Call Your Mother Deli Opens in Denver, and Readers Respond

On Friday, Call Your Mother Deli opened its first location outside the D.C. area, at 4396 West 39th Avenue, right off Tennyson. And that’s where Molly Martin found the bagel she’s been craving since she moved here from New York almost two decades ago: “straight-up crisp-outside, supremely chewy-inside bagel perfection.”

She’s not the only one in Denver who’s been looking for a better bagel; where to find the best in town is a hotly debated issue. But in their comments on the Westword Instagram and Facebook posts of her story about Call Your Mother Deli opening, readers share their doubts about whether these bagels live up to the headline’s proclamation that “there are finally great bagels in Denver.” Says allele: 

Every time someone says this about pizza or bagels in Denver, I’m…