Jeff’s Bagel Run celebrates start of college football season — with team colors
Jeff and Danielle Perera are a house divided — during college football season, anyway.
Jeff, a University of Central Florida graduate, bleeds (or should we say bakes) black and gold as a UCF Knight, while double-degreed Danielle earned both her diplomas at the University of Florida. It should make the first two days of their College Color Bagel Run really interesting.
For four days only, Jeff’s Bagel Run will be offering team-color bagels for four Florida-based teams: the Florida Gators, the UCF Knights, the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles. Bagels will be available at both the Ocoee and College Park shops.
“College football season is just fun!” co-owner Jeff Perera told the Orlando Sentinel. “It’s always been the unofficial start of fall for me. I love the energy leading up to game day, and I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to share that joy with our bagel lovers.”
College color bagels will come in plain only, “which means you can really put anything on them, sweet or savory,” says Perera.
All are expected to sell out (they usually do, anyway), but the Pereras will be eyeing the first two days closely. Maybe even a little competitively.
“We’re wondering which team will sell out first,” Perera says.
The bagel schedule is as follows:
- Aug. 31 and Sept. 1: University of Florida and University of Central Florida
- Sept. 2: University of Miami
- Sept. 3: Florida State University
That was strategic, as the Seminoles are set to play LSU’s Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Sunday night at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.
“We think there will be a lot of excitement for those,” Perera opines. “Bagels definitely belong at a tailgate. We should normalize that.”
If you go
- 2787 Old Winter Garden Road in Ocoee; 407-906-7079; jeffsbagelrun.com
- 4339 Edgewater Drive. in Orlando; 407-930-0175