In April 2020, with the restaurant industry suddenly in flux and James and Zack's respective next ventures put on pause, the two friends decided to have some fun. Zack floated the idea of a bagel concept and dared James to bake the best East Coast-style bagel he could. James accepted the challenge, and after extensive research on ingredients and classic techniques, he created an absolutely beautiful bagel. After a lot more R&D (read: an absurd amount of carbohydrates consumed), Schlok's was born. James and Zack ran Schlok's as a weekend pop-up from September 2020 through March 2021, and as word got around, the bagels started selling out within minutes each week. Encouraged by the dramatic response and demand, they signed a lease for their first shop in April 2021, which opened in March 2022. James and Zack want to give the Bay Area what it's been missing all these years: a reliably damn good bagel. We hope you enjoy our bagels as much as we do.

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