Kupel's Bakery

Bakery · Brookline

Kupel's Bakery

Bakery · Brookline

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421 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02445

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This family-run kosher bakery in Brookline crafts dense, chewy bagels in 20+ flavors, topped with creative schmears and classic spreads.  

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421 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02445 Get directions

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@kupelsbagels

$10–20 · Menu

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421 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02445 Get directions

+1 617 566 9528
orderkupels.com
@kupelsbagels

$10–20 · Menu

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Jul 31, 2025

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Boston’s Best Breakfasts

"A good bagel is one of the best possible breakfast options and Kupel’s Bakery near Coolidge Corner has perfected the art. This kosher bakery makes more than 20 different bagel flavors every day. Load one up with a flavored schmear like jalapeno, strawberry, green olive, or lox, or request a made-to-order sandwich named after a Boston neighborhood. The Coolidge Corner includes the best-selling chive cream cheese with smoked salmon and tomato on an onion and salt bagel, whereas the Harvard mixes honey walnut cream cheese and jelly on a bagel of your choice." - Nathan Tavares

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Line-Inducing Pop-Up Brick Street Bagels Is Moving Into a Permanent Home in South Boston - Eater Boston

"A decades-old bagel shop known for its traditional offerings, located in Brookline." - Erika Adams

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The 18 Best Breakfast Spots In Boston 2024

"Kupel’s in Brookline is our pick for the best, no-fuss classic bagels around town. The small shop excels at a wide variety of thick, dense-yet-chewy bagels, and you can sleep in a little longer on the weekends knowing that they won’t sell out as quickly as other spots in town. Stick with any combo that involves their nova lox, and plan to take your order to one of the many neighboring parks. " - lala thaddeus

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Kupel's Bakery - Review - Brookline - Boston - The Infatuation

"Kupels in Brookline is our pick for the best, no-fuss classic bagels around town. The small shop excels at a wide variety of thick, dense-yet-chewy bagels, and you can sleep in a little longer on the weekends knowing that they won’t sell out as quickly as other spots in town. Stick with any combo that involves their nova lox and plan to take your order to one of the many neighboring parks." - Lala Thaddeus

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Where to Find Great Bagels in Boston and Beyond

"This family-run business in Brookline has been open since 1978 and is known for its wide bagel selection, including whole wheat options and bialys. There are also dozens of cream cheeses and options for fully loaded bagel sandwiches, named for towns and neighborhoods in the Boston area." - Valerie Li Stack, Dana Hatic

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Sukesh Sathyamoorthy

Google
Affordable and tasty spot for a quick bite! We tried The Prudential on a tomato basil bagel with garlic cream cheese – definitely recommend getting it toasted, the texture and flavor were spot on. The cinnamon rolls had a lovely cinnamon flavor and were a nice sweet treat. The hot chocolate was decent, though nothing extraordinary.

Bob Fishel (Bob)

Google
Came in off a red eye Saturday morning and this was an easy 15 minute drive from Logan and was open at 6am parking right there. Food was incredible and coming from Denver - cheap! A half dozen bagels, a lox sandwich, chocolate AND cinnamon rugalech, almond macaroons and a big cappuccino for ~$60 staff was super friendly. Highly recommend

Anna Silkwood

Google
Their bagels have a good chew and are a decent price. They have a small table inside and a bar area to inhale your goodies quickly. There are also tables outside. I would skip the cappuccino/latte, which was water despite looking creamy, and go across the street instead for a coffee at Tattes.

Dan Friedman

Google
Nice kosher bagel shop/bakery. Bagel and lox was great, and many bakery items to choose from. Speed of service was slow. Video here only shows part of the bakery items.

Grace Z

Google
Delicious bagels! Got two sandwiches, the central square was amazingly warm and delicious. Popular on a Saturday afternoon, took these to eat on a bench outside

Simone Nemes

Google
Bought an expensive loaf of challah for Mother’s Day that was a little raw on the inside (picture shows a doughy center). Also the chocolate cinnamon rugelach tasted slightly moldy (maybe it was more than a day old) I’m not sure whats happening with this spot, it used to be more consistent and we were quite disappointed with the quality this time around.

renee sifri

Google
Some of the best bagels in Boston. Customer service is great. They forgot to include the cream cheese we ordered for pick up so when I drove back to get it, they were kind in offering a refund of the cream cheese due to the inconvenience and messing up the initial order.

Brooks Reeves

Google
Came in for an early morning breakfast. I ordered the “Kenmore” a double egg sandwich with cheese, tomato and onions. I also ordered a croissant and a chai latte. I don’t really know what I was expecting, but raw onions wasn’t it. Luckily they were extremely easy to remove, indeed the biggest problem with the sandwich was that the eggs and the tomato were so slippery that both halves of the sandwich were basically constantly sliding around and threatening to fall apart as I ate it. I had to squeeze together the bagel and it was definitely an extremely tricky sandwich to eat. The eggs, as far I could tell weren’t seasoned, and neither were the tomatoes. That being said, the bagel was knockout and the sandwich overall left me satisfied. The croissant tasted much better than it looked, very buttery (almost too buttery), but it was just clearly underbaked. I’m not sure if that’s always how they make their croissants but there was no flake, no golden brown crisp, anything. But again inside it had layers and the flavor was there. Chai was better than average, though overly sweet. There’s barely any room in the shop itself so I enjoyed my breakfast outside. The service was also not great with another customer coming and bringing me my sandwich because they barely call out the order so even though I was standing feet away from the pick up counter I hadn’t heard when they were finished. Same with the chai. So I know that sounds like a lot of quibbles and they are. So why the four stars? Why not lower? Because this place is a bagel shop and it was clear that the bagels they offered were handmade freshly made and definitely the everything bagel I had was the highlight of my meal. If I were to go back, I would only order a bagel with cream cheese, or grab bagels for a morning meeting. I think in some degree the restaurant should be judged by what they primarily do, and as a primary bagel place I thought the bagel was great.