Hole-d on, Trump: Montreal bagel shop has a message for U.S. president

A celebrated Montreal Bagel store has unveiled a caller twist to its accepted staple.

Fairmont bagel, 1 of the city’s long-standing institutions that attracts tourists from astir the globe, began selling a patriotic red-and-white bagel connected Wednesday, dubbed the Canada bagel.

“The temper was dim, truthful I thought astir making thing that would cheer radical up and get them excited to devour thing new,” Rhonda Shlafman, Fairmount Bagel co-owner told Global News.

She said with the caller question to bargain section amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s menace of tariffs connected Canadian exports, the Canada Bagel was born.

“A Canadian product. Something that would say, ‘Hey, present we are, let’s beryllium proud.'”

The circular sesame effect breadstuff is braided reddish and white, and offers Fairmount’s signature brushed and tasty consistency. But Shlafman says their extremity is to battalion connected a almighty message.

Montreal has been caught successful a bagel rivalry with the U.S. for decades — peculiarly with New York. Foodies of each ages, connected some sides of the borderline person chimed in, comparing the bagels successful size, texture, and taste.

While Shlafman is acquainted with the statement astir which metropolis makes a amended bagel, she says she isn’t looking to navigator up a warfare with U.S. bagel makers. She says she conscionable wants her store to marque a statement.

“No substance what happens, we person our ain products and our ain ingredients. We tin beryllium autarkic and strong, and this is conscionable our mode of saying that.”