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Masses Bagels

This venue is a finalist for best sandwiches in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

March 25, 2025

1 / 9Freshly boiled and baked bagels.Chege Mbuthi

2 / 9Smoked trout quark, pickled zucchini and salmon roe tartine bagel.Supplied

3 / 9Outside Masses Bagels in Fitzroy.Chege Mbuthi

4 / 9Bagels ready for boiling and baking.Supplied

5 / 9Parmesan cream and tomato (top) and smoked trout quark tartine bagels.Supplied

6 / 9All bagels are made fresh and boiled.Chege Mbuthi

7 / 9Jack Muir-Rigby preparing the dough at the Fitzroy bagelry.Supplied

8 / 9Inside the sleek store.Chege Mbuthi

9 / 9Tartine-style bagels are the specialty here.Chege Mbuthi

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This hol(e)y grail went from luring masses to the Carlton Farmers Market to opening its own venue in January. The wild-fermented bagels (by an ex-Etta, Embla and Hector’s Deli chef) have an addictive chew and are often still warm when magicked into tartines with atypical toppings. Where else is an everything bagel schmeared with goat’s feta and topped with persimmon, salsa verde and fennel-jalapeno oil?

Good to know: Staff can suggest which bagel (there are five choices) pairs best with your toppings.