Call Your Mother in Park View is a beloved bagel spot serving creatively topped bagel sandwiches in a fun outdoor setting, always worth the wait.
"A popular cafe known for its wood-fired bagels and creative schmears, expanding to a new location at National Landing’s Water Park food hall." - Tierney Plumb
"This rapidly expanding wood-fired bagel shop fills its signature product with a handful of unexpected combos — like candied salmon cream cheese or bacon, jalapeños, and potato chips. The fried potato latkes are on point, as are the chocolate babka muffins. And despite some neighborhood pushback, its pink Georgetown store is now here to stay." - Tierney Plumb, Tim Ebner
"The episode takes an emotional turn when Rosenthal films inside his hotel room while enjoying a to-go order from D.C.’s legendary bagel brand Call Your Mother. He Zooms in prolific sitcom writer and dear friend Norman Lear, who ended up passing away a few months later at age 101 on December 5, 2023. Greeting Lear with a “mazel tov,” Rosenthal says “we may not know much but we know about this,” pointing to his bagel and lox in hand. On a serious note, he asks Lear whether he’s optimistic about the state of the U.S., to which he responds: “There’s never been a more concerning time.” In true Lear style, he ends the call by telling a joke. The episode closes out “in memory of Norman.”" - Tierney Plumb
"The popular “Jew-ish” deli and bagel shop starts taking pre-orders soon for annual holiday offerings like its latke platter or raspberry-guava doughnuts. Available for pickup and delivery during regular hours." - Tierney Plumb
"“Bagels are definitely having a moment,” says Andrew Dana, who owns Call Your Mother with his partner and the business’s executive chef, Daniela Moreira. The shop, which opened in DC in 2018, now has 11 locations across four states, fueled by a playful bright pink aesthetic and an extremely appealing social media presence. The style at Call Your Mother nods to New York, where Dana went to grad school and subsisted on bagels, but also takes cues from the sweeter, denser bagels of Montreal. Dana is Jewish, but Moreira, who’s from Argentina, is not, and her approach is less driven by nostalgia than a playful desire to experiment. There are classic-ish combinations, like pastrami and “bodega-style” eggs robed in melty cheddar on an everything bagel, but also pizza bagels and a cinnamon-raisin situation smeared with crunchy granola-spiked peanut butter and strawberry-mint jam." - ByElazar Sontag
