Fall Favorites at Tompkins Square Bagels: The Pumpkin Bagel Is Back at All 5 Locations

It's back. As of Monday, September 21, the fall favorite regulars wait for all year — a bagel actually shaped like a pumpkin, paired with our house-made pumpkin cream cheese — has returned to the full fall menu at every Tompkins Square Bagels location across Manhattan. If you've been searching for pumpkin bagels near me, the search is over: it's here, it's real, and it's not a limited one-shop thing this time.

The Pumpkin Bagel & Pumpkin Cream Cheese Are Back

This is the one fall favorite we hear about every single year the second the weather turns, and it landed back in shops on September 21. The bagel itself is hand-rolled and kettle-boiled the same way every other bagel on the menu is, just shaped like an actual pumpkin — the kind of thing that gets photographed before it gets eaten. Paired with our house-made pumpkin cream cheese, it's the closest thing to a fall food tradition Tompkins Square Bagels has.

It's a seasonal specialty, not a permanent menu item, so this is the window to get it — not a standing offer that'll still be there in January.

Where to Get the Pumpkin Bagel This Fall

Unlike past years, the pumpkin bagel is currently available at all five Manhattan locations:

Order ahead at any of them, or see the full list of locations to find the one closest to you.

More Fall Favorites on the Menu Right Now

The pumpkin bagel isn't the only thing that fits the season. A few other fall bagel flavors worth ordering alongside it, all part of the regular cream cheese menu:

Apple Cinnamon — real apple pieces and warm cinnamon.
Espresso — rich coffee flavor built into the spread, useful now that the iced coffee months are over.
Walnut Raisin — crunchy walnuts and sweet raisins, especially good on a cinnamon raisin bagel.

For the full rundown of every flavor on the menu, including all the fall picks, see our complete cream cheese flavor guide.

Fall Bagel & Cream Cheese Combos to Try This Season

Once you know the fall flavors, the fun part is pairing them with the right bagel. A few combinations worth trying:

Apple Cinnamon + Cinnamon Raisin Bagel — probably the most obvious fall pairing there is. Warm apple-cinnamon flavor on a bagel that's already built for it, no extra thinking required.
Apple Cinnamon + French Toast Bagel — same spread, sweeter bagel. Cinnamon-heavy and about as easy a fall breakfast sell as there is.
Walnut Raisin + Cinnamon Raisin Bagel — cozier and less sweet than the apple route, closer to a classic autumn breakfast than a dessert.
Pumpkin Butter + French Toast Bagel — one of the Beth's Farm fruit butters on the nut-and-fruit-butter menu, and probably the most social-friendly combo on this list.
Pumpkin Butter + Cinnamon Raisin Bagel — the simpler version of the same idea. Reads as fall the second you say it out loud.
Apple Butter + French Toast Bagel — nearly an apple-pie-meets-French-toast combination.
Espresso + French Toast Bagel — not pumpkin, not apple, but a genuinely cozy coffee-and-breakfast combination for a fall morning.
Espresso + Cinnamon Raisin Bagel — same idea, a little less dessert, more "fall commute in New York."

A few more worth asking about:

Walnut Raisin cream cheese + Apple Butter — apple, walnut, and raisin all read as fall together.
Plain cream cheese + Pumpkin Butter on a Cinnamon Raisin bagel — essentially a pumpkin-cheesecake direction.
Almond Butter + Apple Butter on a Whole Wheat bagel — the lighter, more-breakfast-than-dessert version of the apple combos above.

If you want something heartier than a bagel and spread, a fall breakfast sandwich covers the warm, cold-morning picks.

Fall Favorites FAQ

Is the pumpkin bagel available right now? Yes — it returned on September 21 and is currently in stock at all five Tompkins Square Bagels locations across Manhattan.

Is the pumpkin bagel available at every location, or just the original shop? Every location this season: both East Village shops, Union Square, the Upper East Side, and Shaver Hall in Midtown.

How long will the pumpkin bagel be available? It's a seasonal specialty rather than a permanent menu item, so it won't run all year. Order ahead or check with your nearest location while it's in season.

What other fall flavors are on the menu? Apple Cinnamon, Espresso, and Walnut Raisin cream cheese are all part of the year-round cream cheese menu, alongside apple and pumpkin fruit butters on the nut-and-fruit-butter menu.

Fall favorites don't last all year. Order ahead or find your nearest Tompkins Square Bagels before the pumpkin bagel disappears again until next year.