Call Your Mother Moves Into Maryland With a New Bagel Trolley in Bethesda

Call Your Mother wouldn’t settle for just any food truck. The owners of the nationally renowned D.C. bagel shop and “Jew-ish” deli retrofitted a trolley car for its first mobile kitchen, Washington City Paper reports. The trolley, now painted in the fast-growing brand’s teal-and-pink color scheme instead of its original orange-and-green look, will begin a test-run next week in a Bethesda lot bordering Suburban Hospital. The trolley will sell Call Your Mother’s full food menu, but won’t have espresso drinks. The company, known for wood-fired bagels full of farmers market produce and combinations like jam, jalapenos, and potato chips, runs its original shop in Park View and recently opened a second location in Capitol Hill. Legislative snags have delayed it from opening a third spot inside a former flower shop in Georgetown. Co-owner Andrew Dana tells the Eater the trolley is street legal. Selling bagels in Bethesda represents a move into Maryland, but the trolley car may also be used to scout potential locations for future stores or to sell bagels at events. [WCP]

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