bagels

I'm visiting my aging parents who live in Niles tomorrow and after going to Jerry's to get all of their produce, I'd like to bring them some bagels. In that area, I'm sure that there are plenty of bagel places. Any suggestions? Thank in advance.

Jean

This thread is a good place to start; there are a couple others if you search on bagel.

I think the bagels at Kaufman's are as good as you can get in the Chicago area. And it's right off the Edens on Dempster in Skokie; from there, you can go straight down Dempster through Morton Grove, and when you hit Milwaukee Avenue, you're in Niles.

Kaufman's Bagel and Delicatessen
4905 Dempster St.
Skokie
(847) 677-9880

One of the three locations of New York Bagel and Bialy is in Niles:

New York Bagel and Bialy
8794 Dempster Ave
Niles, IL 60714
(847) 390-0993

New York Bagel and Bialy
3556 Dempster St
Skokie, IL 60076
(847) 673-9388

New York Bagel and Bialy
4714 W Touhy Ave
Lincolnwood, IL, 60712
(847) 677-9388

And of course Kaufman's is very good also:
Kaufaman's
4905 Dempster St
Skokie, IL, 60077
(847) 677-6190

Jerry's has good bagels. Not sure what bakery they are from.

thanks so much. I'll probably try Kaufman's since that's a name I have read about before. Are they a full deli? Anything else I should try?

Jean

Jean Blanchard wrote:thanks so much. I'll probably try Kaufman's since that's a name I have read about before. Are they a full deli? Anything else I should try?

Jean

Yes, Kaufman's is a full deli, and an excellent one at that. It's our (and many others') go-to place for large deli trays, in fact.

The NY Bagel and Bialy locations are much more limited, by comparison, in their deli offerings.

I'm a big fan of the NY B&B and I frequent their location on Touhy that others have mentioned above. Their bagels and bialys are superior, IMO, but their other offerings . . . not so much.

Kaufman's is the superior deli but I find their bagels to be too soft, bready and lacking the exterior 'shell' that makes a bagel bagel-like.

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New York Bagel and Bialy
4714 W Touhy Ave (at Cicero/Edens Expressway)
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
847 677-9388

Sounds like I need to do a bagel tasting. I'm going to try to get to both. Thanks for everybody's input. I'm looking forward to a decent bagel since the last time I had a good one, I was in New York and that's a little far to go. Naperville is not known for it's deli's.

Jean

i totally agree with mr. ronnie.

i had been a kaufman's devotee for years, but we recently moved and now the NY B&B on touhy is very convenient, so i decided to try it and, yes, their bagels are superior, precisely because of the crispy outer 'shell'. their bialys are also better and they seem to have more different kinds than kaufman's.

i find their deli offerings to be....fine. we get lox and whatever you call the larger pieces of salmon that are smoked/cooked, some cream cheeses, and sometimes a coffee cake. that's pretty much all i ever got at kaufman's, so not much of a difference for me.

the coffee cakes at NY B&B are also fabulous. we love both the chocolate-cheese and the almond.

LTH bagel tasting results

We wound up getting an assortment of bagels and a couple of bialys from New York Bagels on Dempster because that is the closest to myparents home. Let's just say that we made their day. They really were quite good. Through this forum, I've introduced them to several restaurants and shopping experiences right in their neighborhood that they didn't know about. Even if they don't get out as much as they used to, we know what we can bring them to bring a little life into their life. When we finished our bagels and our visit, I seasoned my mothers chicken, put it on a bed of carrots and onions, trussed it and got it started in the oven. She called later to say that even though she wasn't hungry, she ate the chicken because it was so good. Could it be the chicken, the bagels, or the visit.....hmmm. Wish they didn't live quite so far away. Thanks again.

Jean

Here's another resource for food shopping in Niles.

Chicago Sun-Times wrote:Super Markets

Niles, at Chicago's northwest border, long has been a multi-ethnic food-shopping destination.

Its six square miles along Milwaukee Avenue boast an extraordinarily rich grocery scene, alive with a diverse collection of some 50 bakeries, delis and grocers showcasing Armenian, Assyrian, Filipino, German, Greek, Indian, Italian, Jewish, Korean, Mexican, Polish, Russian and Serbian specialties and more -- not to mention two white-bread outlets and a gluten-free foods store, plus four Jewels (including two 24-hour stores), an Aldi, Costco and, for now, a 24-hour Dominick's.

Since this appeared, the Dominick's closed, but several new options have opened.

Also, Niles has free bus service around the village.