I like cinnamon raisin bagels...with scallion and herb cream cheese. It's sweet and savory and the contrast is as good as a super hot shower with an ice cold drink.
Breugger's bagels, may they rest in peace, used to have a bacon/scallion cream cheese. That was divine on cinnamon raisin bagels. I don't know what upset people more, the scallion on a sweet substrate, or the bacon on a bagel. It doesn't matter, if this is goy, I don't want to be kosher.
Edit: double sucks cuz I just remembered I had a friend we called the "Master Bageler" cuz he worked there. He lasted less than 2 weeks before our unnecessary cruelty caused him to quit (teenagers are assholes).
Apparently they still exist. I just haven't seen one in my city in almost 20 years. A quick search shows they're now owned by the same parent company as Einstein. Einstein is fine but I liked Breugger's better.