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| - At some point I shared with my boyfriend that I was obsessed with the strawberry bagels at Big Apple as a kid, and when he spotted the sign for their Sun Prairie shop on his way to work one day he was sure to share the find with me. That next Sunday morning we hopped in the car and made the trek to the northeast side of Sun Prairie.
Things that were a bit disappointing upon arrival: it's actually an "Xpress" location inside a gas station (aka only a couple of small tables among the shelves), and there were no strawberry bagels on display.
Since we drove all the way out there we decided to still grab breakfast sandwiches to go. I opted for the breakfast BLT - bacon, lettuce, and tomato on your choice of bagel with your choice of cream cheese. In my case, that was on plain with onion and chive spread. The bacon is of the microwaved variety you can find in the grocery store, but the veggies were fresh enough.
The bagel was as I remember - soft and chewy and to me better than Einstein's/Bruegger's. At $4 including tax I felt like the sandwich was a decent deal. It isn't, however, worth the drive from downtown Madison, especially when I have a local bagel spot a couple of blocks away.
I don't know if BAB still makes their strawberry variety; it's been probably twenty years or so since my last visit so it just might not be an item on their menu anymore. Perhaps their full stores have a wider selection.
If I lived nearby this would probably make it into my rotation on mornings I wanted something more than cereal but didn't want to sit down somewhere. For the quality and distance from my home, though, I'll just pick up the fixings from the grocery store and stop by my neighborhood bagel shop if I'm in the mood for a cream-cheesy bagel sandwich.
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