Meaning

A bagel shop..

Example Sentences

I stopped by my favorite north Minneapolis bagelry Saturday to pick up a dozen of the things and when I got home I discovered I had, not a sackful of bagels, but a sackful of I don’t know what. […] I called the lady at the bagelry and accused her of giving me some deformed Parker House rolls.

If you’re really lucky, they may tell you of Mendele Pravda, the sailor with a bagel in every port, who set up bagelries in Shanghai, in Africa, wherever ship touched shore.

Take it from other probagelers (this is a subject on which there is no room for objectivity) such as Moishe and his fellow workers at a Hempstead bagelry—all loyal members of Bagel Bakers Union Local 338, who have devoted their lives to bagels.

In exchange for a monopoly on designer jean stores, Jacuzzi dealers, travel agencies, foreign car repair garages, bagelries, and four-star French restaurants, Pacific Heights had to accept an unlimited number of drug rehabilitation residence programs, after-hours clubs, massage parlors and head shops.

Co-owner Peter Ryan learned his craft in the bagelries of NYC, and most of his bosses weren't Jewish either, so he has no qualms about offering such un[-]kosher concoctions as ham and Swiss with mayo and sprouts on a whole-wheat bagel.

The area also boasts a wide variety of cafés and restaurants, from casual bagelries to elegant eateries.

[…] as retailers were able to see the success of both the bohemian-style coffeehouse and the sale of baked goods, new food stuff cafés became popular, including bagelries and café-only destinations for some of the largest City bakeries such as Just Desserts and Boudin’s.

In fact, despite their New York names, most of the new bagelries, with their crisp, clean lines and blight graphics, look more like California coffee bars than Big Apple delis.

Word Forms

• bagelries

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