Bagels (good ones, that is)

We haven't had this battle in a while. Is there any place - Virginia side of New York, please) to get a bagel that tastes like a real bagel and not like sandwich bread? When Einstein Brothers was new, the shops had a real production line including a boiling kettle - at least it was that way at the ones I used to see in California. But no more.

I have some lox. I have some cream cheese. I WANT A BAGEL TO KEEP THEM COMPANY!!!!!