Bagel Boss
Hours
4:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Finding it
Bagel Boss is in Food Hall in Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Level
- 3
Terminal 8 has 49 places to eat and 50 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
Bagel Boss opens at 4am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical JFK checkpoint queue at 28 minutes around 4am.
Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes. The queue is typically building before this location opens.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
This opens at 4:00 AM on level 3 of Terminal 8, close behind the Greenwich Lounge upstairs, which starts fifteen minutes later at 4:15 AM, and it closes at 10:00 PM, well before Greenwich's 1:15 AM finish. Coffee, tea and bagels make it a faster stop than the chef-inspired plates at Greenwich or the private suites at Minute Suites down the hall, better suited to someone grabbing breakfast before an early departure than settling in for a layover. The Baskin Robbins & Dunkin Donuts counter nearby covers a later crowd that this location's hours don't reach. JFK has only the one Bagel Boss.
What to expect
- bagels
- coffee
- tea
Other options in Terminal 8
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Bagel Boss, Terminal 8 - John F. Kennedy International Airport — John F. Kennedy International Airport, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.