Bears Bagels

After successfully debuting their brick and mortar shop in mid-2024, Bears Bagels is looking to continue evolving and satisfying their loyal customer base in 2025!

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The restaurant offers a variety of bagel and bialy flavors, from staples like Plain, Everything, and Sesame to more unique flavors like Mixed Berry and Honey Oat. Their hand rolled dough is rested for 24 hours, boiled, and then baked fresh daily. Their schmears, Yiddish for flavored cream cheese, also offer a range in flavor, from Sassy Strawberry to Maple Cinnamon. Additionally, the store sells sandwiches with multiple protein choices, a plethora of side dishes, and coffees, teas, and soft drinks. Guests can choose to eat in their cozy dining room or take their meals to go. Several coffee shops in the Columbus area feature Bears Bagels’ offerings as well, such as Coffee Connections and Florin Coffee.

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Charis and Lo, owners of Bears Bagels, are excited to announce that their restaurant has been chosen as a winner of USA TODAY’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best New Restaurant. The restaurant placed 2nd out of 10 different establishments across the country. Nominated by a panel of 20 food and travel experts and chosen by readers as worthy of a top-ten spot, Bears Bagels is excited and encouraged by this news and aims to make 2025 a great year.

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