Bagel

When people think of the 1920s, they picture jazz, flappers, speakeasies, and bootleggers. Beneath the wild nightlife of the Roaring Twenties was another cultural revolution, one that didn’t involve alcohol at all. When the country went dry, America turned to ice cream.

When you walk into La Pera’s Sweet Shop, you see smiles, sprinkles, soft serve, ice cream scoops, and the smell of fresh baked New York bagels filling the air. But what you don’t see is everything that goes into making it happen. The early mornings, the late nights, and the countless unseen moments that make it all possible.