H&H Bagels Reopens On UWS With New Concept: Assembly Line Style

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Major bagel news alert! H&H Bagels has reopened its Upper West Side location after a nine-week remodeling project.

The storefront at 526 Columbus Ave., between West 85th and 86th streets, has a newly renovated space with a more modern look, featuring brighter lights, new tables and chairs, and newly tiled walls.

The iconic Upper West Side shop is also debuting a new "fast-casual bagel concept," which allows customers to watch and pick out the preparation of their bagel from start to finish — similar to a Chipotle or Subway.

H&H Bagels calls the preparation its "new assembly line model."

"The emphasis is now on four things: speed, efficiency, cleanliness, and likeability," Ryan Klepper, the new director of retail operations for the bagel business, told the WestSideRag.

H&H Bagels, which has five locations in New York City, also announced franchise plans to expand its new fast-casual bagel concept into the top 50 U.S. metro markets.

"This franchise expansion provides franchisees with an opportunity to open a turnkey business operation that has strong customer demand and an iconic brand," H&H Bagels wrote in a news release.

The UWS business is currently open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

H&H Bagels originally opened on the Upper West Side in 1972, before moving to Broadway and West 80th St. It closed that storefront in 2011 and reopened at the Columbus Avenue location in 2016.

You can find out more about H&H Bagels on its website.