Colorado Bagel Company Expands Business, Seeks to Meet Community Needs with New Westside Market & Deli

Walk into the new Colorado Bagel Company Westside Market & Deli (2851 Riverside Plaza) and you’ll find a mouth-watering menu, customers sharing conversations, and a market that might save you a trip across town.

“We have a ton of different deli salads, including potato and pasta salad, cold sesame noodles and chicken salad to go,” said owner Julia Goldman. “We have a Reuben on marbled rye, and our chef Patrick (Ayres) is from Louisiana, so we have gumbo and a shrimp po’boy and matzo ball soup.”

The Westside Market & Deli opened a few weeks ago and will join the Colorado Bagel Company’s Mountainside sandwich shop (1815 Central Park Drive).

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Goldman said that while the two establishments are connected, they will offer different menu items and each will have its own identity. She hired chef Patrick Ayres to create a unique menu at the new location.

“You can get a lot of the same things, but the idea was I didn’t want to mimic exactly what I do at the bagel shop,” Goldman said.

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The Mountainside Sandwich Shop will continue to offer bagels, breakfast sandwiches, smoked fish sandwiches and a selection of deli sandwiches from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. – and recently expanded its offerings with a Mountain Pizza, which serves tavern-style and Detroit-style cracker pie. pan pizza from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

The menu also includes baked ziti, garlic knots, and house and Caesar salads.

Goldman said she spent nearly a year renovating the space for the new Westside Market & Deli, which will be open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week. She purchased the Colorado Bagel Company with her husband Mark six years ago and said the couple saw the need to expand west and offer food and services that weren’t available.

Ayres offers a fresh menu with plenty of mouth-watering options, and there’s also a small market offering items like milk, bacon, and other items.

“You can buy frozen sliced ​​bagels to take home and stuff like that,” Ayres said. “There’s delicious fresh produce, and they’ve done a great job stocking the market with produce that can’t be found anywhere else. It’s a truly unique place.

Ayres said he will feature many of the tastes he brought with him from his home in Louisiana.

“We try to be a New York-style deli, so we have a Reuben, and I’m from Louisiana, so we have a few things from there like shrimp po’ boy and sausage gumbo. We also make matzo ball soup.

Additionally, the market will offer bagels, spreads and vegetables, as well as gluten-free and vegan coffee, baked goods and zesty bites.

“So far, it’s all been word of mouth,” Goldman said of bringing customers to Westside Market and Deli. “We’re getting really good feedback, which is really nice, and we’re really excited to be here. I’m very happy to be open.