Pop’s Bagels Lands on Montana Avenue After Closing Its Brentwood Shop

One of the Westside’s most beloved bagels has a new home. After five years on San Vicente, Pop’s Bagels has closed its original Brentwood brick-and-mortar and reopened a few miles west — on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, in the space that used to be B&T’s Deli. The address changed; the cult following came along for the ride.

The Move, Briefly

Pop’s shuttered its first storefront at 11928 San Vicente at the end of April, closing the book on the Brentwood location where the brand built its reputation. By mid-May, the new shop was up and running at 912 Montana Avenue, taking over the former B&T’s Deli space on one of Santa Monica’s best walking streets. The team has said it hopes to find another Brentwood spot down the line, but for now the flagship energy has shifted firmly to Montana.

Why Montana Makes Sense

If you have to pick a new street, Montana Avenue is a strong one. It’s a walkable, neighborhood-first stretch with a built-in weekend-morning crowd — exactly the kind of foot traffic a bagel shop wants. A warm bagel and a coffee folded into a Montana stroll is an easy Saturday ritual, and Pop’s slots neatly into a corridor that already runs on exactly that rhythm.

“A great bagel is a neighborhood institution as much as a breakfast — and Pop’s just made Montana Avenue its neighborhood.”

And the Rest of the Map

The Santa Monica shop doesn’t stand alone — Pop’s still runs locations in Culver City, Fairfax, and Beverly Hills, so the move is a relocation of the original, not a retreat. For Westsiders, the practical upshot is simple: your bagels didn’t disappear when the Brentwood shop closed; they moved closer to the coast. If you’re building a weekend morning around it, our Santa Monica brunch guide covers what else is worth the walk nearby, and the new Win~Dow on Montana means this stretch of Santa Monica is quietly having a moment.