the GENESIS.
Owners chef Daniela Moreira and Chief Doughboi, Andrew Dana, began this wild and wonderful journey at farmer’s markets in DC. After opening our flagship shop in Park View in the Fall of 2018, it was clear that folks in our community needed MORE CARBS! Since then, we’ve assembled a dream team and opened up several new locations throughout DC, Maryland and alllll the way across the country in Denver, Colorado! We’re on a mission to spread #bagellove to everyone with an appetite and our next stop might be your back yard (figuratively speaking)!
THE CARBS.
We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we’re serious about bagels. With a *chef’s kiss* of honey, they’re somewhere between a classic NY-style bagel and the sweeter, Montreal-style bagels from our friends up North. Andrew is Jewish; the nostalgia of family traditions and the eclectic food from their childhoods were the genesis of our menu. Dani has worked in some of the finest restaurants in the US and grew up throwing down campside meals with her family in her home country of Argentina. We take the familiar flavors of deli classics and Chef Dani cranks them up with a playful, uniquely-CYM twist. Almost everything is made in-house; and if not, we source them from some super awesome partners like Z&Z, Logan’s Sausage, and Liberty Delights.
OUR COMMUNITY.
Food is important, but people are the most important ingredient. In addition to being a phenomenal place to eat, we aim to be great neighbors and one of the best places to work! Some of our longtime partners include: Urban Alliance to offer career training to area youth, AYUDA to help transform the lives of underserved immigrants, Food Rescue and Martha’s Table to do our part to end hunger in DC. We’re committed to making a positive impact in our community and using our platform to raise money and awareness for causes we care deeply about. Learn about the meaning behind our “BENKADY” Black Lives Matter mural at our flagship location in Park View, commissioned by artist Chérif Mamadou and the Park Morton Kids Camp.