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Second Chance at First Impression at Spread Bagelry

Posted by Foobooz on August 5th, 2011

Spread Bagelry reopened today, three months to the day that a fire closed the three-day old bagel shop. But today they are back making Montreal-style bagels and with more air conditioning, lower prices and a better chimney.

An individual bagel still costs $2 but just about everything else in the store has dropped a couple of dollars. Today we tried The Classic (pictured above) with salmon, Amish Farm cream cheeese, giant wedge of plum tomato, and spring onion. The $9 sandwich would have been $11 on the original menu.

Photos from the May 3rd and today.

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Bagel Sandwich and fresh squeezed OJ

One other thing that we were reminded of as we waited for our sandwich was just how good looking a space Spread Bagelry is.

Saturday and Sunday brunch starts this weekend. Bring your own vodka and pair it with their spicy Bloody Mary mix.

New Menu (JPG)

Spread Bagelry
262 S 20th St
215-545-0626
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Spread Bagelry
262 S 20th St, Philadelphia, PA

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    • kbor

      Do ppl drink OJ on ice? I never understood this phenomenon.

    • E

      i’ll give it a try. i was turned off by the crazy high prices when they first opened, but i’d spend $3 for bagel +cc.

    • http://illeatyou.com paul

      I would too but the bagel + CC still seems to be $4

      • http://philadelphia.foobooz.com Foobooz

        Nope, the Homemade spreads section includes the bagel. So $3 for bagel with Cream Cheese.

    • Ray

      $2 for bagel is ridiculous.

      And since when Montreal become known for bagels?

    • http://illeatyou.com paul

      If that is the case then it’s only $1 for a bagel with butter (in your photo of the homemade spreads section)? That doesn’t seem to make sense.

      And Ray, Montreal-style bagels are pretty well-known, look it up … was there last month and got some great ones from Fairmount Bagel, one of the 24-hour bagel joints. The “tout garni” is amazing, like an everything bagel with even more everything on it (caraway, cumin, poppy, sesame …)

    • http://illeatyou.com paul

      My bad, just noticed that the photos are a mix of the May opening and today. Why are bagels so confusing?

    • Dolly

      Too much kvetching about price here. It’s a fabulous, hand made, wood-oven baked bagel, with home made shmeers and real fresh ingredients AND you get a really trendy environment to enjoy it all in. This ain’t Jack’s at Bells Corner ya know. Welcome back Spread Bagelry!

      • Alicia

        Because God knows I HAVE to be in a trendy environment to enjoy a bagel.
        Oooooooh, maybe that privilege is what I’m paying for.
        Or Dolly’s salary as their PR person.

    • Goober

      Since when grammar become important?

    • Dolly

      Alicia: If the 3 day day old bagged bagel with a Breakstone whipped shmeer from the 7-11 down the street is more your style, who’s stopping you?

    • tonyb

      The bagel described above, the Classic with salmon, should be no more than $6.50 tops. Their prices are still too high for a neighborhood place. I think the famous Zabar’s in NYC charge 1.50 for their bagels. I guess Montreal tops NYC?

    • Alicia

      Stop the Presses!
      There’s a 7-11 in that neighborhood?!
      OMG!

    • chefinphilly

      I love New York style bagels, and have heard the hype about Montreal style for years but have never tried them. I stopped in at Spread and was excited by the boutique atmosphere and smells. The toppings were abundant and cooked to a perfect brown. The bagels however, lacked any “chew” which to me is a pre-requisite for any bagel hence the boiling step during production. Sadly, until they fix the dough recipe to taste like an actual bagel and not a dry biscuit I will not be returning.

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