There’s another bagel shop in town worth calling your mother about. Washington, D.C.-based Call Your Mother Deli opened its third Denver location last week.
The restaurant: Call Your Mother Deli, 217 S. Holly St., Denver
About: This trendy bagel shop made its Denver debut in May at 3870 Tennyson St., which garners lines so long on the weekend that employees provide fresh-poured cups of coffee while you wait. Known for its bagel sandwiches, the brand opened a second store in October at 1291 Pearl St. in Capitol Hill. The third location, located next to High Point Creamery and Park Burger, was previously home to The Rotary, which closed in May. Call Your Mother has trademarked the space with its playful bright blue, pink and yellow exterior finishes, a flower wall in the dining room surrounding its logo, and a flamingo that greets you on the way to the bathroom.
Owners Daniela Moreira and Andrew Dana started the wildly popular chain in Washington D.C. in 2018. It’s since earned a national spot on Eater’s list of “The 16 Best New Restaurants in America” in 2019 and been visited by President Joe Biden. The couple currently owns seven locations in the nation’s capital, three in Maryland and two in Virginia, in addition to three in Denver.
What’s on the menu: Call Your Mother dubs itself a “Jew-ish” deli, putting a modern twist on old-school East Coast mainstays. The shop incorporates honey into its dough, as a nod to New York and Montreal bagel styles. The menu has classic bodega favorites like The Bacon Sun City ($10.50) with bacon, egg, cheese and spicy honey on an everything bagel, and it entices the most adventurous morning birds with eye-opening flavor combinations, like The Gleneagle ($10) with candied salmon cream cheese, cucumbers, crispy shallots and lettuce on a za’atar bagel.
Opening: Opened Dec. 27, 2023; Hours: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays and until 3 p.m. on the weekends; callyourmotherdeli.com