Though we’ve grown, Finagle has a long history as one of the best places to eat in Boston. Our company was founded in Faneuil Hall Marketplace in 1982 as Julian’s Cheesecakes Inc. In fact, Julian’s sold cheesecakes for eight years. In 1990, though, in search for a delicious way to use excess cream cheese, Julian’s Cheesecakes began selling bagels. The bagels sold better than the cheesecakes and Finagle a Bagel was born.

Today, Finagle is still a family-run Boston restaurant, and we’re still serving the freshest food in the area. We recently moved the company into a new, state-of-the-art facility in Newton, but every bagel is still boiled and baked by hand, fresh everyday. The bagels are never frozen. Our dough is mixed every morning, then proofed and aged for over 12 hours. Our bagel dough is sent out to our stores every night. The bagels are then hand-kettled and baked on burlap sticks in rotary ovens at our stores by our skilled bakers. It is an old-world, time-consuming and expensive way to make bagels, but we know it is the only way to make a bagel -- the very best bagels anywhere. You can see us make our bagels at our new facility, bagel museum and outlet store. We call it our World Headquarters.

There is even more to love at Finagle nowadays. Our extensive menus featuring only the freshest ingredients, painstakingly prepared make us one of the best Boston restaurants and catering services. We use only top quality ingredients and will never cut corners. We invite you to taste the difference freshness makes while enjoying a hot, hearty breakfast or one of our signature sandwiches.

Please come visit our Newton headquarters or at any of our restaurants in and around Boston. We look forward to seeing you.

We truly care about our business, our employees and our guests. Some people refer to us as a “chain”, but we prefer to be known as a local, Boston-born and based, family-run operation with locations throughout Boston and Metro Boston.. We are flattered that some think we are bigger than we are, but no matter how much we grow, we’ll never be too big to try to satisfy each and every guest. If you have a problem, question or concern, please contact us via email at guestrelations@finagleonline.com.

Laura B. Trust and Alan Litchman
Owner and Co-Presidents