Blazing Bagels

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Blazing Bagels
Headquarters
Redmond, Washington
,
United States
Number of locations
4
Area served
 Seattle metropolitan area
Products Bagels
OwnerDennis Ballen
Number of employees
110 (2017)
Mural inside the Redmond, Washington location Bagelwall.jpg
Mural inside the Redmond, Washington location

Blazing Bagels is a bagel company based in Redmond and operating throughout the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] The business is owned by Dennis Ballen. [2] [3]

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Description

Blazing Bagels is a Redmond, Washington-based bagel company operating in the Seattle metropolitan area. Menu categories have included "Cheesy" and "Meat Topped"; bagel varieties have included French toast, pesto, and rosemary. [4]

History

Dennis Ballen established the business in Redmond, Washington, [5] opening a storefront in 2001. [6] Blazing Bagels has four locations in the Seattle metropolitan area, as of 2020, operating in Redmond, Bellevue, [7] [8] [9] and Seattle's Ravenna and SoDo neighborhoods. [4] [10] The business also supplies local restaurants such as Dingfelder's Delicatessen. [11] [12]

Ballen once sued the city of Remond after he was stopped "from putting an employee on a corner in a sandwich-board sign that advertised fresh bagels". [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

The company employs approximately 110 people and sold approximately 36,000 bagels per day as of 2017. [18] In 2018, The Seattle Times said Blazing made 7 million bagels annually. [1]

The business has supported local charities, donating approximately 220,000 bagels annually, as of 2019. Blazing Bagels has collaborated with athletes such as J. P. Crawford [19] and Marco Gonzales to release signature sandwiches with proceeds benefitting various organizations. [20] [21] In 2019, the Remond location was the starting point for the Tulip Ride, a motorcycle ride to Skagit Valley benefitting Seattle Humane. [22]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the business operated via delivery and take-out. [23]

Reception

Allecia Vermillion of Seattle Metropolitan wrote in 2020, "These bagels have a fan base, for sure, one that perplexes bagel purists." [4] Christina Ausley included Blazing Bagels in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's 2020 overview of the city's best bagel shops. [6] Alyssa Therrien included the business in the Daily Hive's 2021 overview of "where to find the best bagels in Seattle". [24]

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  1. 1 2 "The great Seattle-area bagel taste test". The Seattle Times. 2018-03-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-02-06. Local Redmond-based chain Blazing Bagels also makes them big 'n' tall, but has consistency nailed: They make more than 7 million (!?) bagels a year, so they should. Blazing's specimens had the advantage of actual flavor and a visible crumb (rather than gum), but a bagel-authenticity stickler would still absolutely reject their squooshy texture.
  2. ↑ Sandefur, Timothy (2010-10-01). The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law. Cato Institute. ISBN   978-1-935308-34-8. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
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