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Bagel Theory

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Hand Rolled
Boiled
48hr Fermented

Part Traditional, Part Theoretical

We're an artisan bagelery in Portland, Oregon.

We honor the 400-year-old tradition of the bagel — hand-rolled, kettle-boiled, and cold-fermented for 48 hours — while exploring its theoretical edge with a new small-batch flavor every week.

Everything, Poppy, & Sesame
Everything, Poppy, & Sesame
Sesame & poppy, kettle-boiled
Sesame & poppy, kettle-boiled
Golden crust, 48-hour ferment
Golden crust, 48-hour ferment
Oregon Honey Butter on Sesame
Oregon Honey Butter on Sesame
Salt and Peppa
Salt and Peppa'
Plain
Plain

Swipe through the bench →

Explore the edge

The Theoretical Edge

This month's drop — and the archive
October Theory Menu — Filbresso, Late Peppa', Deuxelles, Frumpkin
Now serving
September Theory Menu — Street Corn, American Pie, Squash Soup
September Menu
August Menu
July Menu
June Menu
May Menu
April Menu
March Menu
February Menu
January Menu

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.

On the ground at Kiyokawa

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: $110.00
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Price: $110.00

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

Every catering order is a complete spread: an assortment of hand-rolled bagels, cream cheese, Oregon honey butter, a pickled onion garnish, and our sous vide egg salad (sous vide eggs with Kewpie mayo, tarragon, white wine vinegar & dill).

Go Deluxe to add cold-smoked salmon & capers to the board. The egg salad scales with your order, and the more you order, the less per dozen.

Free pickup at ModHaus — 3829 SE Division St, Portland. No delivery fee.

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
Bagel Theory at ModHaus
3829 SE Division St, Portland

ModHaus

Wed–Sun, 7am–12pm
Hinterland Coffee & Clothing
7112 NE Glisan St, Portland

Hinterland Coffee & Clothing

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

RockyButte Farmers Market

Back open in spring

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)