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thing, and it had already grown
beyond that, at seven dozen
per day — but they decided
to give it a shot. Th ere was
a steeper learning curve than
they realized, and a lot of assis-
tance from a professional baker
at Urban Village Brewing
Company, but the pop-up
was a success, and they raised
$1,200 for Project Home.

It was around then that
the Cohens realized they had
something more than every-
thing seasoning and homemade
schmear on their hands. Th ey’d
always talked about running a
business together, and though
bagels had not topped the list of
possibilities, other ideas they’d
discussed never really stuck.

Within days of the pop-up,
Kismet Bagels was born, with
an Instagram page to match.

Over the summer, the
off ers kept coming, and the
Cohens put on pop-ups all
over Philadelphia, and even
back where it all started, at
Steve and Cookie’s in Margate.

Th ey raised money for Black
Lives Matter Philly and the
PPE Fund for Sanitation
Workers, and even as they
made the decision to become
a full-fl edged business, charity
remained a central ingredient.

Th is month, they’ll move
into Maken Studios in
Kensington, where they’ll call
a commercial baking facility
their own. Right now, they’re
baking 140 dozen bagels per
week, but they expect that
number to jump.

Eight months ago, the
Cohens panic-ordered more
fl our than they knew what to
do with. Now, they want to
be “the wholesale bagel brand
of Philadelphia and beyond,”
Jacob said.

“Th is is it,” he said. ●
jbernstein@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0740
Kismet Bagels are available all over the city.

Photo by Ian Loring Shiver
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