Made fresh daily: Black Hills Bagels

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - Black Hills Bagels in Rapid City has been operating since 1997.

Six months ago, Eric and his wife Marla Hawronsky took over the business and are now operating both locations in Rapid City.

“We definitely are trying to stay true to the core of what Black Hills Bagels is but also add some fresh new menu items and just kind of streamline things to improve service,” Eric Hawronsky, owner of Black Hills Bagels, said.

However, Eric Hawronsky didn’t just jump into the bagel business, he previously owned B.C. Bagels in North Dakota.

“I ran that for about six years and when the opportunity to come down here opened up I ended up selling it,” Hawronsky said.

One core value that Hawronsky said is important to him is hospitality.

“When you come here it’s more of an experience than it is just to come and fill your stomachs,” Hawronsky said.

Black Hills Bagels makes everything from scratch daily and operates with about 35 employees.

“We’ll have the crews here up to 12 hours mixing the dough, because you know we have 24 different varieties of bagels, so it can take awhile to mix all those different ones up,” Hawronsky said.

With the leftover bagels, they have a day-old program where they sell them at a discounted rate, and whatever is left over from that they donate to a shelter or group that needs them.

The business not only gives away unsold bagels, but it also assists people with paying to do their laundry through a program called Laundry Love.

“We put the quarters in for you and we also supply the soap, and dryer sheets, so everything is provided,” Hawronsky says.

This program is free to people who need it at the Parkway Laundromat every second Thursday and fourth Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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