Even believed to have magical powers
If you like bagels, this mouth watering feature in the Times is worth a look. I've never eaten a New york bagel myself, but I have been lucky enough to have one (actually more than one) from St-Viatur in Montreal, a city with its own claims when it comes to bagels. Montreal's bagels are a bit sweeter than your typical offering, but I nevertheless remember one with poppy seeds as the best I've ever had.
While we're on the subject, can anybody point me in the direction of a good Chicago bagel? One of these days I'm going to get up to Skokie and have a look around... should I just case the neighborhood until I spot something with "New York" in the title?
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Hmm, it's been several years, so I don't know if it's still there or still good, but I remember that Kaufmann's in Skokie is where I used to go for bagels. A bit (just a bit) more fluffy than I like, but very good. (Trying very hard to remember the street...I'll post another comment when I do...)
Well they seem to still be there, if these rave reviews are any indication... thanks for the tip, ogged!
I'm not sure the name of the place, but if you take the Skokie Swift up and go East of the station on the same side of the street for about a block you run into a place (New York Bagels, maybe?) that has some really good boiled dough.
Did you notice the congee article in the same section of the Times? I'm now trying to find a good place for vegetarian congee.
That's the one, Paul. bigoldgeek, those sounds suspiciously like directions to Kaufman's.
That is Kaufman's bigoldgeek. They certainly still are there and worth the trip. Also make the trip to the connected deli, for awesome chicken liver, loxs, sable... OK, I know what I'm having this weekend.
Seems like there's a consensus.
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