Andrew Dana

Where They Are Now

At Call Your Mother in Washington, D.C., Andrew Dana has built a bagel program on the tension between the familiar and the off-kilter. The shop’s bagels are framed as a bridge between classic New York-style bagels and sweeter Montreal-style bagels, and that mix carries through the menu: dough grounded in tradition, with enough play to keep the line moving and the regulars curious. Most items are made in-house, and the deli classics arrive with a Call Your Mother twist. Dana has said, “We were looking for the next challenge, and I had always had something around the bagel in my mind.”

Signature

Grand Villa is the clearest read on Dana’s bagel point of view: recognizable, then slightly rerouted. It sits inside the Call Your Mother range as a compact example of the shop’s approach, where nostalgia and indulgence are allowed to share the same space without flattening either one. Andrew's signature dishes include Grand Villa.

In Their Words “I’m going to start with the Grand Villa — it’s our cinnamon raison bagel with Big Spoon peanut butter and raspberry guava jam.” That line gives the build plainly: cinnamon raisin, Big Spoon peanut butter, raspberry guava jam. It is a composed sweet-salty bagel, with each component doing a specific job rather than chasing novelty for its own sake. “We were looking for the next challenge, and I had always had something around the bagel in my mind.” The quote sketches the move from concept to counter: a long-held bagel idea turned into a shop format that could carry both tradition and a sharper, more modern register.