Another bagel shop is rolling into the city, this time in Carytown.

Chewy’s Bagels, which has been a pop-up shop and wholesaler since its launch in 2019, is preparing to open at 3138 W. Cary St. in Cary Court.

Ashley Cricchio, a Maine native and VCU alum, started Chewy’s two years ago, selling her sourdough bagels initially at Outpost Richmond in Forest Hill.

She expanded to selling wholesale to local markets like Union Market, Little House Green Grocery and Ellwood Thompson’s. In the spring she moved into commissary kitchen and food business incubator Hatch Kitchen in South Richmond, while keeping the idea of her own shop in the back of her mind.

“I had known that I was going to start outgrowing Hatch soon after I moved into one of their rooms. I’ve been feeling kind of the pressure of growth since moving in in the spring,” Cricchio said.

“Making bagels is really equipment-intensive and labor-intensive,” she said. “I was willing to make it work until the right place came along.”