PopUp Bagels sold about 15,000 bagels during its Ballantyne debut, an unusually large number for a shop built around such a compact menu. That may feel unusual during a first visit, especially if you are used to walking into a bagel shop and ordering one customized breakfast. Recent official menus have featured options such as Jalapeño Popper Cream Cheese, Mike’s Hot Honey Butter, Strawberry Shortcake, Pesto Butter, and Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Cream Cheese. An everything bagel can handle scallion cream cheese, a salt bagel works easily with plain cream cheese, and a piece of warm sesame with salted butter hardly needs anything else. That opening is part of a larger agreement announced with Power Brands Hospitality Group to develop 10 PopUp Bagels locations across North Carolina.