The Bagel Cafe

Our story

The oldest street in North America deserves a proper breakfast.

The café floor with wooden tables in morning light

A morning ritual on Duckworth.

Perched on Duckworth Street with the harbour below, The Bagel Cafe has earned its place in St. John’s mornings the honest way: fresh-boiled bagels, eggs done right, and plates built for Newfoundland appetites.

The menu reads like the province tastes — touton benedicts, fish cakes with brewis, molasses baked beans, and a burger topped with bologna that visitors photograph and locals simply order. It’s been voted the city’s best breakfast, but the real endorsement is the lineup on a Saturday morning.

Come for the bagels. Stay because your server remembered your order from last time.

What we stand for

Three house rules.

01

Boiled, then baked

Real bagels take two steps and no shortcuts — chewy inside, golden outside, every morning.

02

Downhome portions

This is Newfoundland. Nobody leaves hungry, and the bacon count is a point of pride.

03

Everyone's table

Townies, students, deckhands, cruise passengers — one room, one morning, all welcome.

Fresh bread on a wooden board

Taste it for yourself.

The story’s better over breakfast. We’re on Duckworth Street, every morning.

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