Spielman Bagels & Coffee

Spielman Bagels & Coffee is a small chain of bagel and coffee shops in Portland, Oregon. Among bagel varieties are jalapeño cheddar, multigrain, pumpernickel, salt and herb, sweet golden raisin and fennel,{{Cite web |date=2015-11-20 |title=Bagels rise to greatness in Portland |url=https://orjewishlife.com/bagels-rise-to-greatness-in-portland/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Oregon Jewish Life |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810232050/https://orjewishlife.com/bagels-rise-to-greatness-in-portland/ |url-status=live }} as well as the Seedy, which has flax, pumpkin, and watermelon seeds.{{Cite web |title=Portland's Best Bagels |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2012/11/portlands-best-bagels-december-2012 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606035527/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2012/11/portlands-best-bagels-december-2012 |url-status=live }} Bagel toppings include avocado, bacon, Mama Lil's Peppers, schmears,{{Cite web |last=Centoni |first=Danielle |date=2015-05-12 |title=Spielman Bagels Expanding, Taking Over Old Einstein Spot on NE Broadway |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2015/5/12/8595489/spielman-bagels-expanding-kettlemans-einstein-ne-broadway |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223141932/https://pdx.eater.com/2015/5/12/8595489/spielman-bagels-expanding-kettlemans-einstein-ne-broadway |url-status=live }} sprouts, Tofutti, vegan egg, and whitefish.{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Janey |date=2023-06-07 |title=Where to Eat in Charming Multnomah Village |url=https://pdx.eater.com/maps/multnomah-village-neighborhood-restaurants-bars |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228002327/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/multnomah-village-neighborhood-restaurants-bars |url-status=live }}

According to Eater Portland, Spielman uses a sourdough starter in the dough "to achieve a distinctive West Coast tang, giving the bagels a traditional crisp exterior with a tart-fluffy interior that's complemented by a swipe of cream cheese." The menu also includes babkas, lox,{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Chad |date=2016-06-03 |title=Spielman Bagels Is Now Open on SE Division Street |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2016/6/3/11844586/spielman-bagels-opens-se-division-street-coffee-roaster |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204033054/https://pdx.eater.com/2016/6/3/11844586/spielman-bagels-opens-se-division-street-coffee-roaster |url-status=live }} and breakfast sandwiches with ham, egg, and cheese,{{Cite web |title=Spielman Bagels Expands to Northwest Portland |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2015/12/spielman-bagels-expands-to-northwest-portland |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328215537/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2015/12/spielman-bagels-expands-to-northwest-portland |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Pettigrew |first=Jashayla |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Boiled, baked & perfectly shaped: Try these Portland bagels |url=https://www.koin.com/local/boiled-baked-perfectly-shaped-try-these-portland-oregon-bagels/ |work=KOIN |access-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203082458/https://www.koin.com/local/boiled-baked-perfectly-shaped-try-these-portland-oregon-bagels/ |url-status=live }} as well as arugula, bacon, cream cheese, and jam.{{Cite web |title=Spielman Bagels |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/restaurants/spielman-coffee-roasters |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609085056/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/restaurants/spielman-coffee-roasters |url-status=live }}

The shop on Division Street in Southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood has a garden and a seating capacity of 44 people (with a patio and porch seating). The business has also sold bagel chips in three varieties: herb and salt, plain, and spicy barbecue.{{Cite web |last=Tyson |first=Drew |date=2015-05-26 |title=The 15 Most Important Portland Snacks |url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/best-local-portland-snacks-portland-snacks-thrillist-portland |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Thrillist |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529130323/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/best-local-portland-snacks-portland-snacks-thrillist-portland |url-status=live }}

File:Scottie's Pizza Parlor, PDX.jpg's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, in the space that later housed Scottie's Pizza Parlor (pictured in 2022).]]

Co-founders Rick Spielman and his son Raf Spielman opened the first shop (originally known as Spielman Coffee Roasters)Spielman Coffee Roasters:

• {{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2012-01-03 |title=The Box Social; Spielman Coffee Roasters Now Open |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2012/1/3/6626015/the-box-social-spielman-coffee-roasters-now-open |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224071506/https://pdx.eater.com/2012/1/3/6626015/the-box-social-spielman-coffee-roasters-now-open |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Michael |date=2012-03-31 |title=Local bagel makers are filling the Portland area's bagel vacuum |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2012/03/local_bagel_makers_are_filling.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622143919/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2012/03/local_bagel_makers_are_filling.html |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite web |last=DeJesus |first=Erin |date=2014-02-12 |title=Watch How Spielman Coffee Roaster Makes Its Bagels |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2014/2/12/6281115/watch-how-spielman-coffee-roaster-makes-its-bagels |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222045933/https://pdx.eater.com/2014/2/12/6281115/watch-how-spielman-coffee-roaster-makes-its-bagels |url-status=live }} on Division Street, in the space later occupied by Scottie's Pizza Parlor, in 2011. In 2013, the business operated a 1,700-square-foot facility that made approximately 2,500 bagels per day.{{Cite web |title=Slide Show: Behind the Scenes at Spielman Bagels |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2013/04/slide-show-behind-the-scenes-at-spielman-bagels-april-2013 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606154815/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2013/04/slide-show-behind-the-scenes-at-spielman-bagels-april-2013 |url-status=live }} In 2015, Spielman announced plans to open a second shop at the intersection of Broadway and 22nd Avenue in Northeast Portland's Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood. The company also confirmed plans to relocate the Southeast Portland location to a larger space across the street.{{Cite web |title=Spielman Bagels Expands Its Hole-y Empire |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2015/05/spielman-bagels-expands-may-2015 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703233744/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2015/05/spielman-bagels-expands-may-2015 |url-status=live }}

In December 2015, Spielman announced plans to open a third shop on Lovejoy Street, near the intersection of 23rd Avenue in Northwest Portland's Northwest District, in early 2016. Owners hoped to open the Southeast Portland shop in conjunction with the third location, and closed the food cart that operated at 10th Avenue and Alder Street in downtown Portland. The Southeast Portland shop opened in mid 2016. Rick Spielman died in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Suzette |title=Good Morning, News: Beloved Bagel-er Rick Spielman Has Died, Fires and Heat Ravage Europe, Norwegian Walrus Sinks Boats |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning-news/2022/07/20/44354043/good-morning-news-beloved-bagel-er-rick-spielman-has-died-fires-and-heat-ravage-europe-norwegian-walrus-sinks-boats |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Portland Mercury |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925203139/https://www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning-news/2022/07/20/44354043/good-morning-news-beloved-bagel-er-rick-spielman-has-died-fires-and-heat-ravage-europe-norwegian-walrus-sinks-boats |url-status=live }}

Among vendors the business has supplied is Stumptown Coffee Roasters.{{Cite news |last=Gebel |first=Meira |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Stumptown Coffee opens new downtown cafe |url=https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/04/29/stumptown-coffee-opens-new-downtown-cafe-11w |work=Axios Portland}}{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Janey |date=2024-04-19 |title=Stumptown Coffee Moves Its West End Cafe Into the New 11W Building |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2024/4/19/24135024/stumptown-coffee-west-end-cafe-11w-building |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Eater Portland |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423205321/https://pdx.eater.com/2024/4/19/24135024/stumptown-coffee-west-end-cafe-11w-building |url-status=live }} Spielman has participated in Too Good To Go, an app that connects customers to restaurants and stores with surplus unsold food.{{Cite web |title=This New-to-Portland Food App Aims to Help Solve Climate Change—with Discount Doughnuts |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2021/06/leftover-food-app-aims-to-help-climate-change-portland |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323080357/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2021/06/leftover-food-app-aims-to-help-climate-change-portland |url-status=live }}

File:Southeast Portland, Oregon (February 7, 2021) - 121.jpg in the background, 2021]]

Portland Monthly has called Spielman "an indispensable breakfast player". The magazine's Benjamin Tepler included the business in a 2012 overview of the city's best bagels. Drew Tyson included the bagel chips in Thrillist's 2015 overview of Portland's fifteen "most important" snacks.

In 2015, Sunset magazine said: {{Quote|Crackly-crusted sourdough bagels are sweetened with a little honey. Does that make them New York style? Montreal style? Nope. These bagels are all Portland style. The Seedy lives up to its name.{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-07-30 |title=Spielman Coffee Roasters & Bagels |url=https://www.sunset.com/travel/insider-guides/spielman-coffee-roasters-bagels-portland |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Sunset Magazine |archive-date=2021-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228095106/https://www.sunset.com/travel/insider-guides/spielman-coffee-roasters-bagels-portland |url-status=live }}}}

Spielman won in the Best Bagel category of Willamette Week{{'s}} annual readers' poll in 2017,{{Cite web |title=Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2017 |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2017/02/16/best-of-portland-readers-poll-2017/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2019-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055250/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2017/02/16/best-of-portland-readers-poll-2017/ |url-status=live }} 2018,{{Cite web |date=2018-07-11 |title=Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2018 |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/07/10/here-are-the-winners-of-the-best-of-portland-readers-poll-2018/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2019-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055318/https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/07/10/here-are-the-winners-of-the-best-of-portland-readers-poll-2018/ |url-status=live }} and 2020.{{Cite web |title=FOOD, DRINK, RESTAURANTS |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2020/07/21/food-drink-restaurants/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2020-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115173206/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2020/07/21/food-drink-restaurants/ |url-status=live }} The business ranked second in the same category in 2015 and 2022.{{Cite web |date=2015-07-15 |title=Best of Portland Readers' Poll |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-25089-best-of-portland-readers-poll.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2019-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055602/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-25089-best-of-portland-readers-poll.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Food Winners |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2022/07/13/food-winners/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715144318/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2022/07/13/food-winners/ |url-status=live }} Janey Wong included Spielman in Eater Portland{{'s}} 2023 overview of recommended restaurants in Southwest Portland's Multnomah neighborhood. In the website's 2024 list of ten "real-deal" bagel shops in the city, Daniel Barnett, Brooke Jackson-Glidden, and Nathan Williams said the salt and herb variety "has proven to be a customer favorite."

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