Dough Preparation
They start with naturally leavened, fermented dough, incorporating malt sourced from local Pennsylvania farmers.
We believe
simple ingredients should be held to high standards.
Coming to Spread should feel like coming home.
Life is excellent by the fire.
Come in and stay awhile.
We believe the world needs more places to gather. So we designed Spread to be a place that’s baked into your routine. Whether you need to quickly grab breakfast, or you can sit down and linger over a coffee and a great bagel, we want you to feel warmly welcomed, every single visit.
Wood-fired is just better.
We wouldn’t take the time to wood-fire each and every bagel – turning each one by hand for the ideal bake and those perfectly-charred seeds – if we didn’t believe it made them better. Baking our bagels Montreal-style is part of the Spread philosophy, and we know you’ll love their distinct chew and hearth-baked taste as much as we do.
Daily rituals are sacred.
We use the best ingredients to make everything on our all-day menu worthy of a daily visit. For your morning bagel-and-coffee must-have, your lunchtime Pastrami craving, or even a wood-fired sandwich for dinner, Spread is there to honor your everyday rituals – and make them good enough to do over and over again.
How We Got Here
Founded in 2010 in Philadelphia, Spread wanted to bring Montreal-style wood-fired bagels to the City of Brotherly Love. Now with 17 locations across 4 states, Spread Bagelry has grown into a destination for anyone who craves the distinctive taste and texture of bagels made from the highest-quality ingredients, boiled with a touch of honey, and baked by the fire. We're known for our warm – but efficient – service, and we look forward to welcoming new Spreadheads as we continue to grow.
Inspired by old world Montreal-style methods. Refined over 15 years in Philadelphia.
Hand Shaping
Each bagel is hand-shaped, ensuring consistency and authenticity in every piece.
Boiling in Honey Water
The shaped dough is boiled in honey-infused water
Wood-Fired Baking
After boiling, the bagels are baked in an authentic brick oven fueled by wood
Sunday morning, order online egg and cheese bagels. My husband picks them up and we sit around the kitchen island with our three teenagers and chit chat. It gets us all together!
Rachel
Bryn Mawr
This place was great. It was warm and inviting with good service. The bagels are delicious and they have a wood fire oven that is super cool.
Brian
Philly
