Reader: Bagel Snobs? Next It Will Be $4 Toast Like in San Francisco

Has Denver become a city of bagel snobs? That's what one reader suggests, as the debate over Denver bagels versus New York bagels -- as exemplified by Rosenberg's Bagels & Delicatessen -- continues. But according to that same reader, there's another danger lurking on the horizon: designer toast. See also:...

By Patricia Calhoun

September 3, 2014

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Has Denver become a city of bagel snobs? That's what one reader suggests, as the debate over Denver bagels versus New York bagels -- as exemplified by Rosenberg's Bagels & Delicatessen -- continues. But according to that same reader, there's another danger lurking on the horizon: designer toast. See also: The Denver Bagel versus the New York Bagel

Says Angerisagift:

Just make a decent bagel at a reasonable price. WTF? Bagel snobs now, too. Next it will be $4 fucking toast like in San Francisco.

And then there's this from Jonah:

Rather have a donut. Bored overprivileged white folk.

Would you rather have a doughnut than read another word about Denver's bagel wars? How about some toast? Who has the best in town -- and how much would you pay?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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