Einstein Noah Restaurant (BAGL) 10-Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Paul J.B, Murphy, III, as Chief Executive Officer of New World Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 3, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated November 10, 2006	By: /s/ PAUL J. B. MURPHY, III
	Paul J. B. Murphy, III
	Chief Executive Officer
	Principal Executive Officer