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Montreal Bagel Twitter War… Or Is It?
Suburban Chicago Branch of Billy Goat to Close
Whitey’s Boat Parade Arrives This Saturday
Baked Holiday Sweets in Seattle
Montreal Bagel Twitter War… Or Is It?
Fairmount Bagel of Montreal started trash-Twittering about their main competitor, St. Viateur. St. Viateur responded. Back and forth it went, until Fairmount announced that they are not the owners of the Twitter account known as Fairmountbagel. It’s the work of some round-bread wiseacre! Then, in true Canadian fashion, the 60-year Montreal bagel rivals kissed and made up. Read the story at CBC News.
Suburban Chicago Branch of Billy Goat to Close
The three-year-old Billy Goat Tavern branch in the northwest Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect, will close after business December 15th. It looks like a Smokey Bones will replace it sometime next year.
Whitey’s Boat Parade Arrives This Saturday
The annual boat parade is Saturday the 13th.
If we lived in the Jacksonville-St. Augustine area of Florida we know what we’d be doing this Saturday at 630 p.m.: attending the 12th annual boat parade at Whitey’s Fish Camp in Orange Park. We’d arrive early enough to get a mess o’ catfish (they serve the ever-more-rare wild cat) before the parade begins, then get in the holiday spirit as we admire the decked out decks. Check out some of the creations from previous parades.
Baked Holiday Sweets in Seattle
December only: Cupcake Royale presents the Royale Fruitcake Cupcake. They’ve gone to great lengths to overcome your fruitcake phobia. Here is their description: “Cranberries, currents, candied ginger and orange peel all poached in brandy over night. We combine honey, ricotta, cardamon, brandied fruit and nuts to make this fruitcake come alive. All this topped with cream cheese frosting and brandied fruit compote.” We’re convinced!
The Seattle Times presents a roster of first-class bakers to help with your holiday feasts. You’ll find gingerbread cannoli at Holy Cannoli, bourbon plum ginger cakes from Crumble & Flake, a Buche de Noel by Bakery Nouveau, Macrina Bakery‘s egg nog cheesecake, and a whole lot more.
Love the Montreal bagels story! Anna’s apartment was about 3 blocks from Fairmount Bagels, so we ate a lot of them when we visited. (St. Viateur was another couple of blocks away.)
You’ve got some pretty good bagels in your part of NJ too. Which did you prefer?