Reader mcas did some digging, talked to a Katz Bagels night-shift bagel maker named Ray, and found that…
they are not closing, and not stopping selling bagels… they are just trying to go more late-night focused bc that’s where the money is. the bagel alien is not coming back though and they couldn’t understand why i cared.
Sad! Thanks, mcas.
Update: jwz hips us to a pretty solid comment by Ciaran.
Previously:
Bagel Injustice on Mission Mission.
What’s Going on Here, Katz Bagels? on SFist.
Thanks mcas for the digging and reporting. But man, I’m sad! I loved that thing.
sad.
it’s all true: I’d asked about some earlier sign changes, and it seemed that they wanted to only be known as “Katz” and drop the eponymous “bagels” bit in a bid to be taken more seriously as a pizza joint. there are also rumors of an expanding menu. bah to seriousness, I want the little guy back.
They should have turned it into a calzone.
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