NAPLES, Fla.–When you walk through Trinity Plaza in Naples, the smell of fresh bagels is hard to miss.<\/p>\n
It leads straight to Brooklyn Dough, a bagel shop serving New York-inspired bagels in Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n
At Brooklyn Dough, bagels are made by hand every day. They are rolled, kettle-boiled and baked fresh on site. According to co-owner Kathy Moran, people often ask if the shop uses water from New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople always ask us if we use water from New York, which makes me laugh,\u201d Moran said. \u201cWe support local vendors and use only the highest quality ingredients.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inside the shop, a New York-inspired mural covers the wall. Moran said it was designed to make customers feel like they stepped into the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted it to feel like you\u2019re in New York,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of people come in just to take pictures with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The menu includes classic bagels like plain and egg, along with jalape\u00f1o, and flagels, a flatter style of bagel. The store even creates ‘rainbow bagels’ with any colors you can imagine. The family-owned shop is often busy in the mornings, with customers lining up outside.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe can make 3,500 bagels and sometimes that still isn\u2019t enough,\u201d Moran said. \u201cWe try to make sure everyone gets some.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Dough opened in May of 2022 after Moran took over a bagel shop owned by friends, \u201cIt was slow at first, but we built a community pretty quickly,\u201d she said, ” That was our goal. We wanted people to know we really care about them. Some people come everyday.”<\/p>\n
Staff members remember regular customers and their usual orders. Moran said there were not many bagel shops in the area, so they focused on making both quality bagels and coffee.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople appreciate that we take our time and care about what we serve,\u201d Moran said, “and now, some people are coming in just for the coffee.”<\/p>\n
Employees begin making bagels as early as midnight and work until the last one is sold. For many in Naples, the day does not start without a stop at Brooklyn Dough.<\/p>\n