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Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Bev's Bagels opens in Detroit's Core City with chewy, crisp bagels and diner vibes
After an early May soft opening, Detroit's new spot for bagels that started as a pop-up and grew to a loyal following officially opened its brick-and-mortar home. In Detroit's Core City is the beloved Bev's Bagels from Max Sussman, a Huntington Woods native and James Beard Award semifinalist. Now open seven days a week and billed as a 'bagel diner,' Bev's Bagels, named after Sussman's grandmother, pairs Jewish bagel traditions in a diner setting. Various bagels are offered paired with wild-caught fish, schmears and as inventive sandwiches. 'Our standards at Bev's are probably a little obsessive, but that's the only way I know how to do it,' says Sussman. Sussman says he's 'spent years chasing the perfect bagel' and found it using 'organic ingredients, wild fish, and a product that makes you actually feel good.' Chewy and crisp are what Bev's Bagels signature bagels are noted for. Bagels are $2.50 each, or $5 for a bagel and schmear. A baker's dozen of bagels is $30. Bev's Bagels menu includes: Bagel varieties include plain, salt, sesame, everything, pumpernickel, pumpernickel everything, za'atar, poppy seed, cinnamon raisin and spicy furikake. Pizza bialy and salt sticks. Cream cheese schmear flavors are green goddess, chili crisp, roasted garlic and scallion, pimento cheddar, za'atar and olive cream cheese, plus classics like plain, lox & chive, and a vegan alternative. Bev's Bagels sandwiches ($10-$15) include those with salmon, whitefish, tuna and even one called the 'Healthy Elvis' with peanut butter, banana and ham. Breakfast bagel sandwiches are with a fried egg or scrambled eggs with lox and onions, according to the shops online menu, are $8-$14. Sussman also plans to introduce a rotating seasonal bagel variety. The interior of Bev's Bagels, designed by Chelsea Hyduk, leans more to a diner feel than a bagel shop and is centered around a counter with 10 barstools and with open-kitchen views, according to a news release. 'When we designed Bev's, I wanted it to feel like the kind of place that's always been there,' Sussman said. 'I've always loved diners, where you can sit at the counter, chat with the cook, and feel like a regular the first time you walk in. That's the energy we're bringing to bagels.' Sussman is a cookbook author along with his brother, Eli, and is known for his work in New York's culinary scene at Roberta's and The Breslin. In 2012, Sussman was named a semifinalist for a James Beard Award Rising Star Chef of the Year in New York. Bev's Bagels began in 2023 out of Sussman's house and has since attracted a cult-like following. More recently, the pop-up has been taking place at the Argus Café on Packard in Ann Arbor. At Bev's, customers can sip on Ann Arbor-based Roos Roast drip coffee and a selection of non-alcoholic drinks including those from Detroit's own Casamara Club. While Bev's Bagels had a early May soft launch, the shop is now open 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily unless they sell out. In Detroit's Core City, Bev's Bagels is at 4884 Grand River, Unit 1B. On Instagram follow @bevsbagels or visit Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Bev's Bagels opens in Detroit's Core City with chewy, crisp bagels
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Business
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Bev's closes in downtown Naperville, Effin Egg shutters after short stint
The comings and goings of downtown Naperville continue, this time with the closure of a restaurant in a prime location off Washington Street plus the end of a local breakfast spot. Bev's at 245 S. Washington St. closed on Dec. 7, according to Will Cullen, owner of Empire Restaurant Group, which had been operating the casual fine dining restaurant. Amid Bev's closure, Empire plans to launch a new concept in the same property as it still maintains a long-term lease in the building, Cullen said. Empire is 'still working out' a lot of the details for what the new concept would look like but it would be a 'different vibe in general' from Bev's, Cullen said. Bev's opened in early 2022. Empire acquired the property after Jimmy's Grill closed and left the space vacant. Initially, the restaurant group — which also owns Empire Burgers + Brew on Chicago Avenue — intended for Bev's to be a temporary pop-up while construction on a much larger restaurant to be called Cali's was done around it. However, high construction costs and damage to business amid the city's ongoing Washington Street Bridge replacement made pursuing a larger restaurant not feasible, Cullen said in a call Tuesday. Speaking to the impact of nearby infrastructure improvements especially, Cullen said, 'Washington Street being under construction put a lot of pressure on the business.' When the city was completing bridge construction and downtown streetscape work at the same time through last year, business at Bev's was down about 40%, Cullen said. Looking ahead to Empire's new concept, Cullen said there will 'definitely be additional buildout,' with the idea being that the property will be 'gutted on the inside.' As for Bev's, Cullen recognized it was 'more of a temporary thing' but added, 'We wished it would have been able to hold on for longer.' 'I guess that's the way it works sometimes,' he said. Downtown Naperville has recently said goodbye to two other eateries: Effin Egg at 22 E. Chicago Ave. and Sweet Home Gelato at 50 S. Main St., according to Katie Wood, executive director of the Downtown Naperville Alliance. Effin Egg, which opened in 2023, closed about six months ago, Wood said in an email Tuesday. Both businesses closed for 'various reasons,' Wood said. Meanwhile, Wood noted that both spaces have been released or are in the process of being leased. In January, Sweet Home Gelato announced its closure in a social media post. 'Thank you Naperville for sharing your moments, smiles and energy with us,' the post read. Outside of downtown, a new retail cannabis dispensary has opened in unincorporated Naperville. Prairie Cannabis celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 4S120 Route 59 on Feb. 6, according to a news release. Jonah Rapino, Director of Marketing at Prairie Cannabis, said in the release that the dispensary, which is at the border between Naperville and Warrenville, was 'excited to officially join the local business community.' An Illinois-based company, the new Naperville dispensary is Prairie Cannabis' first retail location but the company plans to expand further, with an additional location launching in Chicago later this March, the release said. tkenny@
