Hexagon Bagels
Hexagon Bagels is a scratch-made sourdough bagel shop located in downtown North Adams.
Co-owners and spouses Patrick Lang and Nicholas Rigger first connected in Minneapolis and later moved to Wisconsin, where they operated a small vegetable farm called Hexagon Projects and Farm before relocating to North Adams in 2022.
Neither came from a formal culinary background. Their path to bagel-making was driven by curiosity, chemistry, and a genuine desire to create something worth doing. Patrick Lang experimented for six months before landing on a formula and method for a bagel he felt was truly worthy of selling.
At the heart of Hexagon's offering is a commitment to slow, intentional craft. The bagels are naturally leavened and hand-rolled with a focus on choosing ingredients with exceptional care. The menu also leans into regional produce, incorporating seasonal and local ingredients from nearby farms whenever possible.
Hexagon has made Boston.com's list of the best bagels in Massachusetts — notably the only Berkshire establishment to appear on that list!
The business grew organically and deliberately. Patrick and Nicholas started selling at the North Adams Farmers Market in the spring of 2023, making their bagels in the commercial kitchen at All Saints Episcopal Church.
Over the following three years, they expanded to additional farmers markets in Pittsfield and Williamstown, pop-ups at local businesses, and a Sunday farm store presence at Red Shirt Farm in Lanesborough. They built a base of passionate customers before taking the leap of committing to a permanent location.
Thinking about their evolution from home bakers to bagel makers producing 3,000+ bagels per month, they are glad to have been patient with imperfect but practical rented kitchens, using that time to improve their products and business practices.
In 2025, they finally found their permanent home on Main Street in North Adams.
Patrick and Nicholas chose North Adams not out of necessity, but out of genuine affinity. They moved to the city without jobs, drawn by the quality of life, the lower cost of living, the sense of authentic community, and a belief that North Adams was a place with real potential for meaningful connection.
They wanted to create a food-based space that was open to the public, and once they started working on it, the sourdough bagel focus emerged naturally from that vision.Community support has fueled them entirely, and they see their Main Street home as an opportunity to bring even more people together in downtown North Adams.
