review and comments from those Silver Springers who are more New York Bagel Conscience than I am. 
