Trendy bagel shop opens soon in Plaza Midwood. Here’s when
Piping hot bagels with one-of-a-kind schmears are headed to Plaza Midwood.
PopUp Bagels will open its second Charlotte location on Friday, July 10, setting up shop at The Commonwealth at 1606 Commonwealth Ave., according to a news release sent to CharlotteFive.
The grand opening kicks off at 8 a.m. and runs until 11 a.m. Customers can expect the brand’s signature hot, whole bagels and rotating menu of cream cheese flavors. This time, PopUp Bagels also teamed up Charlotte’s own Harriet’s Hamburgers for a limited-time “Good Good Schmear” inspired by the burger joint’s Good Good Sauce.
PopUp Bagels made its Queen City debut last fall at The Bowl at Ballantyne, marking the first of 10 locations planned for the Charlotte metro.
“We’re not a traditional bagel shop where we’re slicing bagels or serving sandwiches,” Todd Gallinek, co-owner of the Ballantyne store, told CharlotteFive at the time. “Instead, the concept is grabbing a bagel, ripping it apart and dipping it into your cream cheese.”
Alongside schmears that change weekly, the Connecticut-born bagel brand also has flavored butters. Its ultra-popular Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter returned to menus last week — and it’s here to stay.
“After thousands of comments, countless DMs and what we can only describe as a very passionate butter movement ... we’ve decided to make things right,” the bagel shop wrote on Instagram.
PopUp Bagels is the latest restaurant slated to open at The Commonwealth.
In just the last few months, the buzzing retail and dining hub has welcomed Maman bakery and café, Sweetgreen, Japanese restaurants Uchi and Uchibā and Harriet’s Hamburgers.
PopUp Bagels
Location: 1606 Commonwealth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205 (opening soon)
Location: 14020 Stream Wy #113, Charlotte, NC 28277
Cuisine: Bagels and schmear
Instagram: @popupbagels
This story was originally published June 29, 2026 at 12:17 PM.