This neighborhood needed this place so badly! First, bagels are my favorite food. So when I say, these are good bagels, please know that I have hundreds, if not thousands of bagels that I've had in my life to compare them to. They are so good. They are big, golden brown on the outside, the perfect level of density on the inside. Lots of classic and bold flavors to try! And so very generous with schmear! They've had a huge line every day since they opened. Today was the first I was able to just walk right in! All the staff are friendly and excited to be serving the community (and they are also all hot) The building is clean, new build-out. Cute design and colors to match their logo. There is some seating inside, and I believe some seating outside as well. I had a wonderful experience and I will be back! read more

Pipsqueak Bagels - Half of an Asiago black pepper bagel, with scallion schmear. And a Pipsqueak canvas tote bag. - Bagels Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Saturday morning at 9am, there was a line out the door but not yet stretched past the store so we were not deterred. Once to the register, the wait is not long at all. You get your bagged bagels right away then you wait for your name to be called for any sandwiches. Bagels were dreamy. Perfect combination of crispy, chewy, and fluffy. Also ordered the fruit & cream because it looked intriguing! On the sea salted bagel, it was a sweet & salty treat! I would share a bunch of flavors so you can sample the depth they offer here. Coffee beans made in collaboration with Puff Coffee is five stars. The space is cute inside and some outdoor seating available too. We'd for sure come back. Did I mention friendly people? That too! read more

Pipsqueak Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Portland, Oregon

**3.5 - had to round to 4** I *wanted* to give Pipsqueak 5 stars, I really did, but I couldn't do it. They're just not a grand slam for me. The product is top tier: I came for a great bagel, I got a great bagel. Would I consider it a NY bagel, no, but it's pretty close. I spent years eating bagels in the City and have yet to find true NY style perfection out here, but Pipsqueaks is decent - I think it's the water. The NY water that is - it has a certain je ne sais quoi that can't be replicated. You can taste the quality/freshness in the toppings, be it the cold cuts, spreads, etc, and it was nice to see the meats for the Italian Stallion being sliced right in front of you. The individual at the front counter taking orders was very pleasant - they were calm despite the long/constant line, and were courteous & patient with the individuals who hadn't looked at the menu while waiting. They did not appear rushed when I asked for a recommendation on what bagel to pair with the Fruit & Cream (the sesame was spot on, BTW), even with the line still out the door with no sign of stopping - kudos to them! The space itself is very sweet, and nicely decorated, without being over the top - very on brand. My one complaint is that it does get overwhelmingly crowded when there are people both sitting inside to eat and multiple people waiting for their orders - I wonder if introducing buzzers/outdoor waiting for orders, or taking all seating outside may alleviate that problem - come rainy season, I cannot fathom there being enough space!! Now, the downside: value. It's not there on all menu items. I will *gladly* pay a premium price for something like the Sunday Best, heck, even the above premium price for something like the Fruit & Cream that someone could replicate at home for less because they were both freaking amazing. But I've got to put my foot down at a bagel & spread being $8... let me break that down, because the menu does not: the bagel is $4. The spread -aka cream cheese, plain at that- was another $4. The Italian Stallion was another bust: $16 for what amounted to a $4 bagel + a few peppers, arugula & onion, a tiny bit of mayo, a single slice of cheese and 6 slices of deli meat. I mean, the bagel was bomb, and Olympic Provisions & Mama Lil's are always delicious, but FFS - minus the bagel, the reminder =/= $12 worth of product. NOTE: yes, I understand that prices do also reflect overhead & All the Things, but these are worse than NYC overhead costs - don't come at me. Needless to say, sadly, I don't think I'll be going out of my way again to drive out to Pipsqueak again - it was a try it and say I did. If there happens to be a time where they pop up at a local farmer's market, or I'm out that way, I might grab a Sunday Best or maybe a standalone bagel if I'm hungry, but otherwise, nothing singularly stood out enough to make it a worthwhile visit... very much a bummer read more

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The bagel: My credentials are I have spent a good chunk of time and money eating NYC bagels. Pipsqueak's was a yummy, nice and chewy bite, with solid height. We got vegan cream cheese which was delicious and generous, but runny. The texture leaned more aioli and needs more thickness/hold. I suggest offering Tofutti. Vibes: Friendly staff and service!! Branding and atmosphere is very quintessentially Portland small business. Misc feedback: Don't love that the prices for the add-ons + spreads are nowhere to be found. Also no clear menu on the website? Even if certain toppings fluctuate in price you could still list it as "Market Price." My total for 2 bagels with 2 toppings each was $22. Valid when it's a good bagel, but def on the higher end for Portland and even NYC where there's actually sales tax. Overall, I enjoyed. This place is still new and I imagine also working out the kinks. I'm happy to have this addition to the neighborhood and wish them a long era of serving bagel-loving Portlanders!! read more

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The good: I mostly enjoyed eating this bagel (Sunday Best on an everything bagel). A generous portion of smoked salmon and large enough to split with another person. The bad: everything else. The fact it took 4 visits to actually get to try this place. One morning it was 8am and there was just a note on the door saying they will open at 9 for the staff to "celebrate"? This makes me feel like on any given day they might decide to open whenever they want? They will run out of bagels at some time every morning before whatever time they are scheduled to be open. It would be nice to just be able to get food in my neighborhood without having to obsessively check Instagram to know if it's possible that day. The onions on the everything bagel were so burnt that the burnt flavor overtook the rest of the flavors. The price (too much). The wait (too long). I am by no means a bagel snob so for me there is absolutely no reason I need to wait so long or pay so much for a bagel. I live in the neighborhood but I doubt I will be back. I write this review not to be a killjoy but to help people gauge whether or not it's worth the effort for them. The unreliableness (either within or not within their control) is a huge dealbreaker for me. read more

A very long line... amazing bagels! The best we have had in PDX, and huge. We did live in NJ, so we know a good bagel. I'd like a way to avoid the line. Preorder maybe?? Also, toasted seems more like warmed only. I'll try double toasted next time. We got all flavors and they were all great! read more

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I've been waiting for them to open, and today was the first day I was able (er, willing) to get up early enough to try my luck at hopping in line. Got in line at 9:04, ordered at 9:50, had bagels in hand by 10:00. When it was our time there were still 6 bagel varieties to choose from. Once you order, it's quick! Everyone was friendly and working their tails off. We got what everyone and their mom had been posting about: the Sunday Best and the Fruit Cream. We agreed that it is worth the wait! Especially the Fruit Cream, what a treat. We agreed that we could easily split one of these. It was pretty easy to find a seat, and the vibes were lively all around. Next time, we're looking forward to getting standard bagels and seeing how those stack up! read more

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Went on a Saturday morning at 11 and the line was out the door but fairly quick given that it's still a new spot in the neighborhood. I love bagels, these ones are soft, doughy and chewy. I happily picked the black pepper Asiago! $4 a bagel, not cheap but not exorbitant if the flavor is right. The flavor was right! A nice chewy bagel that was warm (would preferred it toastier, so I'll ask next time when it's not so busy) Then add schmear and toppings if you want. Here's my grievance, there's no pricing for things outside of the bagels and sandwiches. My bagel was $4. My grand total was $12, so my smoked salmon schmear was twice the cost of my bagel. Don't get me wrong, they gave me a ton (more than a bagel could handle) and I took it home and spread it on future toast for the week cause that schmear is delicious and it cost a ton. The line was long and I didn't want to hold things up and change my order. Service was friendly and swift. A few tables inside and a few outside. Aesthetics were great! Second time got two jalapeño cheese bagels, only one with cream cheese and it was $12. So plain schmear is $4. Jalapeño cheese is perfectly cheesy and spicy read more

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They are good. Not great but not terrible. And for a good bagel, they are way too expensive, like airport price expensive. 10$ for a bagel and cream cheese are you serious? I would gladly pay for something that is worth that much but the bagel was hard and the cream cheese was not spectacular. I went in the morning and was disappointed because they didn't even have a breakfast bagel, like a bacon egg and cheese? I think that is standard for a bagel spot too. The Italian Stallion was good too much not great, 15$. read more

Pipsqueak Bagels - Rosemary Bagel with Scallion cream cheese and the Italian Stallion - Bagels Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Get here early. Great staff and energetic work flow. Generous portions. The wait for the food is worth it. There were 3 people making sandwiches. read more

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This place is amazing! Customer service rocks, th bagels are incredible and the ambiance and spot is super cute, best for pick up only! Get here fast they sell out quick. read more

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There are few things that people back east are louder about in Oregon than bagels, and me and my sister basically went all the way from the West Side to Milwaukie to prove some loudmouth wrong. We... weren't that successful. We're from back east and have been down this road with bagels before. Someone gets a great writeup, gets people waiting for an hour for bagels, has everyone believing they've cracked the code and then... meh. Even the great bagel shops of Portland are at the top primarily because they're the ones making a fine, basic bagel and following the process to the letter. They aren't reinventing the wheel: They just aren't crossing out parts of the wheelmaking instructions wholesale and replacing them with their interpretation of a wheel that looks a whole lot like a sponge. So we schlepped out to Gladstone street and waited an undue amount of time for our one apiece. I took a plain bagel with scallion cream cheese and my sister took a rosemary sea salt bagel with plain cream cheese. Admittedly the bagels looked the part, if a little large (but Jersey bagels often come in slightly big, too, so no harm there), but once I got a hand on it, I knew I was in trouble. It shouldn't be sticky, but it should definitely be a bit tacky and shiny on the exterior. Nope. And once you've played this game in Portland a few times, you know where it's going: I took a bite and my teeth sank all too easily into a sponge that may as well have been a kaiser roll. The cream cheese held up (and is seldom the issue in places like this), but the bagel itself was not what it was billed. I blame only myself. Had I checked their socials, I would've seen the photos that told me how malleable the bagels were when held and how aerated their interior dough appeared. I could've spotted it, waved off the "these are just like New York!" reviews that I'd seen for so many other disappointing bagel upstarts, and just left this place alone. But in a way, I'm glad I didn't. For some places to simply make rent in this town, they have to position comfortable staples as premium products. We've seen it here with everything from donuts to grilled cheese, but if you're going to charge in the neighborhood of $5 for a single bagel before an ounce of cream cheese touches it, you have to deliver on what you're promising. The places that do this successfully earn repeat business because they're either offering something unique and unconventional--like Sincerely's sourdough Korean-inspired bagels--or the Proustian madeline, like Bernstein's note-perfect suburban New York bagel shop bagel. The Pipsqueak bagel is neither of the above. It's a middling Pacific Northwest rolled bun in a bagel's clothing. It's at the stage where it's relying on people who've invested enough time and money into its experience to be stubborn enough not to admit that the experience hasn't lived up to their expectations. It's hoping they'll cheerlead to save face. Well I've never waved pom poms for a lackluster bagel, and I'm not starting now. A star for the cream cheese and another for Puff Coffee, but I'm hoping enough early feedback inspires them to make at least a star's worth of changes. As it stands, we're not coming over from the west side for this again and would sooner bring a bag of Jersey bagels through airport TSA. read more

Hot damn! These are such good bagels! The food here is so fresh and the topping are so delicious and creative. The service was excellent and the vibe was exceptional. Chef's kiss! read more

It's fine. I had a plain bagel. No cream cheese. I just wanted to try a plain bagel. Still, not NY bagels. They're really big, if you care about that. I don't think I'd go back because I find them to be ridiculously expensive. read more

CREAM CHEESE on your bagel costs $5!? MORE than the actual bagel. But you wouldn't know that bc they don't put the prices of cream cheese on the menu?? Who does that? I don't care about waiting in a long line..I don't care about premium priced food.. but it does feel like a bait and switch when you get to the register and you have no idea how much the cream cheese is. I've never in my life been to a bagel place where they hid the price of your cream cheese. I'm fine with a $9 bagel A.) if you told me how much it was before I placed an order B.) if the flavor was there to backup the price. read more

The people who work there are so nice, and it's a pleasure to get a bagel hot out of the oven (I think hot out the oven explains the favorable reviews), but I'm from the east coast, and these huge, fluffy things are not the proper bagels they're purported to be. I was out the door before 8 to get them, waited in line for 20 minutes, then paid a princely sum, and I'm so disappointed. Bagels are supposed to offer chew. Higgin's, Puddletown and Spielman's all have better bagels. Einstein Brothers had better bagels. But none of them are as good as bagels from New York and New Jersey. read more

So many positive vibes from the owner and staff that is infused right into the food. We tried the Larchmont sandwich on jaelepeno cheddar, Vegan cream cheese on Everything bagel, and Scallion cream cheese on Rosemary Seasalt. All wonderful. Really happy they had a Vegan cream cheese option for my wife and she loved it. Hopefully they will add more dairy free options in the future. The Larchmont was incredible. The chicken salad with a combination of mint, and a tiny dose of jaelpeno heat was creative and delicious. I imagine there will be long lines here for awhile. But well worth the wait! read more

We went to the location in Portland that's on Gladstone street. The people are very welcoming and friendly. The bagels are so yummy. My favorite one is the sea salt rosemary with the scallion cream cheese spread read more

Pipsqueak Bagels - Sunday's best - Bagels Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Absolutely in love with this place! Wish I could wake up every morning in here. The smell is amazing. Adore the Rosemary sea salt bagel and all the fixings. Can't get enough of these read more

Worth all the hype! Best damn bagel of my life. Period. The line is well worth the wait, the cream cheese (my gahhhhh) if I could eat one everyday I would. The price point is great too! You get heaping mounds of cream cheese on a hand rolled bagel baked fresh that day. The one I got was still warm. really enjoyed their puff coffee blend and of course had to pick up a T-shirt. The logo is so cute! So happy that this gem now has a brick and mortar here in Portland. Will be back soon.... Like tomorrow! read more

The two stars is because the workers were really nice and efficient. The bagels... I hate to say this, but taste like a Safeway bakery bagel. The spreads lacks flavor/salt as well. I appreciate the amount of schemer they give, but it didn't save it unfortunately. read more

Honestly the best bagels I've ever had and I'm talking about better than NY. I was nervous about going there opening weekend but I was so happy I did. The everything bagels were my favorite! The employees were phenomenal and were rolling with the punches and crowds. I love the vintage inspired sinage. The homemade cream cheese stands out above the rest. read more

I went to Pipsqueak Bagels on Gladstone yesterday at around 10am. They were already sold out of everything but sesame bagels. Not my favorite, but I bought two anyway. The guys at the counter were super welcoming and friendly. The shop is well run with a large energetic staff, and has a really cool style and decor. I had been waiting for this place to open for months, and was so excited to check it out. Since Bundy's Bagels went out of business a few years ago it has been challenging to find a really good bagel in Portland. Pipsqueak to the rescue. My sesame bagels were perfect, just the right amount of chew, phenomenal flavor. I will be back regularly. For the record, I would give my right arm for a Pipsqueak onion bagel. read more

Waited about 30 minutes which I expected since they've been so popular. Ordered an Asiago pepper bagel with plain cream cheese and it was delicious! On the more expensive side though, somehow the cream cheese cost more than the bagel lol. Bagel was $4 and cream cheese was $5. It was yummy but I feel like you'd get more bang for your buck just ordering one of their listed sandwich bagels read more

Pipsqueak Bagels - Asiago pepper bagel with cream cheese - Bagels Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Way too big and bready. A bagel should be dense and chewy, about 6" in diameter, with a well-defined hole. The outside should be dark, shiny, and crunchy, as these are a cousin to the pretzel. Highly flavorful and best untoasted. But the ones we got needed toasting to offset how soft and underbaked they are, more like a bun. And they are pricey. They cost nearly twice what Bowery Bagels charges for a half-dozen, and they are only half as good. This is all fixable, and I hope Pipsqueak gets there. I do have a lot of sympathy for people who make bagels--so hard to do this well and profitably. read more

The jalapeño cheddar bagel was BEYOND amazing! I'm a sucker for a hefty side of cream cheese and they did not disappoint! I would highly recommend Pipsqueak Bagels, not only for the kickass bagels, but my entire experience was a positive one. When I walked in it was stirring with people because it's such a popular spot but the staff greeted me like an old friend. The bagels are superb and the customer service matches the quality of their product. I will definitely be visiting again! read more

The Bagels are delicious here. After our third attempt of walking over we were able to get some bagels before they sold out. The bagels were crisp on the outside chewy on the inside. The smear was more than generous. The flavors of our sea salt and rosemary bagel and chive cream cheese were fantastic. The price seemed high or like it was a mistake. We paid 21 for 2 bagels with cream cheese, one with sliced tomato, and one coffee. I did not see any prices listed so I am not sure if that was the price or if a mistake was made. This would be a 5 star review based on the bagels them selves, but the price is just too high. read more

My coworker told me of this place and said that I had to try it, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed! 10/10 will be back. The people were nice and their bagels are great. It's great seeing a new family owned business pop up in my neighborhood. read more

Out of bagels at 1030. Prices are high. 21$ for 6 bagels, 25$ for 12 at Henry Higgins.

To say I was filled with anticipation and excitement over the opening of this new bagel stand is an understatement. The Milwaukie Farmers Market is my favorite market and I am there shopping and browsing almost every Sunday from May to October. Pipsqueak opened their booth with a bang and long lines followed during the first few weeks in May. Fortunately, it is located next to my favorite booth, Major's Stuffed Potatoes, so now I just wait in the Pipsqueak line while Mr. K picks up our regular order one booth over. I've been able to enjoy several of their standard bagels and a couple weekly specials as well. No surprise to me, but Rosemary Sea Salt is my favorite. I've also enjoyed the Ham & Cheese and Jalapeno Cheddar (both weekly specials). I will say, my one meh bagel was the Sesame, which is typically my go-to bagel choice. For that, go to Puddletown Bagels at the Milwaukie Station cart pod a few blocks away. I have not yet had a bagel sandwich or schmear, in part because I'm impatient and the wait is even longer for a prepared item. Overall the booth is doing great business and is a happy addition to the Milwaukie Farmers Market. It is nice that you can pre-order during the week (by Thursday at 4:00p) and pick up at the market. Highly recommended for a large order. I know they are just getting started and hope to turn this into a brick and mortar bagel shop one day. The marketing and branding is on point. The price is higher than most ($3/bagel and $32/bakers dozen, compared to $19 at Puddletown). Looking forward to more visits this summer and on a quiet day, a bagel sandwich. read more

Hands down the best bagels I've had in Portland--and maybe anywhere. You can taste the love and quality in every bite. Perfectly chewy on the inside, with just the right amount of crisp on the outside. Everything was super fresh and delicious! read more