Simon wrote:does anyone else have any experience with King David?
In other words, if I am prepared to move to Chicago, I must also be prepared to leave salt water and salt bagels behind. Luckily I've found some, of the bagel kind anyway.my brother wrote:There is no such thing as a salt bagel in Chicago.
Antonius wrote:The bagels are from a textural standpoint quite satisfying, the degree of browning is always fairly high, and they are generous in the application of poppy seeds and sesame seeds but, it seems to me, judicious in the application of salt and garlic, which can be overdone.
Rich4 wrote:But Salt Bagels are only part of the equation for me. Also necessary are scallion cream cheese (which is quite easier to find) and LOX. Not Nova, but LOX. Salty, juicy, and loud, Lox has a pinker hue and is far less popular than Nova, which people describe as more soft and sublime in comparison. Anyone know where I can find Lox?
Kman wrote:Might someone be so good as to post an address (and maybe even phone #) for NYBB? It's awfully helpful to those of us that wish to visit some place to include this info in a post that sings the praises of an establishment.
Antonius wrote:Touhy (ca. 4700?, across from Psistaria, northside of the first block east of the Edens and Skokie Boulevard) in Lincolnwood
Kman wrote:Might someone be so good as to post an address (and maybe even phone #) for NYBB? It's awfully helpful to those of us that wish to visit some place to include this info in a post that sings the praises of an establishment.
G Wiv wrote:Ridicule me if you wish, but I like this place for American/Cantonese standards. Crunchy egg rolls, won ton's in the soup are filled with meat and the broth even has a quartered hard boiled egg, which was a nice touch. Pan fried noodles available, chili oil and fresh shrimp subgum, perfect for that once in a while nostalgic craving.
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spa_girl wrote:Isn't this a second location? This is the only location I have been to - it was a great bagel - I had mine with lox, loaded high - no skimping there.
Vital Information wrote:Speaking of bagels, I've been meaning to ask this for a week or so (since we traveled twice to Old Orchard for the Brandeiss Book Fair/twice supped on wonderful shwarma). Anyone know anything about Bagel Fresh. It's a bagel shop in a strip mall on Skokie Highway a bit north of Dempster.
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brotine wrote:Vital Information wrote:Speaking of bagels, I've been meaning to ask this for a week or so (since we traveled twice to Old Orchard for the Brandeiss Book Fair/twice supped on wonderful shwarma). Anyone know anything about Bagel Fresh. It's a bagel shop in a strip mall on Skokie Highway a bit north of Dempster.
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Rob, I think you're talking about "Bagel Country", which is a CRC kosher dairy restaurant with it's own bagel bakery inside. (They have a big neon sign in their window that says "Fresh".) Their bagels are good, but as a kosher restaurant, pricey -- but they do have a wider variety than NYBB or Kaufman's including a great pumpernickel bagel that's worth a trip. Otherwise, they serve an OK selection of wraps, sandwiches and salads that's nothing super special -- but the orthodox community has made the place their coffee-shop hangout.
Bagel Country
9306 Skokie Boulevard
Skokie, IL 60076
847-673-3030
www.bagelcountry.com
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LAZ wrote:There are three New York Bagel and Bialy locations -- Lincolnwood, Skokie and Niles -- all under the same ownership. (The place on North Avenue is N.Y.C. Bagels, a different company.) At least the Lincolnwood and Skokie sites are 24 hours, though you might have to go in and call out to get a baker to come out of the back and wait on you, and in the wee hours, it may help to speak Spanish.
I have to say that the thing I like best about these places is their hours. I find the bagels puffier and doughier than I prefer, and I think the lack of a discernable hole to be a mark of lack of quality. (I might add that I don't much care for NYC's vaunted H&H Bagels, either.)
I like Kaufman's, mentioned above, better than NYBB, but my favorites come from Chicago Bagel & Bialy, which produces nicely chewy bagels with the smooth crust and good shape I like best. They do have good salt bagels, a favorite of mine, and also what they call "French onion" bagels, which are onion bagels with the onion baked into the dough instead of just sprinkled on the outside.
They also have a full deli case with good, real lox, sable, etc.
According to the Website, the owner is the son of a founder of NYBB.
Chicago Bagel & Bialy Deli
260 S. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling
(847) 459-9009
Vital Information wrote:
Very interesting, Leah. I appreciate your consistency of opinion by liking Kaufman's and not liking H&H. You are clearly showing a preference towards a lighter, airy type of bagel--can we perhaps call it a Chicago bagel? Me, I find Kaufman's bagels just round, with a hole, bread. I prefer the denser, Eastern style bagel. I will forever fight with the New Yawkers about pizza, but bagels, there I'm with 'em.
Vital Information wrote:Very interesting, Leah. I appreciate your consistency of opinion by liking Kaufman's and not liking H&H. You are clearly showing a preference towards a lighter, airy type of bagel--can we perhaps call it a Chicago bagel? Me, I find Kaufman's bagels just round, with a hole, bread. I prefer the denser, Eastern style bagel.
G Wiv wrote:New York Bagel and Bialy is located in a cool little Chow strip mall, in addition to NY Bagel and Bialy, which I adore, is Fannie's Deli, a Korean takeout and a bakery. The Korean take out is pretty good, the bakery I can live without...
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Fannies Deli
4718 W Touhy Ave
Lincolnwood IL 60646
847-676-4000
Dmnkly wrote:My father (whose memory is suspect in such things... this requires investigation) says he went to Fannie's a couple of months ago, and that they were open, but had moved a few doors west, and were no longer next to NYB&B. Perhaps it's still around?
Dmnkly wrote:My father (whose memory is suspect in such things... this requires investigation) says he went to Fannie's a couple of months ago, and that they were open, but had moved a few doors west, and were no longer next to NYB&B. Perhaps it's still around?
Dmnkly wrote:My father (whose memory is suspect in such things... this requires investigation) says he went to Fannie's a couple of months ago, and that they were open, but had moved a few doors west, and were no longer next to NYB&B. Perhaps it's still around?