When I first came to Arkansas, back in the previous century, you could not get bagels here at all, not even the terrible supermarket kind. Later, we could get Lender's at the Walmart. When I returned to Arkansas, in 2002, even Fort Smith had (fairly terrible) packaged bagels.
When we moved to Fayetteville in 2024, there was an Einstein Bagels. They're acceptable bagels, but still not great.
Last week Benny's Bagels (which is apparently a Dallas chain) opened here. It has been non-stopped packed ever since. These are real bagels, y'all. Dr Skull even approved of them, and he is as judgy as any Jew who grew up running a bakery could be.
So far it's so busy all the time that it's hard to get in there and it sells out regularly, but I'm assuming eventually it will calm down and we will have somewhere to go to get bagels when I don't feel like investing the hours it takes to make them at home.
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| Photo by Randi Mendolia |
2 comments:
Bagels seem to be one of the new fads-- we suddenly have 3 bagel shops (1 independent that has been around for a while and 2 chains).
Well, they are nature's most perfect food
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