Bernstein's Bagels
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- Noah Bernstein
- Peter Hurteau
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 2008 photograph of the exterior of the Frederick Torgler Building, which housed Bernstein's Bagels starting in 2018 | |
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| Established | 2016 |
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| Location | 816 North Russell Street[1], Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97227, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°32′27″N 122°40′30″W / 45.5409°N 122.6750°W |
| Seating capacity | 25–30 |
| Website | bernsteinsbagels |
Bernstein's Bagels is a bagel shop in Portland, Oregon, United States. Noah Bernstein and Peter Hurteau started the business in 2016, and opened a brick and mortar shop in North Portland's St. Johns neighborhood in 2017. Bernstein and Hurteau opened an outpost in the Eliot neighborhood's Frederick Torgler Building in 2018, briefly operating two shops before the building that housed the original shop was sold.
Bernstein's serves bagels with schmears and sides like eggs, lox, and prosciutto, as well as bagel sandwiches, coffee, and tea. The business has garnered a positive reception. Bon Appétit and Food & Wine have included Bernstein's in overviews of the nation's best bagels.
Bernstein's Bagels has a shop in the North Portland part of the Eliot neighborhood, and previously operated in the St. Johns neighborhood. The shop has a seating capacity of approximately 25 to 30 people, a counter with white tile, and Art Nouveau wallpaper with paintings.[1][2]
The menu includes eight regular bagel varieties, plus pumpernickel on weekends.[1] Sides for bagels include eggs, lox, and prosciutto.[3] Among schmears are two called 'I Shallotted the Dijons' and 'Twin Leeks and Honey'.[4] The 'Mama Lil's' schmear is cream cheese with pickled goat peppers and the 'Raisin Schmearizona' has cream cheese with brown sugar and honey-macerated raisins.[5] The Popper is a bagel sandwich with avocado, egg, sweet onion, and pickled pepper schmear. The Oregon trout salad sandwich has caramelized fennel and Old Bay Seasoning.[6]
Bernstein's serves coffee by Nossa Familia and tea by Steven Smith.[3]
History
Business partners Noah Bernstein and Peter Hurteau started Bernstein's Bagels in 2016. Bernstein had been making bagels at his house for approximately two years.[7] The company's bagels were available at farmers' markets,[3] Townshend's Teahouses, and Museum Grounds, the coffee shop at the Portland Art Museum.[7][8]
In February 2017, Willamette Week reported that Bernstein and Hurteau were planning to open a brick and mortar shop in St. Johns by early April.[7] The shop opened in on May 19, operating Tuesdays through Sundays.[3]
Bernstein's sold approximately 300–500 bagels a day, as of 2018. In November, Bernstein and Hurteau announced plans to open a second location in the Frederick Torgler Building, which previously housed the craft cocktail bar Mint, in Eliot in December. The duo wanted an outpost since the building in St. Johns was put up for sale.[1][2] The second location opened on December 22, 2018.[9] The St. Johns location closed.[10]
Bernstein's offered delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] In 2022, the shop hosted Bialy Bird, a pop-up restaurant specializing in bialys.[12] Bernstein's got rid of tipping and implemented a service charge in 2024, in order to make wages more consistent and fund employee benefits.[10][13][14]
