Berkeley, CA - Boichik Bagels food adventure - March 18, 2023

We were invited to the Boichik Bagel bakery opening party.

As a child, I used to watch bagels being hand rolled at the bagel & bialy bakery on Main Street, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, NY., around the corner from my house

My how things have changed!

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Emily Winston is the founder & owner of Boichik Bagels. Emily is from New Jersey & has a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell U. She became acquainted with robots on the assembly line while working at GM.

Bagels ready for the day's event.

"Without malt...

...it's not a bagel."

Checking the dough in a majorly big industrial-sized mix master.

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Getting in position for the robot arm to take them away.

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Emily had a major say in the design of all the machinery.

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Ready to be refrigerated & allowed to ferment before boiling then baking.

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Incredibly efficient assembly line.

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They fed a lot of supporters.

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I kept track of our order as I had requested a Yoo-hoo!

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No merch for sale yet.

Great tag line…

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Yes there are windmills in Berkeley.

Homeward bound across the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge.

A salty bagel with Maldon salt.

Perfect.