It's the little things....

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

So Diesel no longer toasts bagels anymore :( and I'm just not crazy about untoasted bagels for some reason. Is there another place in the square (besides Dunkin Donuts) to get a bagel fix first thing in the morning?

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[nafe.livejournal.com]

The Diesel lost my patronage years ago when they took chocolate egg-creams off the menu, and started giving me all sorts of attitude about the inconvenience of making them, when I ordered one anyway. This just seems to be another instance of them putting their own priorities ahead of their customers'.

Now I go across the street instead. Please don't hurt me!

[canongrrl.livejournal.com]

seconded. Though, oddly, I love Bloc 11 - super cool staff and the food and drink are way better. I don't get that at all.

also, if you are making the trek to brookline, Kupels is the best bagel in the area. Bagels by US isn't a bad second (over in Arlington). I personally don't like toasted bagels but diesel really isn't hip enough for those excuses not too. In fact I wonder if it was just a lame server?

[abilouise.livejournal.com]

Huh. Whenever I've ordered an egg cream anyway, whoever ends up making it for me usually is intrigued by the challenge and totally nice about it.

[nafe.livejournal.com]

I got that response from the staf themselves for awhile, but eventually one of the owners came out to scold me for ordering them.

[ron_newman]

What place across the street makes egg creams?

Egg creams are easy

[wombatbanana.livejournal.com]

Inconvenient?!

If you want to make your own egg creams, get a bottle of U-Bet chocolate syrup (and some milk) from Dave's Fresh Pasta, and a Sodastream seltzer maker from Tag's in Porter Square (when I was there, they had it for less than Amazon!)

Egg creams are dead easy to make. The recipe on the U-Bet bottle is a half-inch of syrup, 3/4" of milk, then fill the rest of the glass with seltzer and stir.