Exhibit 21 Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp. Subsidiaries of the Company --------------------------- Einstein/Noah Bagel Partners, Inc., a California corporation Einstein/Noah Bagel Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

                                                                      Exhibit 21


                           Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp.
                          Subsidiaries of the Company
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                      Einstein/Noah Bagel Partners, Inc.,
                           a California corporation

                      Xxxxxxxx/Xxxx Xxxxx Partners, L.P.,
                        a Delaware limited partnership