Every Monday afternoon, Rebekah Lee and her young daughter Rosemary have a scheduled “date” to pick up bagels and bread at a pop-up in Northeast Portland.
“My husband and I moved from New York City, so I was on the hunt for some good bagels,” said Lee. “We made it our Monday afternoon ritual, a fun thing to build into our rhythm that we get to do at the end of my workday.”
Lee has been a devotee of the baked goods from Josh Fairbanks for more than a year, shortly after his bread and bagel pop-up moved into the Portland cafe Ollini on the one day a week the traditional bakery is closed.
“They always wanted to be closed at least one day a week and I’ve always wanted bakery equipment [without] a 10-year lease and $100,000 of debt,” he laughed…