H&H Bagels is a popular bagel company in New York City, It is the largest bagel manufacturer in New York City and one of the largest bagel manufacturers in the world, producing about 80,000 bagels a day.
The business was started in 1972 when Helmer Toro (born 1950 in Puerto Rico) and his brother in law Hector Hernandez bought Midtown Bagels at Broadway and 80th Street for $5,000 in cash and $50,000 in a loan (with the new name derived from their first names). Toro eventually assumed full control of the business.[1]
In 1993 it moved its bakery to 46th Street at 12th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen although its primary storefront remains on the Upper West Side.
H&H Bagels are Hechsher certified Kosher and Pareve by Kof-K.
On November 18 2009, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced the indictment[2] and arrest of Helmer Toro for stealing withholding taxes and evading unemployment insurance taxes.[3] The indictment alleges that between July 2003 and April 2009, Toro failed to pay over $369,000 withheld from H & H employees. [4]
H&H Bagels in TV and movies
H&H Bagels has become a New York cultural landmark, featured in various TV shows and movies.
- You've Got Mail
- Manhattan Murder Mystery - Woody Allen carried a bag of H&H Bagels.
- Seinfeld episode "The Strike" - Cosmo Kramer attempted to return to work there after a 12 year strike.[5]
- Entourage episode " The Boys Are Back in Town" - Turtle had a large batch delivered to Los Angeles, California.
- Sex and the City episode Time and Punishment - Carrie Bradshaw delivered a bag of bagels to her friend Miranda Hobbes' apartment.
- Giada's Weekend Getaways episode New York City Giada De Laurentiis buys a bagel for breakfast.
- How I Met Your Mother Ted speaks about "H&H Bagels"
- The Office, Season 6, episode 8 Dwight brings in H&H Bagels for his co-workers.
References
- ^ NEW YORKERS & CO.; The Bagel Maven . . . From Puerto Rico – New York Times
- ^ "Indictment (N.Y. v. Helmer Toro)". FindLaw. 2009-11-18. http://blogs.findlaw.com/courtside/2009/11/hh-bagel-baron-accused-of-stealing-tax-dough-ui-dumping.html.
- ^ "News Release". Manhattan DA. 2009-11-18. http://manhattanda.org/whatsnew/press/2009-11-18.shtml.
- ^ H&H bagel man may hand over lots of dough in tax cheat case - New York Post - November 18, 2009
- ^ Alec Burg, Jeff Schaffer, Dan O' Keefe (1997-12-18), 'The Strike' script, http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheStrike.htm, retrieved 2009-11-19
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