This compact kosher bakery in Pittsburgh serves up fresh, authentic bagels that rival New York’s best, along with tasty spreads and pastries in a friendly vibe.
"Pigeon Bagels offers a fresh-made menu of bagels, including options like lox and whitefish, cream cheese, and everything bagels. The venue is located in Squirrel Hill, a Jewish community, and has a sleek, retro branding. The bagels have a soft crumb and a nice crunch on the crust. The menu also includes vegan options, rugelach, challah buns, and house-made hummus, all of which are 100% kosher."
"“It would be hand-rolled, it would be boiled, it would be cooked directly on stone,” is how Gab Taube, owner of Pigeon Bagels, envisions the “Pittsburgh bagel.” Since 2019, Taube’s been busy making that vision a reality and drawing long lines every day. In Pittsburgh, Pigeon’s fresh-made menu of bagels is a true rarity. The bagels have a soft crumb that breathes out steam when sliced, and a nice crunch on the crust. The lox and whitefish are rich and smoky; the cream cheese levels are pleasantly modest; and the everything bagel has the same devotion to balance—no hard pops of garlic or intense gusts of onion. I could go on: the buttery-sweet rugelach and challah buns, the creative vegan options (carrot lox!), the fig and honey schmear, and the house-made hummus, all of it 100% kosher." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors
"There are a few bagel chains in Pittsburgh, but it’s not a place that’s known for having great options for circular bread. That is until Pigeon Bagels opened in a small brick building on Hobart Street in Squirrel Hill. It’s the perfect cure after a long night of brewery hopping and the poppy bagel with sun-dried tomato cream cheese is one of our favorite combinations. There are also pastries and coffee, and if you’re here on one of the three days a year that the sun is shining, take your bagels and coffee to Frick Park up the road." - Kenny Gould
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