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Big Bad Bagels is a bakery in Centrs, Riga.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Two Riga branches; Baznīcas is the original. The Audēju branch is the Old Town option for tourist circuits.
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Address: Baznīcas iela 8, Rīga, LV-1010, Riga
Saldā Terapija on Aleksandra Čaka is the bakery counter of Riga's main vegan brand, baking cakes, waffles and pastries that anchor the city's plant-based.
Tip: Sister to the Terapija vegan cafe; this is the take-away cake counter without table service.
Worth the queue: Vegan cakes and waffles
Liepkalni's Krišjāņa Valdemāra branch is the central Riga outpost of the country's most-cited rye specialist, baking dark Dienas loaf and pīrāgi daily.
Tip: Buy a whole Dienas rye and a tray of bacon-onion pīrāgi for a picnic in Vērmanes park or by the canal.
Worth the queue: Dienas rye loaf
Big Bad Bagels' Audēju branch is the Old Town location of the Riga bagel-and-brunch counter, the morning stop between the Town Hall Square and Centrāltirgus.
Tip: Smaller than the Baznīcas flagship and quicker; counter seating only on weekends.
Worth the queue: Bacon-egg-cheese bagel
Saldā Terapija on Aleksandra Čaka is the bakery counter of Riga's main vegan brand, baking cakes, waffles and pastries that anchor the city's plant-based.
Tip: Sister to the Terapija vegan cafe; this is the take-away cake counter without table service.
Worth the queue: Vegan cakes and waffles
Liepkalni's Krišjāņa Valdemāra branch is the central Riga outpost of the country's most-cited rye specialist, baking dark Dienas loaf and pīrāgi daily.
Tip: Buy a whole Dienas rye and a tray of bacon-onion pīrāgi for a picnic in Vērmanes park or by the canal.
Worth the queue: Dienas rye loaf