St. Urbain Bagel Bakery

The blog says that Bagel House bakes the best Montréal-​style bagels, but St Urbain Bagel is actually the best, to my taste. An ex-​Montrealer exiled to Phila, I crave the chewiness, density, and slight sweetness imparted by boiling the dough in honey water. St Urbain delivers, and Bagel House is a little drier and has no sweetness. If you visit the Phila area, the place to go is Mount Royal Bagel in nearby Marlton, NJ, which does the absolutely best job of recreating this Montréal delicacy.

Haven’t quite mastered the Authentic Montréal recipe but the bagels were definitely good. They also make a mean tuna spread. Very friendly restaurant patrons/​kibitzers. Find Sadoku playing patron Izzy for a friendly chat.

You haven’t lived unless you’ve had a fresh out of the oven bagel with some butter and cheddar cheese. This has been my go to on weekend mornings for years. St Urbain also offers a variety of different pastries and the requisite lox and cream cheese that goes very well with the previously mentioned dream bagels.
These bagels are definitely Montréal style in flavour, but I’ve found that over the years they have gotten smaller.
This location has been owned by the same family for years. I also have a special place in my heart because they used to sponsor my softball team when I was a kid and our uniforms were a sweet purple (not that it’s relevant but we were definitely the best looking team out there).
There is another location in St Lawrence Market, but it’s definitely worth the trek north of steeles to visit this store. It’s got the nicest vibe and the ladies that work there are the sweetest on the planet!
The only reason why this isn’t a 5 star rating is due to the rising cost and shrinkage in size of their bagels.

Simply put, the best bagels in T.O., period. Great cream cheese too.

I was so surprised to find out how much a dozen bagels are now at St. Urbain Bagel on Bathurst & Steeles.
I have been buying them for years. Being from Montréal, I still love them.
But to pay $ 7 per dozen is very steep. Also, they used to have specials like after 4pm on a Wed. you could get a free dozen if you bought 2. Or it would be a bakers dozen at times, 13 bagels.
Now, the only special is if you buy 5 dozen for $ 35,you get some free.
I will only buy them now for very special occasions and not routinely.

Excellent Danish. We ordered a Cheese, Cherry, Apple, and some pints of milk to wash it all down with. Everything was fresh baked and the service was quick. Will try more baked goods later.