When he returned to Richmond, Nate spent countless hours experimenting with different ratios of yeast, water, and days of fermenting to get the perfect bagel recipe. In fact, “Nate spent two years serving and asking what Richmonders were looking for, all the while traveling back and forth to New York, New Jersey, and across Virginia making friends and getting advice from the best bagel makers out there” claims the Nate’s Bagels website.
In 2016, Nate began making bagels in his home kitchen to sell at local farmers’ markets, shops, breweries, as well as through a subscription service. The subscription service’s success led Nate to eventually open up his own brick and mortar shop in 2018 — the Nate’s Bagels shop on the corner of Cary St & Allen that we all love today.
