The Bagel Delicatessen and Restaurant on East Hampden Avenue has been a Denver Jewish deli institution since 1967, serving the house-baked bagels, hand-carved pastrami, and matzo ball soup that the Denver Jewish community has been coming to for over 55 years. It appeared in Season 11, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “From Mozz to Matzo Balls,” which aired March 28, 2011. Guy Fieri found a Denver deli doing things the old-school way — bagels baked in house daily, meat cured and sliced to order, and the full Jewish deli catalog produced with the from-scratch commitment that most American delis abandoned decades ago.
Quick Facts
Restaurant: The Bagel Delicatessen and Restaurant
City: Denver, Colorado
Cuisine: Jewish Deli
DDD Season: 11
DDD Episode: 11
Episode Title: From Mozz to Matzo Balls
Original Air Date: March 28, 2011
Address: 6439 E. Hampden Ave., Denver, CO 80222
Phone: 303-756-6667
Website: https://www.bageldeli.com/
Status: Open
What to Eat
The House-Baked Bagels are the foundation — boiled and baked in house daily, with the chewy interior and properly blistered crust that separates a real bagel from the bread-ring imposters most cities accept. The Pastrami Sandwich, hand-carved from house-cured meat, piled on rye with mustard, is the deli benchmark. The Matzo Ball Soup, the Jewish deli comfort food standard, is the bowl most regulars start with on any visit. The Lox and Cream Cheese Plate on a house-baked bagel is the breakfast classic that earns the deli its morning crowd. The Reuben with corned beef, Swiss, sauerkraut, and Thousand Island on grilled rye is the sandwich that fills the lunch counter. Find a Denver hotel on Trivago.
Plan Your Visit
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Address: 6439 E. Hampden Ave., Denver, CO 80222
Phone: 303-756-6667
Website: https://www.bageldeli.com/
Status: Open
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The Bagel Delicatessen and Restaurant appeared in Season 11, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “From Mozz to Matzo Balls,” originally aired March 28, 2011. The deli has been open in Denver since 1967.