Back in 2017, we were living in Seattle, pregnant with our first kid, and Becca would grab bagel bites on her walk to work almost every morning. Fast forward a few years, a few kids, a few cities, and Yoni had gone from cooking in restaurants to becoming the guy who was always cooking at home. Eventually, while living in MA, one trip to Portsmouth, NH where we found incredibly delicious bagels, Yoni decided to make it his mission to recreate said bagels. Needless to say, he got on a bagel kick.

There were lots of batches, and lots of experimenting. Some really good ideas and some that should probably never be spoken of again. Somewhere along the way, the hole disappeared, cream cheese and other fillings moved inside, and Bagel Bomz happened. Friends wanted them, neighbors and babysitters wanted them, and we couldn’t stop eating them. So we figured… maybe we were onto something.

Now we’re making Bomz by hand here in San Diego. They’re handcrafted, slow-fermented, stuffed, and made in small batches. For now, we’re growing this little family-run thing one pop-up, coffee shop, neighborhood grocer at a time!