Kettleman's Bagels

What Reddit says

Ottawa-born bagel bakery with Toronto locations, including Etobicoke. Fans like the fresh bagels, bagel dogs and latkes, though some feel the Toronto shops don't match Ottawa and call them unremarkable.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 5.2
  Bagels#20 for bagels in Toronto
  Worth trying
• Butter Tarts1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “I love the location in Ottawa in the Glebe, but I felt that the Toronto ones didn't quite measure up”

• “you can order a latka and it is extremely good”

• “Went there once, got a bagel and a butter tart. Guy at the counter didn't know what a butter tart was”

• “I would drive out to Etobicoke at 3am and get a dozen bagels... and a bagel dog.”

• “they are great! I prefer mine with sour cream and fresh chives.”

• “we could smell the blueberry bagels being cooked in the morning”

• “I will still buy a dozen from time to time but nothing like when I used to get them in Ottawa”

• “The bagels there didn't taste like the kettlemans found in Costco/farm boy. Not sure why recipe seemed different.”

• “That location was a lifeline as a Carleton student 20+ years ago”

• “I like Kettleman’s”

• “Kettleman’s doesn’t rate. Those are etobicoke-grade bagels.”

• “They're nothing special.”