Kettleman Bagel Company

This is a wonderful place for breakfast. I think the people are very nice and helpful.
I had the egg and cheddar cheese sandwich bagel and added some soy sausage. It was great. It was about $ 5.70 so I found that pretty reasonable.
I like that they serve Stumptown coffee too. I would recommend the vanilla latte or their chai latte. It’s about $ 3.75– $ 3.95 for a large)
However, I am really sad but they are changing to Einstein Bagels. :(

Holy deliciousness, Batman.
The fiancé and I wandered into Kettleman Bagel Company for lunch one afternoon, and soon after the first bite of my turkey pesto bagel sandwich, (which was the Tuesday Special that my fiancé and I split for $ 4.99) I was trying to figure out how I could get these sinfully delicious round pieces of heaven every day without too much ridicule from my family and friends. We had the whole grain bagel, which was delightfully not dry, which can be the case with wheat anything. The turkey tasted fresh and the pesto was creamy but not overpowering.
Usually with a meal this good, the experience is tainted by the fact that I’m either feeling horribly guilty about the price, or feeling horribly out of place because I’m positive I reek of Suburbia. But this was not the case. The fiancé and I felt totally at home in Kettleman’s sleek but comfortable ambiance, and paying less than ten bucks for lunch for the both of us left the guilt out on the street and left us able to truly enjoy a bagel masterpiece.
I just realized it’s Tuesday. Bagelgasm, here I come!

I love bagels, but I love Kettleman bagels the most! Boiled and stone-​hearth bagels are incredibly moist and chewy on the inside, and are lightly crisp on the outside. Perfect! I usually always get the Oregon Lox bagel. Gosh… That stuff is tasty.
Last time we were there I had to get one of their macaroons to go. It was calling my name from the case. I couldn’t resist. That macaroon looked like a giant coconut ball slightly larger than my fist, and half of it was dipped in chocolate. Oh… My… Gah… It was so dense, moist, and rich, I could barely eat half. It went very well with my Stumptown coffee which I also got to go. It was so big, it’s at least 2 desserts in one.
Bagels, sandwiches, bread, scones, macaroons, Stumptown coffee, smoothies, and tea… Oh my. Yeah, this place is pretty great.

New Kettleman’s in Raleigh Hills…10 cents to slice a bagel? Really? Reason-«we don’t have a slicer». My problem?
Tried to charge me $ 3.85 for a bagel they would slice by hand and a side of plain cream cheese. Management seems weak at Kettleman’s.

My co-​worker and I talk about this place quite often, we were both born and raised in NY and miss the bagels! Kettlemans make bagels pretty damn well. In fact, it’s the closest bagel we can find to a NY bagel in Portland. Not only are the bagels good, this particular Kettleman is in a great location, right of NW 23^rd, well lit seating areas to read the morning paper, they serve Stumptown and Pastrami sandwiches! If you get there early enough you can get 8 day old bagels for $ 3.99. I moved away from NW 23^rd and this is definitely one of the places that I miss, I used to go there very regularly.

A delicious, genuine, boiled bagel on the West Coast — an oxymoron? An impossible feat? An act of imagination? A miracle.
Kettleman’s has brought a real NY bagel to Portland. The bagels are delicious and yes, still probably three servings of bread each. This doesn’t seem to stop me, or slow me down when it comes to Kettleman’s. I also praise their lox plate, their selection of perfectly delightful flavors (yes, I’m talking to you asiago spinach), and efficient service. I also would recommend ordering the salmon cream cheese on the bagel for a cheaper, though no less delicious option, to the lox plate.
The only small drawback is the availability of lowfat cream cheese — they only offer plain lowfat cream cheese. So just be ready for the full creaminess of the real deal if you want to experiment with flavor. Also, if you’re looking for a bargain, the day-​old bagels can be swooped up for an incredibly great deal — perfect if you have to throw a breakfast party or if you just really love dozens and dozens of bagels.

Kettleman makes real, honest-​to-​God bagels. These are the classic, boiled bagels that seem to be a vanishing breed: a chewy outside wrapped around a tender inside, not like the doughy blobs served by places like Noah’s (shudder).
I’d write more but that’s the most important thing. Besides, it’s nearly 8 am and I haven’t had breakfast yet — but I think I’ve settled on my destination for it. Mmmm.

Great spot for a morning bagel and cream cheese or breakfast bagel sandwich. I stop by to grab breakfast on my way to work or eat in and hang out on the weekend.
Once I tried these new york style boiled bagels, I couldn’t go back to the crummy bagels peddled by other shops.
I like that they have Coke fountain drinks and a plethora of tea and coffee choices.
You won’t be dissapointed.

Great bagels, Stumptown coffee and vegan cream cheese… I think I’m in heaven.
This has to be my favorite Portland neighborhood coffee/​bagel shop. One of the main reasons I went here on a daily basis is because of the staff. They’re amazing! So friendly and laid back.
The bagels are amazing and there’s such a great variety. Speaking of variety, your options for bagel toppings is vast including yummy hummus as well as my ultimate favorite… vegan cream cheese (Tofutti brand). And two flavors none the less.
Add some Stumptown coffee, free wifi in easy going atmosphere and you’ve got a great daily habit.

Delicious bagels and cream cheeses. Creative cream cheese flavors, but fairly average bagel flavors for a bagel shop…
Fairly fast service during late morning when I went. My only word of advice is to be aware that they tent to put quite a bit of cream cheese on the bagel to go — some may like this, some may not.

I was really impressed with Kettleman’s. When it comes to quick-​service bagel places, I’m not expecting perfection. I just want a decent bagel! Kettleman’s did more than deliver in that regard.
I find that bagels tend to hover between two extremes — either too airy and bread-​like, or just tough, like it were made of rawhide. Kettleman’s achieves that ideal of light airiness and just chewy enough.
They have all your usual varieties of flavored bagels and cream cheeses. I was, however, disappointed to not find a sundried tomato cream cheese. Other than that, I have little to complain about here.
The restaurant is very clean, and has a sleek, modernist feel to it. They also provide free wifi.

So far, this is my fave bagel shop. The bagels are always fresh and made to perfection. Soft on the inside and crunchy/​chewy on the outside.
Only reason for 4 stars rather than 5 is their locations. There’s none outside of the downtown-​ish area. Hello! I’m tired of Noah’s on the westside. They finally just opened one on Scholls Ferry but it’s still no Beaverton or Hillsboro. Still crossing my fingers!

Great bagels and friendly service, in my experience. Now that I no longer live in PDX, I find myself missing picking up Kettleman’s Bagels before a hike. Their variety of bagels and shmears leaves room for creativity and their lunch special was a favorite of mine.

I eat a lot of bagels. In fact, I usually have one every morning for breakfast. Most times it’s just me making it, slaving away in the kitchen to get the perfect amount of cream cheese on. Sometimes I treat myself and let the professionals do it for me. When I go out, I almost always go to Kettleman Bagel Company.
They have a wide selection of bagels, a friendly and helpful wait staff and lots of places to sit and enjoy your food. You can sit up at the center bar area, pull up to a table or even eat outside. Enjoy The Mercury while you scarf down a bagel and sip on a carton of milk (or a soda, your call).
I love places that let you enjoy your food without rushing you. Kettleman doesn’t serve huge portions (hey, they’re bagels) but you will definitely take your time eating them.

Kettleman and I have an interesting relationship. Well, more like an abusive housewife relationship. You see Kettleman slaps me down and I crawl back in the next day hoping that they «didn’t mean it» and maybe «they’ll change», but ya know what? That’s never going to happen.
I wish I had the time, energy or inclination to post every bad experience I’ve had, but I don’t. So lets do a brief overview:
1) I’ve had a bagel with hummus and avocado where it looked like a two year old was throwing paint at a wall (photo uploaded).
2) I once ordered a breakfast bagel sandwich (egg, cheddar, sausage) and returned to work discovered there was no egg on the bagel. When I walked back to Kettleman I was informed that I didn’t ask for egg and it was my fault for being silly. I had to pay the extra dollar for my egg.
EDIT: Because I totally forgot and then remembered. When I got back from the second trek (with egg on my bagel this time) there was egg shells in the egg! Man, I hate this place.
3) There staffing is horrible and have waited on three separate occasions over a half an hour for a to-​go order.
4) Service has always been rude (see above) and slow (again, above).
Here’s the deal Kettleman. All I want is some freaking pork on a breakfast bagel-​ness, and Kornblatts (being Jewish and all) doesn’t serve it up. But at this point I’m tired of thinking you’ll change, hoping that the next time will be better. And frankly, sorta disgusted with myself for continuing to go back. So since I can’t break up with you in person (see rude staff and/​or manager) I’m writing this instead.
Its been real. It’s been not fun. Its been really not fun.

There’s a serious shortage of bagel places in town. And in my mind, there are now fewer because I no longer count Kettleman as an option.
I’ve given Kettleman (specifically this location) several chances, but recently I hit the roof… and I’m never going back.
We ordered some bagels to take with us on a hike last week.
I ordered a «whole wheat» with peanut butter, and when I opened the bag there was, instead, an «everything» bagel with peanut butter. Oh well, I thought, no one’s perfect, they just got my order wrong. As gross as it tasted, I just ate it.
A few bites in, I discovered a long blonde hair in the peanut butter! I was totally grossed out. Of course, I lost my appetite.
As a manager/​owner of my own business, I would want to know about something like this. So I called Kettleman and asked for the Manager.
I explained the situation, and he said (his words exactly), «Well, my head is shaved, so it couldn’t have been mine». That was it. No apology, no nothing. No anything! Was he being serious? What kind of response was that? What a spineless idiot.
I said, «I just thought you should know your food is going out of the kitchen like this». And then he’s just like, «Ok». And I kept waiting for him to say something else but he was just totally silent. Then I was like, «Alright, bye».
I was stunned. I have long dark brown hair myself, and I know it wasn’t mine. Least he could’ve done was apologize.
So three things happened that day — wrong bagel, hair in food, and bad attitude from the manager about it.
And might I add, this place leaves your clothes and hair smelling like grease — I think the cooking area must be improperly vented. (It’s why we started getting to-​go orders in the first place.)
SOOOOO not going back ever and of course I’m telling everyone about it.

Best bagel I’ve had in Portland. That would get it five stars on its own. But… listen to my story:
You know when you’re out drinking in NW for your friend’s birthday and you get way too drunk and suddenly it’s like 5am and you’re fighting with your boyfriend and wandering the streets, and then you guys sit in your car for like an hour and the sun’s up and you haven’t gone home yet? Well. that’s the time to go to Kettleman’s.
After the most ridiculous night of drinking this place was perfect. Perfect lighting, perfect music, and amazing bagel. I even had a bite of my boyfriend’s Lox bagel, and I’m a vegetarian. Oh yeah and the bagels fixed everything.

Its hard for me to wake up early on a weekend because of those long and drunk Saturday nights but when I do I love me some Kettleman bagels. Not sure what a New York style bagel tastes like but if it’s anything like this then count me in. Soft on the inside with a great chewy outside.
I had the everything bagel and it was good but the winner was the wifey’s jalepeno bagel. Very tasty!
3 bucks for a bagel with shmear. Kind of spendy if you think about it but they do spread on a crap load of that shmear. We just get one with shmear and other without for a buck and she steals my shmear since there is so much of it.
I’ve went with the scallion flavored cream cheese. My favorite so far. Not sure if I would try any other kind.

Ok, now I feed kind of foolish for publishing a glowing recommendation of Noah’s NY Bagels. They are no where near the genuine thing like they have here at Kettleman’s.
I tried the White Rye and the Salt bagels and was momentarily transported to a higher plane of existence where bagels roam free range, government is smaller, bicycles and cars live in harmony and I-​5 is two lanes wider.
Noah’s has a good bagel. Kettleman’s has the best bagel in Portland hands down! Better prices too.

Join hands and hearts and voices
Voices, hearts and hands
At Kettleman’s the friendships last long
As the mountains stand…
wait just a minute… that’s not quite right, but I’ll tell you this for free:
Nobody puts Bagels in the corner.