Charlottesville’s favorite restaurant has reached a milestone. Bodo’s Bagels’ current owners have now owned it longer than the founder did. What makes this remarkable is not just longevity, but consistency. Even with ownership that has outlasted its founder’s, Bodo’s remains the happy experience it has always been.
That takes vision — and execution.
Founder Brian Fox’s vision was somewhere everyone would feel love. “Right from the start, people came in on foot, came in pushing shopping carts, and came in Rolls Royces,” Fox once said. “And everybody got in line, and everybody smiled at each other, and it felt wonderful.” While day one was 1988, Fox’s words could just as easily describe today…