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A bagel upgrade is coming to Greenwich Village—specifically, one stuffed with things we never knew bagels could contain, yet somehow absolutely should. Moonrise Bagels, the Hudson Valley favorite known for baking full-on comfort foods into its hand-rolled dough, will open its first New York City outpost this Friday, December 5, at 58 West 8th Street.
Moonrise has been quietly dominating upstate’s breakfast culture since 2021, when founders Jeremy Rhodes and Ali Chetkof Rhodes turned a pandemic kitchen hobby into Woodstock’s most-talked-about carb. The idea began on New Year’s Eve 2020, when the duo considered putting pizza inside a bagel. After months of trial, error and tinkering, they cracked the formula—and locals got hooked fast.
Now, after expanding to Kingston and Poughkeepsie, the brand’s Original Stuffed Bagel finally lands in Manhattan. Each is hand-rolled and filled with house-made fillings like Buffalo chicken, pastrami and bacon, egg and cheese.
Jeremy, a Long Island native with a background in hospitality, and Ali, a Woodstocker with a public relations resume, met in New York City over a decade ago. They both left career paths that were going “exactly to plan” the moment Jeremy perfected his classic pizza bagel. The rest is Catskills culinary lore.
The new West 8th Street shop brings the full lineup to the city, along with the same everything-from-scratch approach that made the bagels such a smash hit upstate. If you’ve ever wished your lunch could be tucked neatly inside your breakfast—or if you simply enjoy food that shouldn’t make sense but absolutely does—this is your moment.