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Utopia bagels order online7/9/2023 ![]() "I want to put the pepperoni inside the dough," he reveals. Perhaps most exciting, though, is the pepperoni bagel that Spellman hopes to be able to soon serve. On offer, for example, are a red velvet bagel, a piña colada one and even a strawberry blueberry pancake version that will surprise and delight in equal measure. "If you bring something in, we'll put it on top of the pizza," says the owner, who also points out that the menu lists a vast variety of other "crazy" items to choose from. ![]() "We went from selling one or two giant pizza bagels a month to serving about 10 of them a week throughout the past month," reveals Spellman.Īmong those pies were some special requests, including one involving barbecue chicken and another one focusing on lamb chops. That's less than $3 per slice-which sounds like a steal these days!Īlthough Spellman and Utopia Bagel's 56 employees have been making the giant pizza bagel for over five years already, a recent marketing and (duh!) social media push have drastically increased the amount of requests that the shop receives weekly. Photograph: Brandon HayesĮach $85 order actually includes two pizzas (there are two sides to each bagel, after all!) for a total of, more or less, 30 slices. ![]() Recently, explains 22-year-old co-owner Jesse Spellman, the shop has also been using the scooped out portions of the bagel to make garlic knots that are served alongside each order. After retrieving the cooked bread and scooping it out to prevent the pizza from becoming too thick, it's time for the sauce (a homemade one prepared following a "secret" recipe), the cheese and another round in the oven. ![]() Given the truly wacky variety of flavors on offer at many local bagel shops - Oreo, birthday cake… bacon cream cheese, anyone? - I think it’s probably a good thing they kept that to themselves.A post shared by Brandon Hayes explained in the clip by its creator Brandon Hayes, who happens to be a friend of the shop's owners, the 10-pound bagel takes about 24 hours to make, so customers are advised to order their treat a day or two in advance.Ī bit about the process: After rolling the dough, the staff at Utopia lets it sit in the fridge for 24 hours and then cooks it the same way they would a bagel-on a board (albeit a custom, huge one) inside a rotating oven that allows for easy flipping. Interestingly, GrubHub did not appear to release any information on the most popular cream cheese orders (no word on whether the cream cheese shortage had anything to do with that). bagel sandwich, followed by ham and egg, which, isn’t that a New Jersey thing? It’s sans bacon counterpart takes the number three spot, with a lox with scallion spread combo sandwiched in between the two (finally, I feel seen!). Coming in at number one is the classic (if very not kosher) bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwich. GrubHub also tracked the most popular bagel sandwiches. Rounding out the list: Ess-a-Bagel in Midtown East, Greenpoint’s Bagel Point, Gramercy’s David’s Bagels, Tompkins Square Bagels in the East Village, Bagel Pub in Crown Heights and, last but not least, Williamsburg’s Bagelsmith. Tompkins Square Bagels is one of the most popular bagel shops in New York, according to GrubHub. ![]()
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