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A pandemic project that turned into a social media sensation, PopUp Bagels launched in Connecticut in 2020, selling bagels and schmears via pop-up events. Five years later, PopUp has 15 brick-and-mortar stores around the country, and soon Atlanta will be among them. A Beltline location along the Eastside Trail is planned to open by the end of year. Rather than serve sliced bagel sandwiches like most bagel shops, PopUp focuses on “grip, rip and dip,” meaning bagels are intended to be eaten by ripping off bites and dipping them into a tub of schmear.

At Yaba’s, Lena Abdallah offers bagel sandwiches, house-made schmears, and baked goods, but the items that stand out the most incorporate her Mediterranean heritage.

Primarily a takeout spot, Florida-based Jeff’s Bagel Run serves hot, handcrafted bagels that come out of the oven every eight to nine minutes. The bagel dough is mixed, rolled, and proofed within the four walls of the store, and then boiled, topped, and baked on premises too. Cream cheese is mixed in house as well.

Located in the Citizen building near Kevin Gillespie’s now-defunct Cold Beer, Emerald City is modeled after old-school delis and pharmacy counters where the staff dons white coats and paper hats. The menu of both BeltLine and EAV locations is similar, but with all bagel-making taking place in East Atlanta, the BeltLine outpost was able to expand its coffee program and add an Automat for faster service.

The Bronx Bagel Buggy sells hand-rolled, boiled, and baked New York-style bagels at farmers markets in Brookhaven, Dunwoody, and Sandy Springs, along with bialys, bagel chips, Sicilian pizza, bagel dogs, bagel bombs, and more.

The Beeline cart will be stocked with sesame, poppy, salt, everything, plain, and cinnamon raisin bagels, plus whipped, scallion, veggie, and strawberry and honey smash cream cheese.

Our 2021 Best of Atlanta picks for all things food-related—here's where you'll find great barbecue, vegan food, pizza, breakfast, and more.

Good bagels in Atlanta used to be few and far between—and, often, far out of town. But that's changing. Here are three newcomers—and one old favorite—making moves inside the Perimeter.

Spiller Park owner and operator Dale Donchey makes all the bagels himself, and plans to open Dear Friend, Bagels early next year.

Bagel Palace—the beloved New York-style bagel shop that closed in Toco Hills a few years ago—may be resurrected, but not just yet. Owner Manny Klein is looking at spaces but hasn't yet signed a lease.