The buzz on the bagels
The only bad thing about Nate Matthews’ opening up a storefront is that his bagel pop-ups have been on hiatus for the last couple months, while he and his team have been grinding away for the homestretch. We’ve been keeping an eye on that spot at Cary Street and Allen Avenue, and the official opening is so close we can taste it.
Matthews quietly opened the doors for a few hours last week, allowing anyone who happened to notice the post on Instagram to pop into the shop for a bagel and some coffee. The short-lived soft opening was a hit, and Nate’s Bagels will, at long last, open its doors on Wednesday, May 16. You can expect the classics like blueberry, garlic and onion, and flavors like gingerbread, three-cheese and orange-cranberry.
Check the Short Order blog next week for details.
The doughnut down low
While we’re on the topic of circular breakfast foods, let’s talk about Hot Diggity Donuts. Owned by married couple and business duo Michael and Laura Hild, the Manchester doughnut shop is tantalizingly close to opening its doors. According to social media, the team is “just waiting on our liquor license and a few last minute construction details.”
Michael Hild describes the concept as a doughnut lounge, which will be so much more than a shop that serves doughnuts and coffee. The menu will also feature cocktails, shooters, craft beer and wine on tap. Each yeast sourdough doughnut (sourdoughnut?) will be fried to order and topped with the goodies of your choice. Signature doughnuts include vanilla glaze, sesame chai, lemon poppy, maple bourbon, bittersweet mocha and rhubarb agave.
As always, we’ll keep you posted.
What’s up this weekend
Here’s a friendly reminder that Mother’s Day is this weekend, and what says “I love you, Mom” like a glass of sangria? Beginning at noon on Sunday, Buskey Cider will serve up the newest iteration of its cider sangria. Starting with a base of Buskey’s tart cherry cider, the sangria features strawberries, lemons, limes, oranges and arugula (don’t knock it till you try it). Oh, and if you forgot to get your mom flowers, don’t sweat it — all the mothers who come by the cidery on Sunday will leave with a flower.
Several other local spots are honoring mamas this weekend. Quirk Hotel will pour mimosas on the roof, Whisk has Mother’s Day goodie boxes available, Rose and Eddie’s has a special menu on Sunday, and James River Cellars Winery will hold Mommapalooza, an all-weekend event featuring food trucks, wine-and-cake pairings and Mother’s Day portraits by Relish Photography by Lee.
