A wood-fired bagel chain with roots in Philadelphia is angling for its first foothold in Bucks County, setting its sights on the Village at Newtown shopping center on South Eagle Road. Spread Bagelry would take over the space currently occupied by Five Guys, turning it into the company's 18th location overall.
Patch first reported the expansion on October 21, 2026, six days before 94.5 PST published its report on October 27, 2026, which noted Spread Bagelry now has 17 locations spread across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and Georgia. The chain has built its identity around Montreal-style bagels that are hand-rolled, boiled in honey-sweetened water and baked in a traditional wood-fired oven, according to the company's own description.
As for how far along the project actually is, the reporting diverges. 94.5 PST described the 18th shop as already approved to open in the Village at Newtown Shopping Center. But Patch reported that Newtown Township planners had only voted unanimously to recommend approval of the use to the Board of Supervisors, which Patch said holds the final say. Under the township's own structure, the Newtown Township Planning Commission is tasked with advising supervisors on planning, zoning and traffic matters and reviewing conditional-use applications before they move forward.
Doubling Down on Seating
Whichever stage the approval process is actually in, the plans call for a notable physical overhaul of the space. Seating capacity would jump from 23 to 37 as part of a renovation, per 94.5 PST's report, giving the new shop considerably more room than the current tenant offers.
The Newtown location is expected to run from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., serving breakfast and lunch, the outlet reported. Patch has described Spread Bagelry's Fishtown-based commissary, which preps dough for its other stores, as central to how the chain ships bagels for baking at each location.
A Chain on the Move
This wouldn't be the company's first swing into the Philadelphia suburbs. Patch reported back in November 2023 that Spread Bagelry, then operating 14 locations, was planning a spot in Newtown Square's Ellis Preserve for early 2024 — part of a broader pattern of growth that has since pushed the chain to 17 shops. The Newtown project would mark its first entry specifically into Bucks County, according to Patch's reporting.
Not every detail has firmed up. No opening date has been announced for the Newtown shop, 94.5 PST noted, and it remains unclear from current reporting whether the Board of Supervisors has since weighed in with final approval following the planners' recommendation. For now, the bagel chain's next Bucks County move is still working its way through township review.
