When Nord Brue and Mike Dressell started Bruegger's in 1983, they actually founded the retail bagel concept. Up until that point, bagels were considered mostly an ethnic food and were not known much outside of New York. At that time, less than one-third of Americans had ever tasted a bagel.
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Bagel Bagel Cafe opened its first location in Tallahassee, Florida-July 1991 as Bagel Bagel, "A Place So Nice We Named It Twice". John Stout, founder of the concept, created the idea by utilizing skills he attained while working and managing a diverse number of restaurants in various regions
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