
Utopia Bagels is located at 1909 Utopia Parkway, Whitestone, N.Y.

Offerings include a blood-red bagel with “scream” cheese or a bacon, egg and ghost pepper cheese sandwich. In partnership with Utopia Bagels, Scream VI-themed bagels will be available for purchase in-store through Sunday, April 30, to celebrate the film being available now on digital and streaming on Paramount+. Utopia Bagel Owners Scott Spellman and Anthony Pantaleo founded the company in 1980 with its original location in Whitestone, New York."Scream VI x Utopia" food truck Paramount Partners With Utopia Bagels to Celebrate ‘Scream VI’ Streaming, Digital Release Before they opened their business, there were many other bagel stores, but none of them left a mark and were never more than just a bagel shop. Their innovation was to create a store that not only sold bagels but provided a friendly, family-like experience. It was essential for Spellman and Pantaleo to create a great experience, provide food for their community, and create a stellar production process. Hand-rolling every bagel they make is not an easy task, but this involved process to give their bagels their distinctive taste that keeps people coming back. People rave about their bagels, explaining that they are the best they have ever tasted in their life. Other customers have demonstrated that no other store compares. The way they make their bagels has been bringing customers back for more for over 40 years. In our interview with Jesse Spellman, he stated, "We have third-generation families coming in now." Their production patterns are sustainable and don't include non-environment-friendly machinery.


Utopia Bagels provides fresh bakery bagels and does not use the freezer bagel method. The company has high standards when it comes to the production process. Spellman and Pantaleo's efforts have allowed for sustainable upkeep for years in the future and have provided meals for their community, and have left their customers with a positive experience. In the interview, it was noted that the majority of people coming in are loyal customers who enjoy the experience and excellent quality food. Owners Scott Spellman and Anthony Pantaleo worked in the bagel business their whole lives, learning the ins and outs of the industry. In 1980 they were inspired to go out on their own and open up Utopia to provide the best experience possible and open a place where the community can come hang out and enjoy good food. One of the main driving forces for opening Utopia was that they were great at making bagels and the profit margins on bagels are very high.

This allowed them to grow exponentially over the year, adding more staff and expanding their operation. Scott’s son Jesse is now a major part of the business and is currently helping them expand the business even further.
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Jesse has been around the business his whole life and in the past two years began working full time.Īs Utopia began to gain more traction with their social media platforms and countless publications writing about them Jesse saw and opportunity to grow the business nationwide through a delivery service called Goldbelly. They currently ship as far as Hawaii and Alaska and fulfill about 150 orders a day. By expanding the store and adding more ovens Jesse plans on doing 400 orders a day this holiday season through Goldbelly. Their newest venture is their mobile food truck that now does catering events for the New York Food Truck Association and many private events. Jesse says that he recently booked a private event for a couples wedding, as the newlyweds could not miss out on Utopia Bagels on their special day. Their store is truly not just any bagel store.
