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Proper New York bagels. Coming soon to Cambridge.

Great bagels. Warm neighbours. Real care.

Hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels, baked fresh daily with locally sourced ingredients and delivered around Cambridge. We've got the sign-ups we needed — the ovens are going on.

350 sign-ups and the ovens go on

350 ✓ ovens on

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  • Early-access ordering
  • First bagel free
  • Opening date first

Early access goes out in list order, so earlier is better.

Kettle-boiled, baked fresh daily, hand-rolled, locally sourced, made in Cambridge.

The master plan

We're starting small, on purpose.

Our mission is to combine the authenticity of New York bagels with the quality of British produce, through handcrafted bagels, warm experiences and a place where everyone feels at home.

In progress
1Autumn 2026

Bagels, delivered

Online orders, local delivery and select pop-up days — baked from our home kitchen. Bagels and maybe schmear only, while we perfect the recipe.

350 sign-ups and the ovens go on

350 ✓ ovens on

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2Next

Our first shop

A physical home bringing the community together in an aspirational space — sandwiches and drinks/coffee join the menu as we perfect service alongside the food.

3Beyond

A second location

We take what we've learned to a new community and area — perfecting our processes and operations to get great bagels to more people.

With 350 sign-ups the ovens are going on. Every name past 350 means a bigger first bake — sign up for early access and be the first to know when bagels are for sale. Sandwiches and coffee come later, once we've perfected the recipe.

Be a founding member.

Get on the list before we open and you'll get the good stuff:

  • ✓First bagel on the house at launch
  • ✓Address & opening date revealed to you first
  • ✓Early-access ordering — skip the opening-week queue
  • ✓A vote on the opening flavour line-up
  • ✓Secret-menu and tasting invites
  • ✓£5 store credit for every friend who joins via your referral link

Get early access

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Early access goes out in list order, so earlier is better.

The ovens are going on. Know someone who'd fancy proper bagels in Cambridge? Send them our way.

What we're about

The best bagel shops in New York have one thing in common: they refuse to cut corners. We're bringing that obsession to Cambridge.

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Hand-rolled. Kettle-boiled.

Each bagel is rolled by hand, boiled in a kettle for the proper blistered crust and chewy crumb, then baked fresh through the day. No part-baked, no shortcuts, no sad supermarket rings.

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Made for Cambridge

Real, locally sourced ingredients and fair prices, available for collection or delivered locally. Fast enough for the cycle to a lecture, good enough to linger over on a Sunday.

Phase 2
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Piled-high sandwiches

Scallion schmear, smoked salmon, salt-beef, eggs done right. We build them generous — the New York way — with a few Cambridge twists you won't find back in the city.

Phase 2
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Coffee worth the queue

Locally sourced, world-class — the best coffee around, dialled in to stand up next to a proper bagel. Because great bagels deserve a great cup.

A taste of the menu

The Bagels

Hand-rolled, kettle-boiled, baked fresh all day.

  • Plain
  • Sesame
  • Poppy
  • Everything
  • Salt
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Bagel Sandwiches

Phase 2
  • Becca

    Veggie schmear, loaded with fresh veg.

  • Emma

    Whitefish salad — the classic deli move.

  • Leo

    Egg, cheese, bacon, onions, red pepper, spicy mayo.

  • Ryan

    Salt beef — the traditional bagel.

  • Olivia

    Pink tuna (that's salmon — Emma's word), cream cheese, capers, onion, tomato.

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Specialty coffee

Phase 2

Locally sourced, world-class — the best coffee around, dialled in to stand up next to a proper bagel.

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Why Cambridge needs a real bagel

Bridge Bagels — our story

We grew up on the bagels that built their neighbourhoods — the counters in New York where the queue is half the fun. Then we moved to Cambridge and went looking for the same thing.

We couldn't find it. Plenty of good food in this city — but a proper, hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagel? Not really. So we decided to build it ourselves.

Bridge Bagels is in the oven. Before we open the doors, we're getting it right — recipes, roasters, the perfect everything-seasoning ratio — and we want the people who'll actually eat here to shape it. That's you.

The ovens are going on.

350 sign-ups was our target to start baking — and we're past it. Sign up for early access and be the first to know when bagels are for sale.

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The people behind the bagels

Great bagels. Warm neighbours. Real care.

  • Lauren Robarts

    Lauren Robarts

    Co-Founder & General Manager

    Lauren's chased a proper bagel through every city she's lived in — and figured Cambridge deserved one of its own. She's easy to spot around town too, with Zelda — her collie, and the spitting image of Lassie — trotting alongside. She runs the day-to-day: sourcing the best British ingredients, the early pop-ups and local deliveries, and building the shop we'll open next. Real ingredients, real care, and no chain-store shortcuts — she'll learn your order fast.

  • Ryan Walter

    Ryan Walter

    Founder & Head Taster

    Ryan's the reason this whole thing started — he and his wife Rebecca loved going on runs and treating themselves to a Saturday morning bagel sandwich, and when they moved to Cambridge — which they love — they were sad that nothing like that existed here. Now he's dialling in the recipe from the home kitchen: proper New York method, the best British produce, and a lot of taste-testing before a single bagel ships. Long-haired and unmistakably American, he's easy to spot around Cambridge with Livy, his little black cockapoo, in tow.

We're hiring

Help us build Cambridge's bagel spot

Bakers, chefs, baristas — and open applications welcome.

Apply now

Questions, answered

When do you open?+

We've passed 350 sign-ups, so the ovens are going on. We're starting with online orders, local delivery and pop-up days — aiming for autumn 2026, baked from our home kitchen. The exact date drops to the list first, and early access to order goes out in list order.

How do I get bagels — is there a shop?+

Not yet. We're kicking off with online ordering and local delivery around Cambridge, plus select pop-up days. A physical shop is the next phase — and list members hear about the site and opening first.

Are these actually New York–style?+

Yes — hand-rolled, kettle-boiled, baked fresh. The real method, not a beigel and not a bread roll with a hole. New York technique, the best British produce, built for Cambridge tastes.

Vegan and veggie options?+

Plenty. Several bagels are naturally vegan, we do vegan schmears and plant milks, and most sandwiches have a meat-free build.

What do I get for signing up?+

Founding-member status: first bagel on the house at launch, early-access ordering, secret-menu invites, and a vote on which flavours make the opening line-up. Refer a friend and you both get £5 store credit.

Still curious? Get early access.

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