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Our Bagel Story

In 1919, Isadore Shlafman arrived in Canada and opened the first bagel bakery in Montreal. It was called the Montreal Bagel Bakery. It was located at the back of a lane, just off of Saint-Lawrence Boulevard, which was then known as “The Main”. This is where Montrealers got their first taste of bagel, rolled by hand and baked in a wood-fired oven. This was the very first bagel bakery in Montreal…

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That’s what they say

Montreal has long been known as THE bagel capital of Canada – and Fairmount Bagel is why
Reader's Digest2007
In 1919, the Fairmount Bagel Bakery cooked the first bagels in Montreal
Quartiers Gourmands2004
Irwin is something of a purist, maybe the only Montreal bagel maker who uses unbleached flour and whole fresh eggs
The art of eating2005
Although most of Shlafman’s competitors also claim to use an original Russian recipe, Shlafman’s are the best.
The Gazette1981
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Bagels in space

The very first bagels have just made it into outer space thanks to astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who managed to take the famous products of the Original Fairmount Bagel Bakery with him in the shuttle. “It’s fantastic, we are very flattered,” said Mona Chamitoff, the astronaut’s aunt and owner of the Fairmount Street store. According to Mona, her nephew loves these bagels and just couldn’t imagine leaving Earth for six long months without his favourite indulgence. The 45-year old astronaut wanted to lift off for the International Space Station with no less than 18 of these delights.
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