In 1983, when Nord Brue and Mike Dressell started Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, bagels were considered mainly an ethnic food and were not really known outside of New York.
Nord Brue and Mike Dressell invented a new concept from their home base in Burlington, Vermont, by expanding the traditional bagel bakery into a quick service bakery with premium specialty cream cheeses, custom-made sandwiches,...