1919 1919 founder isadore shlafman headquarters fairmount avenue montreal quebec canada products montreal bagels website www.fairmountbagel.com fairmount bagel is a montreal style bagel bakery in montreal quebec canada . it is located on fairmount avenue in the mile end neighbourhood of the plateau mont royal borough . 1 opened in 1919 by russian immigrant isadore shlafman his hand rolled honey water boiled then wood fire baked recipe quickly became a staple in the mile end community . 2 in 1954 he moved his bakery from a laneway address to a two storey cottage on fairmount avenue building a large wood fire oven on the first floor while his family lived upstairs . 3 fairmount bagel is often referred to as the original montreal bagel bakery . 1 a loaf of bagel dough ready to be rolled and prepared . the bakery is still family owned and competes with nearby st viateur bagel for the title of montreal s best bagel . 4 5 in june 2008 montreal born astronaut gregory chamitoff who is related to the shlafman family brought fairmount bagels with him aboard the international space station . 6 7 see also edit historic jewish quarter montreal list of bakeries wilensky s schwartz s references edit a b pelosi jean paul september 16 2007 . style substance and sweet bread . the age . australia . retrieved 2009 05 23 . bair diane march 3 2013 . in search of the perfect bagel ... in montreal . the boston globe . the boston globe . retrieved april 30 2014 . . lovell s directory archives . missing or empty title help ; missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help albernaz ami november 5 2008 . two montreal bakeries compete to make the best rounds of hot soft bagels . . the christian science monitor . the christian science monitor . retrieved february 6 2009 . beck katie 2010 06 22 . the bagel war of montreal . bbc news . retrieved 2010 06 22 . block irwin june 3 2008 . here s proof montreal bagels are out of this world . montreal gazette . canwest . retrieved 2009 05 23 . ctv.ca montreal born astronaut brings bagels into space sun . jun. 1 2008 7 29 pm et ; ctv national news june 1 2008 11pm tv newscast external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to fairmount bagel . fairmount bagel coordinates 45 31 22 n 73 35 43 w 45.5229 n 73.5952 w 45.5229 ; 73.5952 this montreal related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this jewish cuisine related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fairmount bagel & oldid 737949544 categories 1919 establishments in quebecbagel companiesmontreal cuisinehistory of montreallandmarks in montrealbakeries of canadajewish canadian historyle plateau mont royaljews and judaism in montrealshops in montrealmontreal stubsjewish cuisine stubshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages using web citations with no urlpages using citations with accessdate and no urluse mdy dates from september 2011commons category with local link same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 01 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view