Kismet Bagels has massive growth plans in Philly this 12 months. The crowd-favorite bagel store — which obtained its begin as a pandemic pop-up from house owners Jacob and Alexandra Cohen — is planning to open 4 new areas by summertime, the Philadelphia Inquirer studies.
First up, Kismet is aiming to debut a brand new Collingswood location in April, on the former residence of Wholesome Backyard & Connoisseur Pizza (474 Haddon Avenue). In Ventnor, the Cohens are taking up the seven-year-old Water Canine Smoke Home (7319 Ventnor Avenue). They wish to get that location up and operating by Might 1, in accordance with the Inquirer. After that, the Cohens are opening a Chestnut Hill outpost within the long-vacant, former residence of Curler’s Categorical-O (8341 Germantown Avenue) in June or July. A Manayunk store, additionally aiming for a June or July opening, goes into the previous Pizza Jawn location (4330 Primary Avenue).
The Collingswood, Chestnut Hill, and Ventnor areas might be luncheonettes just like Kismet’s location in Penn Valley, with a full breakfast and lunch menu for dine-in and takeout. Manayunk might be a bagel store solely, promoting bagels, bialys, schmears, and bagel sandwiches to-go like its outlets in Rittenhouse and Fishtown.
The Cohens first began baking bagels throughout the pandemic quarantine in 2020. They shortly gained a following for his or her bagels’ fluffy interiors and crispy outer edges, paired with distinctive spreads like pickle, cranberry ginger, and spicy every part. After a profitable stretch of pop-ups and wholesale operations, the couple opened the primary brick-and-mortar location of Kismet in Fishtown in 2022. This newest growth will double Kismet’s complete footprint within the Philly space, bringing the bagel store as much as eight areas in complete.
Kismet is among the standout names amongst a brand new wave of bagel outlets in Philly, alongside spots like Cleo Bagels in West Philly and the controversial scooped bagel choices at Slice & Schmear in South Philly.