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Western Bagel

The story of Western Bagel® is a family saga…one that began in the early part of the twentieth century when Louis Ustin left his country to escape the Russian Revolution. He settled with his family in the Bronx, New York, where he studied to be a rabbi. During his student days, he worked as a bagel baker, a decision that would set the course for the Ustin family. His son David followed in his footsteps. At the age of nine, he began counting bagels in the back of a delivery truck for hours every Sunday. He was paid 25 cents a day. By the age of thirteen, David was working full time in a Bronx bakery.