When is the Opening?

People keep asking us when we are opening and it's getting so close that I can barely contain myself from throwing the doors open and yelling "Come in! Come in! Try our bagels and lox, they are so good!". We are almost ready for you. A few final touches and we are there. If all goes as planned, the opening is a matter of days. Construction is done and the equipment and food are being tested. We are doing intensive training in the kitchen and heavily sampling our product.

We are not yet open today, but you can come by the Capitol Theater 11-4pm (Sat, Dec 10) and buy our gift certificates at Duck the Malls!

Here is another sneak peak at what we've been doing behind those doors.

Nancy Koppelman shares her wild yeast (!) starter with us.

Bagel making begins. Alden measures out the flour.

Feeding the starter. Heather spots, Rebeca pours.

Hava shows us the awesomeness that is the giant mixer.

Russel demonstrates the fine art of chopping onions

Ashley rolls the knish dough

Gail and Rosie make a pupik on their knish

quality control

Success!

We raised well over $12,000 through our indiegogo campaign. Thanks to all of the generous supporters of Kitzel's! We are working hard to open the doors. The floors are done and the equipment is in.

Heather and Rebeca and the new kitchen floor for easy cleaning!

We are fine-tuning the menu, training staff and waiting for that health inspection to be completed - polishing the chrome and making sure that everything is shipshape and up to high standards.

testing the recipe - brisket brining in juniper berries

If you missed a chance to buy a Nosher's club membership, we still have more. You can use the PayPal links on the top right side of this page to buy one or just donate if you are so inclined. We appreciate your support in helping us bring this deli to life, while keeping all of the money flow local - hiring locally, not going to the banks and creating 15 new jobs!

staff training

Window Art

Oly artist Chelsea Baker paints our windows for Artswalk. The art shows what the deli will look like once open, with actual recognizable Oly characters.

T gazes out of the window

Rabbi Seth plays chess with Lily

A stands in front of Chelsea's drawing of herself