Bagel Rising
Restaurant, Coffee/Tea/Juice
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$ - inexpensive
Bagels, bagel sandwiches and other baked goods, plus coffee, tea and other drinks
Bagel Rising is a fairly vegan-friendly establishment, with several tofu spreads for bagels, soymilk for coffee, and a couple of easily veganizable lunch options. They occasionally offer vegan baked goods, as well. They have a loyalty card that offers a free sandwich or drink after you've bought ten.
At Harvard Ave. B line.
- Wireless (free)
Added by ananimalfriendlylife.com on Sep 5 07 (updated Sep 5 07)
Reviews
I'm going to be a bit biased here, because this place is 5 blocks from my apartment, and it offers free Wi-Fi, which is a killer feature in my book.
That said, the prices are reasonable, the bagels are excellent, and the tofu spreads taste great (they also offer hummus and PB). If only every bagel store offered tofu schmears.
I'm partial to the garlic bagels with vegetable tofu spread, but I've tried others, and they were good, too. The Jim's Organic Coffee they sell tastes good to me, but I load mine with soy milk and sugar, so I may not be the best judge. I really liked the mini banana nut loaves I've had, but I didn't see them there the day of this review.
The cooler in the store offers water, Vitamin Water, V8, juices and so on.
There always seems to be a line going out the door at Bagel Rising. That said, it's well worth the wait - the tofu "cream cheese" is amazingly good and comes in six flavors. I especially like the garlic tofu spread. I was less of a fan of the soy chai (it didn't have much flavor and came unsweetened).