Georgetown Bagelry is a

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bakery in the

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area, founded in 1981. Its first location was on M street downtown, and it is now located in

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'' as having the best bagels in the area. The company specializes in New York–style bagels which are made by boiling dough.

History

Founder

The founder of the Bagelry was Erik Koefoed; when he was 27, he dropped out of school at

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and opened the Georgetown Bagelry. At that time there were only two bakeries in the Washington D.C. area. He decided to make New York–style bagels. In

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he learned to make New York style bagels during the day and he studied music at night. The business was not doing well in the late 1980s, and Mary Beall Adler took over the bakery and moved it to River Road. She has been the owner of the business Georgetown Bagelry since 1991. In 2014, Georgetown Bagelry was named to

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New York style bagels

The process for making this style of bagel involves putting them into a boiling kettle of water for approximately 15 to 40 seconds. There is a shiny glaze found in New York bagels and that comes from the boiling. The dough is prepared the night before so that the yeast will cause the dough to rise.

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External links

Official website
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