Atlanta Coffee Shop Becomes the Proving Ground for a New Bagel Business | Eater Atlanta

"A pop-up bagel and deli project spearheaded by the coffee-shop owner, this operation focuses on Jewish-style bagels and sandwiches rooted in family heritage and hands-on technique. The baker wakes at 3 a.m. to mix, boil, top, and bake most batches himself, experimenting with fermentation, alternative flours (buckwheat, sprouted rye), and a one-to-one water-to-flour fermentation method refined with help from a professional baker. Menu highlights have included everything, cinnamon sugar, and sumac poppyseed bagels (sometimes topped with dill or sorghum labneh with sumac pickles), bialys, white-fish salad, and deli sandwiches such as pastrami; customers can preorder online and the pop-up typically runs Friday through Sunday. Launched during the pandemic to keep staff working, the project has produced nearly 10,000 bagels since June 2020 and is being used to test expansion plans for a Jewish-style bakery/deli production facility, wholesale-by-the-pound offerings (lox, pastrami, corned beef, whitefish), more pop-up locations, and catering services." - Beth McKibben