How They're Made

Hand-rolled and toasted to perfection in our traditional wood-burning ovens, our bagels are crafted with decades of experience.

Discover Our Flavours

World-famous Montreal bagels, rolled in tradition, baked with pride, and delivered fresh to your home.

 

Order Online

Handmade from start to finish

Step 1 - Mixing

Whole natural ingredients go into our special recipe dough. We cut and prepare bagels in smaller batches to ensure individual quality.

Step 2 & 3 - Rolling & Shaping

We hand roll on a hard wood surface for the same artisanal quality in every bagel. The hole in the middle allows each bagel to toast and brown evenly.

Step 4 & 5 - Boiling & Straining

Our bagels are brought to a simmer in honey water to help build their distinctive taste and texture. Then they're lifted with a wide metal strainer to cool, dress, and arrange on boards before baking.

Step 6 - Dressing

Some of our bagel varieties get coated with classic toppings—such as sesame, poppy seed, or all dressed (also known as an "everything bagel").

Step 7 - Baking

We follow centuries of tradition by crafting our bagels in wood-burning ovens, rotating and shuffling them for a uniform golden brown.

Step 8 - Tossing

With a special hardwood plank called a sheeba, our bagels come out of the oven to cool in a wooden bin.

Step 9 - Packing

Fresh bagels are packed to go by the dozens, to be enjoyed throughout North America or picked up at one of our store counters in Greater Montreal.

Step 10 - Enjoy!

If you know, you know! The best way to enjoy a St-Viateur Bagel is fresh out of the oven. Bon appétit!