Overview
- The 2788 Broadway location resumed service with a Dec. 29–30 soft launch offering free bagels, with a full reopening slated for Jan. 2.
- Managers say the recipe is unchanged and many former employees returned, with customers reporting the bagels taste like the originals.
- The shop now has a redesigned interior, new equipment, card payments and two registers instead of the prior cash‑only setup.
- Absolute Bagels was ordered closed in Dec. 2024 after a health inspection cited 67 violations, including evidence of rats and live roaches.
- New owners are not connected to the prior operators, according to the property broker, and the Forward reports the owner as Kyung Mi Kim.