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Viral bagel chain to open first San Antonio bakery in Alamo Heights
PopUp Bagels has chosen Alamo heights for its first San Antonio shop.
A viral Connecticut bakery is making its way to San Antonio. TikTok sensation PopUp Bagels will open its first Alamo City location in The Collection shopping center at 7959 Broadway St.
The company first announced the San Antonio expansion in April after it inked a deal with local operator Lone Star Bagels to open 12 Texas shops. The new locations are part of a massive initiative to open 300 U.S. locations in the coming years.
The company was founded when entrepreneur Adam Goldberg started baking to fill the long hours of the COVID-19 lockdown. At first, he gave away the bagels to his friends and family, but word of mouth spread rapidly. He began selling the bagels as a preorder pop-up (get it?) before launching a subscription service.
Soon, the bagels became a viral hit due to their unconventional presentation. PopUp doesn’t make sandwiches, nor does it bother with toasting or slicing. Instead, diners are encouraged to rip the whole bagels and dunk them into a variety of schmears.
The menu itself is fairly simple. PopUp offers only five bagel varieties — plain, everything, salt, poppy seed, and sesame — in bags of three, six, 12, and 30. Schmears include cream cheese, salted butter, weekly specials like pimento cream cheese and brown sugar cinnamon butter, and collaborations with brands like Papa John's and the Jonas Brothers.
Guests can also order a container of smoked salmon, though that may be harder to dip.
According to new Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation project details, the company is renovating a 1,645-square-foot space formerly used by a dental practice. PopUp did not immediately return a request for an opening timeline, but the filing estimated that work will be completed in mid-December.
