Bagel lovers and the merely curious alike turned out in force for today's grand opening of PopUp Bagels at 7607 Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda. The line to get in still stretched out the door and around the block over four hours after it opened this morning. Among the draws was the chance to taste the Bethesda-exclusive Chesapeake Spice Cream Cheese schmear, which might have been worth taking the Acela south for the PopUp completist. PopUp Bagels arrived from the bagel capital of the world, New York City, with tremendous hype. Now we'll see if that hype can be sustained as the out-of-town chain confronts the local competition of Bethesda Bagels, Call Your Mother, and Georgetown Bagelry.
2 comments:
The line got shorter quick when they realized they couldn't buy just one bagel but 3 at $15 instead. A long long for a mere bagel shop is almost embarrassing.
I had their bagels. Fluffy as advertised but pretty small and not worth anywhere near their going for price. Bethesda Bagels is a much better local deal, and even call your mother though expensive has tastier bagels.
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