{"id":74021,"date":"2025-12-18T01:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/74021\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T01:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:28:27","slug":"new-absolute-bagel-set-to-open-this-month-employee-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/74021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Absolute Bagel Set to Open This Month, Employee Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/newabsolutebagel.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-93024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newabsolutebagel-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/a>The New Absolute Bagel Upper West Side storefront. Photo by Gus Saltonstall<\/p>\n<p>By Gus Saltonstall<\/p>\n<p>The New Absolute Bagel is set to open in the former Absolute Bagels Upper West Side storefront on December 29, according to an employee and multiple West Side Rag tipsters who spoke to workers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nick, who did not want to share his last name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/2025\/01\/15\/a-conversation-with-longtime-uws-absolute-bagels-manager-im-heartbroken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">worked as the longtime manager<\/a> of the original Absolute Bagels and confirmed to the Rag exclusively over text message on Wednesday that the new bagel shop at 2788 Broadway, between West 107th and 108th streets, plans to have its first day of business on December 29. Nick said that he will be working at the new shop.<\/p>\n<p>He added that many of the former Absolute Bagels employees will also be staff members at the New Absolute Bagel, which is its official name as of Wednesday, according to the banner under the store awning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello, when passing Absolute today, one of the old employees was standing in the door and greeted me,\u201d tipster Paul Martin wrote in an email to the Rag. \u201cHe said they are reopening on 12\/29.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A different email tipster who did not share their name added that they also were told on Wednesday the opening date would be December 29, and that \u201cthere will be two cash registers,\u201d as opposed to the single register that the original Absolute Bagels had, which appeared to contribute to the store\u2019s frequent long lines.<\/p>\n<p>The New Absolute Bagel has no connection to the Thongkrieng family that ran the original bagel shop for three decades. The new owners are a group of partners who own a small number of bagel stores in New York and New Jersey, but are \u201cnot household names,\u201d according to the broker of the property, Rafe Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Absolute Bagels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/2024\/12\/12\/absolute-bagels-iconic-uws-bagel-spot-possibly-closed-for-good-multiple-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">unexpectedly permanently shuttered<\/a> in December of 2024. It is unclear how much of the old Absolute Bagels equipment will feature in the New Absolute Bagel store.<\/p>\n<p>WSR will visit the storefront on Thursday to try to find out more.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to West Side Rag\u2019s FREE email newsletter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/westsiderag.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=5772ebf2a0a585445f1188785&amp;id=f50755d5f9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. And you can Support the Rag\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/support-west-side-rag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Absolute Bagel Upper West Side storefront. 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