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    Rubys Bagels

    4.3 (25 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 1:00 pm

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    Guava jelly bagel
    Keegan M.

    As far as breakfast sandwiches/bagels go in Milwaukee... Ruby's exceeds all expectations! Service in the morning was fast and smooth. Various options to choose from when building a sandwich (plain, poppy seed, cheese, jalapeño cheddar ect.) and take your pic of inside ingredients. Finished product for the bagel sandwich was phenomenal. The cafe itself is nice and cozy with several seating areas.

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    zoe h.

    Ruby's Bagels is an easy 5-star favorite. I love supporting this small business, the staff are always friendly and welcoming, and the space has a super cute seating area that makes it a great spot to hang out and enjoy your food. They do get busy on weekends, so there can be a bit of a wait, but it is so worth it!! They also offer order-ahead options, which is a huge plus. The special I ordered was delicious (I think it was called the hot mama or something like that lol) and the rosemary sea salt bagel took it to the next level. Amazing bagels, great vibes, and even better people. Highly recommend!

    Egg sandwich on a rosemary seasalt bagel
    Karisa L.

    A small and quaint location Ruby's bagels is the perfect spot for a quick breakfast with your best friend or even a date. I stopped in with friends on the start of our road trip. We grabbed multiple breakfast items some of the favorites were salmon lox, plain bagel with cheddar green onion cream cheese and iced coffee. Everything is made very fresh so plan to wait for your food it took probably 20-25 minutes for us to get all of our food and coffee. Parking is street parking only and the line can get pretty long so just be aware this may not be a great spot when in a hurry but absolutely worth a stop if time allows!

    Bagels
    Greg B.

    Ruby's Bagels opened a brick and mortar location on North Ave in May 2025 and I'm sad I didn't find out until late in the year. The food truck at the Zócalo Food Park is awesome, but not convenient for me based on where I live and work like the North Ave location now is. I picked up a Guilty Guava (guava jam and cream cheese) on a seasonal pumpkin spice bagel and the BEC (bacon, egg, and cheese) on a rosemary bagel. I love guava so the Guilty Guava is my jam (see what I did there?). Getting it on the pumpkin spice bagel was unique and worth trying, but the flavor of the bagel might have masked a little of the guava. To truly appreciate it, I feel like the Guilty Guava needs to be on a plain or sesame bagel. It was still great though. In my opinion, rosemary makes any kind of bread better and is a wonderful topping for a bagel. The bacon is thick cut and the egg expertly fried over hard, but it's the bagel that stole the show in the best way possible. I'm so glad I have the opportunity to have this bagel more often from the location on North Ave.

    Bacon egg and jalapeno cream cheese, jalapeno bagel
    Carmen G.

    They messed up my order but was very kind about it and corrected it right away. Coffee was terrible. Limited options but great bagel and service.

    BEC with Rosemary Bagel
    Michele V.

    I love Ruby's! I started as a loyal customer at Zocalo years ago. This was my first time at North Ave location and it was great! Beautiful interior - so bright and cutely decorated. Service was kind and fast! The bagels were out of this world. Had both the BEC - bacon, egg and cheese and just the EC sandwich and wow. Add cream cheese and you are in heaven. Give it a try!

    BEC on rosemary sea salt bagel
    Rick R.

    The popular local food truck now has a brick-n-mortar location, and I stopped in Saturday morning for a BEC (thick cut bacon, fried egg, and American cheese) sandwich on their Rosemary Sea Salt bagel! The bagel was toasted and the sandwich was delicious! Seating is very limited, but this seemed to be more of a grab-n-go location as most ordered and left, while a few stood at the counter along the window. I grabbed one of the two small tables in back. It is a great place for local, fresh-made bagels, and I'll certainly be back!

    Alisa S.

    Ruby's Bagel location #2 does not disappoint! Waited awhile to stop in so I could avoid the overcrowding and I had a breeze popping in and out on a Wednesday. This is a cute lil brick & mortar shop on the other side of the city, butting right up against Wauwatosa. Parking on residential side streets is quite easy but more challenging trying to park right out front of the shop since North Ave is typically a busy thoroughfare. Ruby's bagels are consistently delicious with a slightly crispy exterior and a soft chewy inside. You cant go wrong regardless of whether you're looking to slice and toast or rip and dunk. My absolute favorite bagel is the rosemary Sea Salt...who knew rosemary was so good on a bagel, yum! When it comes to my favorite combo, I highly recommend a rosemary sea salt bagel with jalapeño cream cheese (the perfect amount of heat)! The sesame bagel is packed with seeds and also chef's kiss. If I'm up for a breakfast sandwich, my go-to is the lox with a sesame bagel. It features lox, bagel (can select your preference), capers, cream cheese (choose your own), onion, fresh dill, and tomato. Yum! Ordering is super easy--hop in line, select a bagel or bagel sammy from the menu, a beverage if you're up for it, place your order, and wait in one of their cute nooks for your number to be called. Enjoy your nosh indoors or take it to go. Or, better yet, step outside and grab a table a few feet away and enjoy the neighborhood vibe. If you're looking for a solid bagel spot, look no further. Ruby's is a gem!

    Aubrey G.

    First time here. About 11:30 AM on a Thursday morning. There was a group of about 10 people waiting for orders and only one person in line to make an order. I ordered a bagel sandwich with lox and was told the wait would be about 10 minutes which it was at least. The sandwich was the best sandwich I've had at any other bagel restaurant in town including but not limited to Einstein's bagels and Bruegger's bagels. Just two small two-top tables to sit at. Other than that, they have two narrow bar/tables with no seats but you can stand up there to eat, I suppose. Parking can be tough on North Avenue but it's worth the walk if you wanna park on a residential side street on either side of North Avenue.

    Lily B.

    We love Ruby's Bagel, I always order the BEC bagel Sandwich, our regular bagel spot in Tosa. This place always busy during the weekend. Love the ambiance and store decors.

    BEC Sandwich
    Norah T.

    Rubys Bagels just recently opened up near me and I had to give it a try. They still had majority of the types of bagels when I went in around 11am. I got their Bacon, Egg, and Cheese (BEC) Bagel and it did not disappoint. The cheese was perfectly melted and the bacon didn't overpower the sandwich. The egg on it also tasted fresh. The cashier Mimi was super helpful and sweet and gave me some good recommendations. I definitely will be coming back.

    vanilla cardamom iced matcha latte
    Lindsey R.

    have to point out their matcha!! I tried an iced vanilla cardamom matcha latte with whole milk and it was SO GOOD.

    Order area
    Angelina L.

    This is a cute little bagel shop! We went in on a busy Sunday morning. The line took a little bit of time to go through, but totally expected for a weekend. We ordered two everything bagels with bacon, egg, and cheese, a matcha latte, and a cold brew. We were lucky to grab a table and waited just a short amount of time for our bagels to come out. We love to do wedding planning at local coffee shops on the weekends so we were hoping to get some things done, but quickly realized the space isn't the most conducive for lounging and hanging out. The chairs are metal and not the most comfortable. There aren't wall plugs for charging. The space is a bit cramped. But totally cool that they might not be targeting that type of space and can appreciate that and know that moving forward. The matcha and cold brew were both really good and the bagels were amazing. You can tell everything is homemade and made to order. I don't know that I'd make a separate trip that way, but if I'm out that way, I'd definitely stop by again. Thanks for the visit!

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