Bagels

There’s something special about how a morning starts in New York City. It’s fast, it’s simple, and it’s built around one thing done exceptionally well. THE BAGEL! At La Pera’s Sweet Shop, we’re proud to bring that exact New York breakfast tradition to Bay County, letting you start your day the same way millions of New Yorkers do.

If you’ve only visited La Pera’s Sweet Shop for dessert, you might be missing one of the best kept secrets in Bay County as we’re quickly becoming the go to weekday breakfast stop for locals who love fresh, warm, handcrafted morning treats.

There are few breakfast foods more universally loved in America than a warm, fresh bagel. Whether it’s topped with cream cheese, loaded with breakfast fillings, or eaten plain on the way out the door. The bagel has become a staple of the American morning, but the bagel didn’t start here. Its journey to becoming an American breakfast icon is a story of immigration, community, and craftsmanship: the same story in many ways, that built this country and established the American

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.