{"id":243040,"date":"2026-07-14T11:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243040\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:51:13","slug":"bagel-shop-to-open-in-abingtons-after-construction-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243040\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagel shop to open in Abingtons after construction delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Toastee Bagels shop should open in South Abington Twp. by late July or early August, following construction delays, owner Neil Patel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very close, but we\u2019re not quite there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Patel \u2014 who mentioned July 27 and Aug. 3 are potential soft opening dates for the eatery on Northern Boulevard at the former Rainbow Market site \u2014 intends to hold a hiring event in about two weeks.<\/p>\n

He cited internal infrastructure issues for pushing the timeline back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exterior of the building and the striping is all done,\u201d Patel said. \u201cWe look good from the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Toastee Bagels on Northern Blvd. in South Abington Twp. Thursday, July 9, 2026. SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Toastee Bagels on Northern Blvd. in South Abington Twp. Thursday, July 9, 2026. SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Toastee Bagels on Northern Blvd. in South Abington Twp. Thursday, July 9, 2026. SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Toastee Bagels on Northern Blvd. in South Abington Twp. Thursday, July 9, 2026. SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Rainbow Land Co. LLC purchased two parcels at 621 Northern Blvd. on Dec. 5, 2019, for $745,000.<\/p>\n

Mike Noto, president of Abington Development Group, the developer on the property, noted work continues to move forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last two sinks are being hooked up, the refrigerators are running, and they\u2019re hooking up the bagel mixers and things like that,\u201d Noto said.<\/p>\n

Patel launched a Toastee Bagels location on Route 315 in Plains Twp. in January and previously announced plans to establish a spot in the Dallas\/Shavertown area later this year or early next year.<\/p>\n

The Mountain Top resident previously worked in the bagel business and returned to the kitchen following a move to Northeast Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Patel opened his first store in 1996 in New Jersey before working in the corporate world about 25 years, including running restaurants for other companies.<\/p>\n

Patel stressed Toastee Bagels epitomizes the essence of a family-run business as his wife and two older daughters, Zoe and Mercedes, prove critical to the operation.<\/p>\n

In addition to about a dozen varieties of freshly made bagels \u2014 ranging from plain to blueberry and jalape\u00f1o cheddar \u2014 the business also features many housemade spread flavors, including strawberry, scallion, vegetable, lox and cinnamon raisin.<\/p>\n

True to its Jersey-style moniker, Toastee Bagels also serves breakfast sandwiches, consisting of pork roll and other meats, cooked to order on a griddle, Patel said.<\/p>\n

MONDAY UPDATE<\/p>\n

THEN: Neil Patel announced plans in February to open a Toastee Bagels location in South Abington Twp. by late May or early June.<\/p>\n

NOW: Patel now anticipates opening the shop by late July or early August following construction delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Toastee Bagels shop should open in South Abington Twp. by late July or early August, following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[60,201,182,28,178,180,179,6799,181],"class_list":["post-243040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-business","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-south-abington-township","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}