“Small batch, lovingly-seasoned (there’s a nice kiss of black pepper on the everything bagel) and compact, this is a crustier, more substantial bagel that belies a beautifully spongy and elastic interior, with excellent chew and character. It’s also a bagel that tells a family story.”

Everything you need to know about the East Bay’s bagel boom
By Joanna Della Penna
Berkeleyside NOSH
May 10, 2023

“He credits his Polish great-grandmother for the recipe, though he had to create it from memory. “As a boy in the 1960s and ‘70s, I would eagerly await her fresh, crusty, chewy bagels on the weekends,” he recalls on his website.”

More bagels on the Bay Area scene
By Alix Wall
The Jewish News
May 24, 2023