New bagel shop set to open in Manatee with 17 flavors and food giveaways
Jersey Girls Bagels has announced an opening date for its second Manatee County store.
The bagel shop that invites customers to “start your mornings the Jersey way,” is opening Thursday at 8750 U.S. 301 Unit 105 in Parrish’s Creekside Commons shopping plaza.
To commemorate the new store, Jersey Girl Bagels is giving away free bagels to the first 50 customers on Thursday.
The first person in line will receive one free bagel and cream cheese once a week for 12 months, while the next 49 customers in line will get one free bagel and cream cheese once per month for 12 months, Jersey Girl Bagels said on social media.
Doors open at 7 a.m. Thursday.
What’s on the menu at Jersey Girl Bagels?
Jersey Girl Bagels serves 17 different bagel flavors, with the kettle-boiled bagel process starting 24 hours in advance. All the spreads are made in-house, the Bradenton Herald previously reported.
The Everything Bagel is the most popular at the original location, located at 5275 University Parkway, Unit 103, in The Market at University Town Center plaza.
Individual bagels cost $2.25, while specialty bagels such as cheddar cheese and asiago cheese cost $2.75 per bagel.
Egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches cost $6.99, while breakfast sandwiches with a choice of meat are priced at $8.99.
Jersey Girl Bagels also serves chicken, egg and tuna salad sandwiches, coffee, cold brew, muffins, black and white cookies, crumb cake and a variety of flavored cream cheeses, lox and butter as spreads for its bagels.
How a bagel passion started in Lakewood Ranch
Owner and founder Kim Fishman, a Wayne, New Jersey native, first started making bagels in her Lakewood Ranch kitchen. That led to a home-based delivery service, which became popular enough for Fishman to open a brick-and-mortar shop.
She opened the University Park location with her husband Erik in February 2022.
In keeping with its other slogan , “sunshine and bagels,” the shop is open daily from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m.
For more information, visit JerseyGirlBagels.net.
This story was originally published February 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM.
