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Originally posted by tsores

Sunday morning means a trip to the bakery/deli for lox and bagels. This means plain or poppy seed bagels, plain cream cheese, nova lox. The deli I frequent makes one of the best chocolate covered doughnuts so I may bring one home. Brew a pot of coffee, add the Sunday paper and the morning is complete. We rarely deviate from this routine. It is not as elaborate as the above descriptions, but it sure is a tasty breakfast that I look forward to every week. This has been a tradition ever since I can remember my father taking me with him as a tiny tot.

I used to enjoy the identical breakfast routine until I moved to Wisconsin. Finding good lox and cream cheese is no problem. The lox out here is as good as Chicago’s. Locating a decent bagel is like looking for a lost child in Time’s Square on New year’s Eve when the ball drops. Unless I drive to Benji’s in Milwaukee or head south to Illinos, it’s not going to happen. If Fannie’s, NY B&B, or Kaufman’s would only open a Wisconsin store, my life would be complete.

CSD
Born in Chicago
Escaped to Wisconsin
Still looking for the ultimate bagel