Georgetown Bagelry
Company typePrivate
IndustryFood and Drink
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981) in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
HeadquartersBethesda, Maryland
Key people
Mary Beall Adler
ProductsBagel,
Other food and drink
WebsiteGeorgetown Bagelry website

Georgetown Bagelry is a bagel bakery in the Washington, D.C. area, founded in 1981. Its first location was on M street downtown,[1][2] and it is now located in Bethesda, Maryland. For several years, it was voted by the Washington City Paper as having the best bagels in the area.[3][4][5][6] The company specializes in New York–style bagels which are made by boiling dough.[7]

History

Founder

The founder of the Bagelry was Erik Koefoed; when he was 27, he dropped out of school at Cornell University and opened the Georgetown Bagelry. At that time there were only two bakeries in the Washington D.C. area.[citation needed] He decided to make New York–style bagels. In Ithaca, New York he learned to make New York style bagels during the day and he studied music at night.[7]

Georgetown Bagelry Bethesda location

The business was not doing well in the late 1980s, and Mary Beall Adler took over the bakery and moved it to River Road.[8] She has been the owner of the business Georgetown Bagelry since 1991.[9] In 2014, Georgetown Bagelry was named to Mashable's List of "32 Small Businesses Killing it on Social".[10] in 2013, Beall wrote a book about her experience running the company.[11]

New York style bagels

The process for making this style of bagel involves putting them into a boiling kettle of water for approximately 15 to 40 seconds. There is a shiny glaze found in New York bagels and that comes from the boiling. The dough is prepared the night before so that the yeast will cause the dough to rise.[7]

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Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Georgetown Bagelry Closes M Street Shop". Archived from the original on 2013-06-30.
  2. ^ "Not So Long Ago: M and Potomac". The Georgetown Metropolitan. 11 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Best Bagel, First Place". Best of DC 2009. Washington City Paper. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  4. ^ "Best Bagel, First Place". Best of DC 2011. Washington City Paper. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  5. ^ "Best Bagel, First Place". Best of DC 2012. Washington City Paper. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  6. ^ "Best Bagel, Runner Up". Best of DC 2013. Washington City Paper. Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  7. ^ a b c Schlein, Alan M. (24 September 1981). "Bringing Home The Bagels". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Georgetown Bagelry Boss Pens Book On Life, Bagel Business". WTOP News. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  9. ^ Joynt, Carol Ross (7 January 2014). "Mary Beall Adler's Book About Bagel-Baking Is Also a Tale of Personal Horror and Redemption". Washingtonian Media Inc. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  10. ^ Epstein, Eli (27 February 2014). "America's Most Social Small Businesses Face-Off". Mashable.
  11. ^ ""The Bagel Lady" writes inspirational memoir". Bake Magazine. Sosland Publishing Company. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

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