Call Your Mother Deli – Barracks Row / Capitol Hill D.C.
Deli · Capitol Hill ·
Montreal-style bagels, creative sandwiches, coffee, and pastries
Montreal-style bagels, creative sandwiches, coffee, and pastries
"A second neighborhood bagel shop location quietly opened on April 15 with the safety of staff and customers in mind: offerings were pared back (primarily whole bagels with cream cheese) to streamline operations, orders were often capped (around 1,600 bagels) to prevent crowds, and managers surveyed employees about commute methods and household risk to determine who could safely work there. The new location was intended to replace lost farmers-market and catering income so employee salaries would remain intact, and some staff were paid to work remotely supporting online ordering and customer service." - Nick Mancall-Bitel
"Known for lines that used to curve around its block on Lamont Street NW and named one of Eater’s 16 Best New Restaurants in America in 2019, Call Your Mother is moving ahead with a planned spring expansion during the pandemic: it is accepting preorders for its hugely popular wood-fired bagels and tomorrow customers can pick up assorted bagels, schmears, lox, or chocolate chunk cookies at a new Capitol Hill outpost that replaces Spring Mill Bread Co. For at least the first week the Southeast location will take orders a day ahead to manage output, open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., offer a limited online menu, send a text when orders are ready, have customers give their name from across a door and pick up contactless from a table, and mark waiting areas at a responsible distance with chalk. The original Park View shop closed in mid-March to protect employees, packaged to-go orders to donate to hospital workers (which gave the team confidence it could operate safely), and reopened for takeout March 30. Management polled workers and asked anyone who takes public transit or lives with high-risk people to sit out; the company has been operating with about 20 percent of its normal staff and says the Capitol Hill expansion will allow some people to return to work. The owners have pledged to keep all employees on the payroll through the public health crisis and launched a fundraiser that raised nearly $75,000, including a $4,000 pizza class for 18 people, a few $2,000 passes to cut the line for a year, and a $1,500 opportunity to name and create a bagel." - Gabe Hiatt
"Bringing its frenzy-inducing wood-fired bagels to Barracks Row, Call Your Mother has signed a lease to move into the Capitol Hill space at 701 Eighth Street SE, will take possession February 1, and hopes to open sometime this spring. I was told co-owner Andrew Dana plans to install new kitchen equipment and commission a mural from Marcella Kriebel (who created the pink-and-turquoise bagel mural at the original shop). The hot-pink Marra Forni brick oven at the Georgia Avenue NW location will still bake all the rounds, which will then be trucked to Southeast; the new space appealed for its white tin roof reminiscent of the first location and a large outdoor patio. The cheekily named deli rose to prominence in late 2018 and was named one of Eater’s 16 Best New Restaurants in America last year. Its menu follows the Timber Pizza–inspired philosophy of sourcing from farmers-market producers, so wood-fired bagels get stuffed with ingredients like seasonal jams and potato chips, and Daniela Moreira bakes babka muffins and black-and-white alfajores. I was told the Capitol Hill shop hopes to offer an expanded menu — including fried latkes and challah roll subs — while keeping mostly the same offerings as the original, with a couple unique items per location to “keep things spicy.”" - Gabe Hiatt
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