Iconic PopUp Bagels Headed To Garden City

GARDEN CITY, NY — A new bagel spot will be popping up at a Garden City shopping center soon.

Chief Executive of the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency Fred Parola announced that the IDA has approved a lease for the iconic Pop Up Bagels to open in The Gallery at Westbury Plaza.

PopUp Bagels has a rip and dip policy with their bagel-and-schmear spreads. It's a franchised chain based in Connecticut, and they are looking to expand to 920 Old Country Road. The chain has 30 locations nationwide, with only one currently open on Long Island in Roslyn.

Its menu is all about simplicity, focusing on classic bagels, cream cheese, and butter, with the idea of gripping, ripping, and dipping the bagel into your desired schmear.

The IDA said the bagel store will be 1,564 square feet and will have four to six employees and two managers.

The Westbury store’s franchisee is GSB Bagels LLC, and the IDA approval for the bagel spot's lease at the Gallery at Westbury Plaza shopping center was necessary because its landlord is a Florida-based Regency Centers, which operates under a Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement with the agency. The PILOT agreemend was approved at a time when IDAs were permitted to incentivize retail projects and that activitiy has since been prohibited by state law, the IDA said.