Blazing Bagels Careers in Redmond, WA

Ballen began advertising his first retail location on a main street in Redmond, since the shop was not easy to see and to this day, is still listed poorly on Google Maps (yes, we know we can change it). Turns out, by advertising with a sign on the sidewalk, directing people to Blazing Bagels was not so favored by the City of Redmond. Ballen was told it was against city rules and a distraction to passing drivers. With neighboring cities using the same signs, even bigger, to advertise, Ballen began researching his rights and fought the city to allow the use of signs to advertise his small business. Unintentionally, this fight against the city gained a massive amount of publicity from local news stations whom all wanted to interview Ballen. If locals hadn’t heard of Blazing Bagels yet, the news coverage sure led them to our doors.