Longtime Charlotte-area bagel shop and deli to expand with second location
A popular longtime bagel shop and deli in Huntersville plans a second location in the Lake Norman area this summer, its owner said Thursday.
Bagel Bin & Deli intends to open in June or the beginning of July in the Harris Teeter-anchored Village at Byers Creek shopping center at N.C. 150 and Perth Road in Mooresville at the lake, owner Alex Cook told CharlotteFive.
With its bagels, sandwiches, salads and hot daily meal specials, the Huntersville location of Bagel Bin & Deli has been a fixture in the Northcross Shopping Center on Sam Furr Road for 28 years.
Cook, a longtime chef in Little Italy, New York, has owned the Bagel Bin for about a year and half. He said customers who drove from Mooresville urged him to consider a location in their town, and he looked at several. He liked the vibrancy of Byers Creek and its proximity (across N.C. 150) from Lake Norman High School.
The Mooresville location will add homemade grab-and-go Italian meals for families of four — such as lasagna, meatballs and baked ziti, he said.
Two of the three other chefs at Bagel Bin will head to the Mooresville location, Cook said.
The new 1,300-square-foot location will have indoor seating for about 20, like the Huntersville location, and will have three or four outdoor tables, Cook said
Cook moved from New York to Atlanta in 2008 to start a ministry that fed 650 people experiencing homelessness a day, he said.
The Bagel Bin also features hot daily meal specials, such as Thursday’s roadhouse chili.
“It’s a great business, a great product, and great customers,” he said.
Bagel Bin & Deli
Location: Northcross Shopping Center, 9815 Sam Furr Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078;
Location: Village at Byers Creek, Argus Lane, Mooresville 28117 (opening this summer)
Cuisine: Bagels, sandwiches, Italian
Instagram: @bagel_bin_huntersville
