Sloan’s Lake bagel shop leases on Platte for long-desired second location

Sarah Green has found the second location for her bagel shop — for real this time.

“I’m honestly probably not as excited as I should be,” she said. “I’m really weary. Until it’s open, I’m going to be mild about it.”

The owner of Leroy’s Bagels at 4432 W. 29th Ave. in Sloan’s Lake is targeting an October opening in about 1,400 square feet at 1553 Platte St. She said she’s been searching for five years and was close on three different spots, at one point even signing a lease in Uptown.

Green, 34 and a Boulder native, has run the business since 2017. Leroy’s — which sells about 1,300 bagels a day — does over $1 million in revenue a year and frequently runs out of food items as closing time draws near, she said.

Green first planned to open a second location in Park Hill in 2019, but spiked it over concerns that the location wasn’t a good fit. A few years later, she signed a lease at 595 E. 19th Ave. in Uptown. That deal unraveled due to issues with the build...