After perfecting his bagel recipe at his parent’s home during the pandemic, and later making a name for himself while consistently selling out his product at local farmers markets, Daniel Messinger has now found a brick and mortar home for his popular bagel shop.
“It’s just good old fashion bagels,” said Messinger, co-owner of Daniel’s Bagels, which held a grand opening celebration for the new shop in Palms.
“We do everything the hard way. We don’t skip any steps in the process. These bagels are coming out hot and sometimes people are getting them two, three minutes after they come out of the oven. We’re just trying to be the freshest bagels in town,” he added.
Located at 3400 Overland Ave., Daniel’s Bagels held its grand opening on Sept. 27 serving daily-baked bagels alongside house-whipped cream cheeses.
The new sit-down spot is keeping the same offerings that made Daniel’s Bagels a fan favorite at farmer’s markets, with eight bagel options on the menu that include plain, sesame, onion, salt, rosemary, chocolate chip, cinnamon raisin and for those who can’t make up their minds, the “Everything” bagel, which well, includes everything. He’s also offering house-whipped cream cheeses plus coffee.
“We really put an emphasis on the bagel as the star of the show. We don’t go too crazy with any toppings or anything like that, we keep it as simple as our bagels coming out fresh from the oven and they’re all hand rolled,”Messinger said.
For Messinger, making bagels started as a hobby when he had to move back home to his parent’s Agoura Hills house during the pandemic. With time to kill and a love for bagels, he began playing around with recipes and delivering bagels to his friends. With a lot of positive feedback from his friends and family, Messinger began selling his bagels at local farmer’s markets in Playa Vista, Brentwood, Mar Vista and Torrance.
“We always had a dream of making it to a brick and mortar location,” Messinger said. “Finding a location here in Palms that was so central to our existing customers was just awesome,” he said.
And if you can’t make it to Palms, no worries because the new shop will serve as the commissary kitchen for Daniel’s Bagels’ popular Farmers’ Market stands in Brentwood, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, and Torrance.
Daniel’s Bagels
Hours: 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays
Where: 3400 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles
Information: eatdanielsbagels.com
