Fairmount Bagel
Industry | Retail Baking |
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Founded | 1919 |
Founder | Isadore Shlafman |
Headquarters | Fairmount Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Products | Montreal bagels |
Website |
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Fairmount Bagel is a Montreal-style bagel bakery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on Fairmount Avenue in the Mile End neighbourhood of the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough.[1]
Opened in 1919 by Russian immigrant Isadore Shlafman, his hand-rolled, honey-water boiled, then wood fire baked recipe quickly became a staple in the Mile End community.[2]
In 1954, he moved his bakery from a laneway address to a two-storey cottage on Fairmount Avenue, building a large wood fire oven on the first floor, while his family lived upstairs.[3] Fairmount Bagel is often referred to as the original Montreal bagel bakery.[1]
The bakery is still family owned and competes with nearby St-Viateur Bagel for the title of Montreal's best bagel.[4][5]
In June 2008, Montreal-born astronaut Gregory Chamitoff, who is related to the Shlafman family, brought Fairmount bagels with him aboard the International Space Station.[6][7]
See also
References
- 1 2 Pelosi, Jean-Paul (September 16, 2007). "Style, substance and sweet bread". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ↑ Bair, Diane (March 3, 2013). "In search of the perfect bagel . . . in Montreal". The Boston Globe. The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
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(help); - ↑ Albernaz, Ami (November 5, 2008). "Two Montreal bakeries compete to make the best rounds of hot, soft bagels.". The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
- ↑ Beck, Katie (2010-06-22). "The bagel war of Montreal". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ Block, Irwin (June 3, 2008). "Here's proof: Montreal bagels are out of this world". Montreal Gazette. Canwest. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ↑ CTV.ca Montreal-born astronaut brings bagels into space Sun. Jun. 1 2008 7:29 pm ET ; CTV National News – June 1, 2008 – 11pm TV newscast
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