A Hudson Valley bakery is bringing its stuffed bagels to New York City this year. Moonrise Bagels will open in Greenwich Village at 58 West Eighth Street, near Sixth Avenue, in the fall.
The star of Moonrise’s menu is its stuffed bagel, where the circle-shaped carb is jam-packed with ingredients — it’s a heftier version than those little round bagel balls. Its bagel options are plain or everything, with fillings such as eggplant Parm, Buffalo chicken, pastrami, bacon-egg-cheese (with a vegan sausage iteration), and more. There are schmears, too, for dipping (a la the rip-and-dip style popularized by PopUp Bagels now), plus espresso drinks.
Out on Long Island, there’s also a similar stuffed bagel concoction at Long Island bakery the Everything Bagel, which adds toppings to its bagels and cuts in into pull-apart pieces.
Co-owners and married couple Jeremy Rhodes and Ali Chetkof Rhodes started making their stuffed bagels and selling them through pickups, pop-ups, and farmers markets in 2021. Later that year, they opened their first Moonrise location in Woodstock, followed by shops in Kingston and Poughkeepsie.
More details on Corner Bistro’s East Village restaurant
The ever-diligent EV Grieve got more details on West Village burger joint Corner Bistro’s eventual East Village location — the blog spoke to owner Elizabeth McGrath. The new restaurant will open in September. There will be two entrances, a cherry blossom mural painted by her husband, artist Donald McGrath, and a white oak bar inside. The kitchen will serve that beloved burger, along with new dishes like meatloaf, with coffee by Long Island coffee roaster Aldo’s; yes, it’ll have late-night hours and cocktails.
Quickly expanding rip-and-dip bagel chain PopUp Bagels is opening its latest location near Union Square Park. It’s located at 20 East 16th Street, between Union Square West and Fifth Avenue, per the New Openings NYC Instagram account, but there is no opening date yet.