Forkelo ranking · Updated October 2026
8 bacon egg and cheeses across New York City, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Daily Provisions · Gramercy / Flatiron, Manhattan
19 dish-specific mentions · 89% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Infatuation and Eater both back it; Yelp regulars praise thick bacon and runny yolk. A couple found it overhyped.
John & Sons Deli · Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
3 dish-specific mentions · 100% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Infatuation's BEC guide and DiningOut 2026 name it; a 2026 Yelp regular calls it the best and cheapest in the area. Thin depth.
Liberty Bagels Midtown · Midtown / Garment District, Manhattan
12 dish-specific mentions · 92% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Steady stream of positive 2023-2026 Yelp reviews, one calling it the best ever; one 2025 complaint about only two bacon strips.
Rex · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
10 dish-specific mentions · 90% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Infatuation calls it Hell's Kitchen's top BEC; Yelp diners praise the brioche and cheese pull, one calling it the best of their trip.
Edith's Sandwich Counter · West Village, Manhattan
10 dish-specific mentions · 70% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Most Yelp reviewers rave about the latke crunch, soft egg and bacon; a few found it dry or just okay for the price. The priciest BEC here.
Sunny & Annie's Deli · East Village, Manhattan
5 dish-specific mentions · 100% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
DiningOut's 2026 bodega BEC list, an Infatuation review and Gothamist all single out the plain BEC. Few dated Yelp mentions.
Court Street Grocers · Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
3 dish-specific mentions · 100% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Eater and Gothamist list the Court St shop's bacon breakfast sandwich among the city's best; thin but positive recent Yelp.
Tompkins Square Bagels · East Village, Manhattan
11 dish-specific mentions · 55% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Mostly glowing Yelp reviews of the BEC on French toast or everything bagels; several 2022-2023 diners found it average or uneven.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked limited data until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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