The Kettle Black

Microbakery owned and operated by husband and wife team. Every item is lovingly handmade by us. Open until we are sold out.

The Kettle Black is a bagel shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is listed at 631 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, which places it among the local businesses of Philadelphia that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by. Google also lists it under bakery, which is worth knowing if you are comparing several options in the area.

In Philadelphia, the best-known bakeries and bagel shops have lines on weekend mornings, so arrive early or order ahead where the shop offers it. Across Pennsylvania, immigrant bakeries add Mexican pan dulce, Vietnamese banh mi bread, Chinese buns, Middle Eastern sweets and European rye to the mix, and many gluten-free and vegan bakeries have opened in larger cities. Check the listing for hours, whether the shop accepts custom cake orders and its Google rating before you go, and call about allergens, since small kitchens often share equipment. Day-old bread and end-of-day discounts are common if you ask.

The business lists hours on 4 days of the week. The most common schedule is 8–11 am. It is closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. No phone number is listed for this business, so the Google Maps link on this page is the best route for directions and any contact details Google has on file. Its website is thekettleblackphilly.com, where you may find menus, price lists or booking options.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.8 out of 5 from 495 reviews, which is a strong result for a bagel shop in Philadelphia and suggests consistent service.

Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania, in the Northeast, where four distinct seasons shape local life: hot humid summers, snowy winters that can close businesses for a day, and a dense pattern of towns where walking, transit and street parking all matter. Traffic in Philadelphia peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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