Meshuggah Bagels

Meshuggah Bagels is Pete and Janna Linde’s kosher New York-style bagel shop in Kansas City — open since 2016 at 1208 W 39th St in Midtown. Fourteen bagel varieties, fourteen schmear varieties, all certified kosher by Vaad HaKashruth. KC’s answer to the New York water bagel.

Description

Meshuggah Bagels is Kansas City’s home for New York-style water bagels — certified kosher, hand-rolled, and boiled before baking in the traditional method. Pete Linde grew up in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey with family roots in immigrant Jewish baking; Janna Linde is from Independence, Missouri. Together they launched a wholesale bagel operation in November 2015 and opened their first retail location on West 39th Street in March 2016. The shop has since expanded to Power & Light, Overland Park, and Liberty. Fourteen bagel varieties run from plain and everything to serrano jalapeño and bialy; fourteen schmear varieties cover the spread from plain cream cheese to lox. Sandwiches include pastrami nova salmon, smoked nova salmon, and whitefish salad. All certified kosher by the Vaad HaKashruth of Greater Kansas City.

Tier classification

Tier 1 provisional — KC metro co-founder (Janna Linde from Independence, MO). Janna Linde is from Independence, Missouri — firmly within the Kansas City metro area.¹ She co-founded Meshuggah Bagels alongside her husband Pete Linde (Woodcliff Lake, NJ). Under the KC Tier doctrine, a co-owner born and raised in the KC metro (Independence counts) qualifies as Tier 1 for the business. “ — press sources confirm Janna’s Independence, MO hometown and co-ownership role but do not explicitly detail her founding contribution vs. Pete’s.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-14 · Source: Meshuggah Bagels official site (store menu) · URL(s): https://www.meshuggahbagels.com/store-menu · Confidence: High (itemized from the brand’s own menu page)

New York-style kosher water bagels — hand-rolled and boiled before baking — sold by the single, half-dozen, and dozen, with a wide schmear list and a small smoked-fish sandwich program.²

Bagels

• Plain ($2.75 single / $12.25 half-dozen / $17.50 dozen)²
• Everything²
• Poppy Seed²
• Sesame Seed²
• Onion²
• Garlic²
• Serrano Jalapeño²
• Salt²
• Rye²
• Bialy²
• Whole Wheat²
• Cinnamon Raisin²
• Chocolate Chip²

Schmears

• Plain — bagel with plain schmear ($5.50); carry-out tub 6oz/8oz ($6.50/$8.25)²
• Vegan Plain²
• Garlic & Herb — specialty schmear; bagel with specialty schmear ($6.50); carry-out tub 6oz/8oz ($8.75/$10.50)²
• Rosemary Garlic²
• Garlic Dill²
• Toasted Everything²
• Veggie²
• Scallion²
• Jalapeño²
• Dirty Martini²
• Cinnamon Sugar²
• OREO Cheesecake²
• Strawberry²
• Blueberry²

Bagel Sandwiches

• Salmon Schmear — smoked Nova salmon blended into cream cheese ($8.75)²
• Whitefish Salad ($10.50)²
• Smoked Nova Salmon ($11.95)²
• Salty Lox ($12.95)²
• Pastrami Nova Salmon — with capers, onions, and tomatoes available ($13.95)²

Sources

Footnotes

1. Startland News — “How Meshuggah Bagels ‘built a bakery without a recipe’” (August 2023) — https://startlandnews.com/2023/08/meshuggah-bagels/ — Confirms: Pete Linde (Woodcliff Lake, NJ; family of immigrant bakers) + Janna Linde (Independence, MO) as co-owners/founders; growth from wholesale to multi-location retail; founding story. ↩

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