The Blackheart Journal — Portland Bagel & Food Culture
Est. in a bagel shop, 2015–2020

Bagels, boiled & remembered.

Blackheart Bagels closed its ovens in 2020. This is what grew in the space it left — a running record of Portland's bagel counters, bakers, and the neighborhoods that queue up for them.

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We're still setting the type. Stories on Portland's bagel counters, bakers, and kettles will land on the blog soon — check back shortly.

The short version

A bagel shop's ghost, now in print

Blackheart Bagels served Kenton and the wider Portland metro from 2015 until 2020, when the ovens went cold for good. This journal picked up the name — and the habit of paying close attention to what's rising in the city's bakeries.

No wholesale orders here anymore, just dispatches, interviews, and the occasional recipe worth boiling for.

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