Richard Katz

Richard Katz, owner, Katz Bagel Bakery–My name is Richard Katz, K-A-T-Z. We prefer to say Kates, rather than Katz.I was asked once when they were doing a Chronicle show here, do you mind me calling you Kates or Katz, and I said to them I really don’t give a shit what you call me as long as you come and buy my bagels at Katz Bagel Bakery in Chelsea,MA. We’ve been here since 1938. My daddy started it, and then I took over maybe 50 years ago. It was a regular bakery before, then my father turned it into a bagel bakery.

Darlene Devita, Richard Katz, 2021. Digital Photograph. ©Darlene Devita. All rights reserved.