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| - Back when I lived in Minnesota, where Bruegger's was everywhere and Einstein was an exotic, out-of-town treat, I never thought I'd be nostalgic for Bruegger's bagels. Guess what!
This is a cute little store, and the staff is sweet and nice to customers claiming freebies, which is sort of the test of customer service. It serves highly assimilated bagels -- think of them as Reform Bagels rather than Orthodox Bagels -- that are nicely flavorful and chewy on their own Reform Bagel terms. They have added a rosemary olive oil bagel since I left Minnesota, but really, the joy of Reform Bagels is flavors like blueberry. (These bagels are, however, somewhat closer than their roots than Paradise Balery's bagels, which are basically bread in a torus shape. PB bagels, even when delicious, have married out and celebrate Christmas.)
If I worked or lived in this little corner of the Biltmore neighborhood, I'd be sneaking here with my laptop to wallow in strong coffee and honey-walnut cream cheese, while watching the sun turn all the glass buildings copper-colored.
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