Our most recent breakfast discovery is Kaufman’s Bagel & Deli, on Dempster in Skokie.
I’ve read a lot about Kaufman’s and I know we’ve passed it a million times without it sinking in that this is the Kaufman’s. So last Friday morning, before we headed out for the school run, I looked it up to see exactly where it was. Good thing because I know I’d have passed it a million times without ever really seeing it.
It’s right close to the Skokie train station and smack dab in the middle of a pretty busy series of intersections. It’s also a non-descript, white painted building set just enough off the road that you don’t see the sign until you’ve driven past it.
Don’t drive past it. You should definitely stop.
We started in the bakery section where TW got a dozen bagels and a loaf of Challah to take home. Liz ordered a HUGE (she wants me to explain to you that this thing is so huge, she’s still eating it two days later) chocolate m&m cookie. TW and I both ordered a chocolate donut to go.
Then we wandered into the deli section.
Liz grabbed a bottle of milk to wash down her cookie, we got a pint of cream cheese for the bagels and we ordered a 1/2 lb of chicken salad. Liz wandered around looking at the meat case, wondering what in the heck people need tongue for.
The Challah was excellent, the best we’ve had since we’ve been here. The bagels were also excellent – the everything and the pumpernickel in particular have drawn rave reviews. The chocolate donuts were more like chocolate iced Challah, which is really interesting. Besides being huge, Liz reports the cookie is yummy.
Next time we go, I’m ordering the egg salad. And maybe we’ll get some tongue so Liz can give it a try.