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I’ll bet you’ve heard enough about bagels, already. Coming in on the coattails of the craze for coffee and bread, bagels are especially popular because each one only has about a hundred calories. That’s without cream cheese of course, and without cream cheese, a bagel is just another hockey puck…

Mall food al fresco

“What are you going to say about this place?” asked my dining companion as we were finishing my second meal at the Terrace. Gee, I dunno. Coming up with a thesis is the hardest part of writing these reviews. For those of you who remember Comp. 101, your thesis is…

America’s deli

Aaah, the melting pot. Cindi’s is it: the kind of Jewish deli food especially beloved by New Yorkers, served in white-bread North Dallas by an enterprising Vietnamese woman. How American can you get? The venerable Cindy’s, a senior citizen if you’re measuring in restaurant years, was given a change of…