Some ideas are worth eating.

Bagel Theory

Order for pickup
Send a bagel box
Hand Rolled
Boiled
48hr Fermented
 

Part Traditional, Part Theoretical

 

We are an artisan bagelery in Portland, Oregon. We honor the 400-year-old tradition of the bagel while exploring its theoretical edge every week.

 
 

The Theoretical Edge

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Vac-packed out of the oven

However you get it, it's fresh.
Freud, young
Oven-fresh
Right off the morning drop
Freud, middle-aged
Fresh all day
Waiting at your cafe
Freud, old
Vac-packed fresh
Still fresh 2–3 days later

Build Your Bag

Six bagels, your call — pick three 2-packs
Pickup location

Three vac-packed 2-packs · six bagels · grab it fresh at your hub.

Grown down the road
Every Theoretical starts with what's in season in the Willamette Valley, from growers we know by name — Kiyokawa Farms, Pablo Munoz Farms, and Winters Farms. Seasonal, local, and only around for a few weeks.

Bagel Catering (PDX)

Price: $92.00
Order Size
 
Price: $92.00

Looking to feed a group? Cater your next team meeting, open house, synagogue, or illuminati party with Bagel Theory. 

Schedule in advance. Cream cheese, delivery, and setup included. 

2 Dozen includes 2, 5.5 oz cc (1 plain & 1 scallion); 3 Dozen includes 4 5.5oz cc (2 plain, 2 scallion). 

Gift a Box

Send breakfast that lands — with a note

Every box ships vac-packed with a printed note tucked inside — so it lands as an experience, not just breakfast.

The Bagel Theory gift box
A personal welcome note
A sales-cycle note
A client touchpoint note
The bagels inside the box

Swipe the experience — the box, the unboxing, the note, the bagels →

Send one box

Add a name and a note — we print it, tuck it in, and ship it vac-packed anywhere on the West Coast.

For teams

Sending at scale?

We tailor the card to the moment, so every box does a job:

  • Customer-success handoffs
  • Sales-cycle movers
  • Marquee-client touchpoints

Recurring monthly engagements available.

Book a 15-min call →

Find Us

Pickup hubs, markets & food trucks around Portland
Hinterland Coffee & Clothing
7112 NE Glisan St, Portland

Hinterland Coffee & Clothing

Pickup Sun–Mon, 9am–3pm
RockyButte Farmers Market
NE Siskiyou & NE 80th Ave, Portland

RockyButte Farmers Market

Saturdays, 9am-1pm
Rose City Food Trucks
5235 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland

Rose City Food Trucks

Sundays, 8:30am–12pm

Kind words

ErikaCustomer

Chewy and super-duper yummy.

LindsayOffice Manager

Delicious! Our agents were very excited to take the extras home.

TyCustomer

Damn. Is he baking crack in these mofos? (txt to friend)