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Bim Adewunmi Runs on Tea and Biscuits

Bim Adewunmi Runs on Tea and Biscuits

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 on 2021.06.02
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This week, American Life producer Bim Adewunmi investigates the comparative oat lattes of Bed-Stuy, considers whether she can justify the price of an airport Kind bar, and tries to make do with Welch’s fruit snacks.
grubstreet.com/2021/05/bim-adewunmi-grub-street-diet.html

Nagle's Bagels

Bagel shop · Bedford-Stuyvesant

"I walked down to Nagle’s Bagels on Tompkins, and ordered the Veggie Nagle: eggs, baby arugula, feta, and chili jam on a salt bagel and then punched in my reward card. Their bagels are good, they’re filling, they’re all that stuff, but I was really coming for the chili jam. The chili jam is fantastic. "

Brooklyn Kettle

Coffee shop · Bedford-Stuyvesant

"I’m very slowly eating my way across Bed-Stuy, so that I get my bagel [at Nagle's], but I’ll get the coffee elsewhere — this is part of me trying to re-acclimatize to the neighborhood — so I crossed the street to Brooklyn Kettle and got an oat latte. Because I am always charmed by the squat shape of the bottles, I also get a bottle of Martinelli’s apple juice. "

Skips Fish and Chicken

Permanently Closed

"For dinner, I debated cooking the chicken thighs I had in the fridge, but laziness won out and I ordered from Skip’s, as influenced by my friend Erin Evans, who’d posted about it on Instagram a few months ago. I ordered some shrimp and fries, plus fried okra. I love okra. All forms of it. A lot. Unfortunately, I was delivered somebody else’s dinner — rice and peas and chicken and mac and cheese of unknown provenance. I felt bad for throwing the meal out … but I didn’t know where it came from! I was profoundly disappointed and starving. "

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Bim Adewunmi Runs on Tea and Biscuits

3 Places
This week, American Life producer Bim Adewunmi investigates the comparative oat lattes of Bed-Stuy, considers whether she can justify the price of an airport Kind bar, and tries to make do with Welch’s fruit snacks.
grubstreet.com/2021/05/bim-adewunmi-grub-street-diet.html
Nagle's Bagels
Bagel shop

"I walked down to Nagle’s Bagels on Tompkins, and ordered the Veggie Nagle: eggs, baby arugula, feta, and chili jam on a salt bagel and then punched in my reward card. Their bagels are good, they’re filling, they’re all that stuff, but I was really coming for the chili jam. The chili jam is fantastic. "

Brooklyn Kettle
Coffee shop

"I’m very slowly eating my way across Bed-Stuy, so that I get my bagel [at Nagle's], but I’ll get the coffee elsewhere — this is part of me trying to re-acclimatize to the neighborhood — so I crossed the street to Brooklyn Kettle and got an oat latte. Because I am always charmed by the squat shape of the bottles, I also get a bottle of Martinelli’s apple juice. "

Skips Fish and Chicken
Permanently closed

"For dinner, I debated cooking the chicken thighs I had in the fridge, but laziness won out and I ordered from Skip’s, as influenced by my friend Erin Evans, who’d posted about it on Instagram a few months ago. I ordered some shrimp and fries, plus fried okra. I love okra. All forms of it. A lot. Unfortunately, I was delivered somebody else’s dinner — rice and peas and chicken and mac and cheese of unknown provenance. I felt bad for throwing the meal out … but I didn’t know where it came from! I was profoundly disappointed and starving. "

This week, American Life producer Bim Adewunmi investigates the comparative oat lattes of Bed-Stuy, considers whether she can justify the price of an airport Kind bar, and tries to make do with Welch’s fruit snacks.
grubstreet.com/2021/05/bim-adewunmi-grub-street-diet.html

Nagle's Bagels

Bagel shop · Bedford-Stuyvesant

"I walked down to Nagle’s Bagels on Tompkins, and ordered the Veggie Nagle: eggs, baby arugula, feta, and chili jam on a salt bagel and then punched in my reward card. Their bagels are good, they’re filling, they’re all that stuff, but I was really coming for the chili jam. The chili jam is fantastic. "

Brooklyn Kettle

Coffee shop · Bedford-Stuyvesant

"I’m very slowly eating my way across Bed-Stuy, so that I get my bagel [at Nagle's], but I’ll get the coffee elsewhere — this is part of me trying to re-acclimatize to the neighborhood — so I crossed the street to Brooklyn Kettle and got an oat latte. Because I am always charmed by the squat shape of the bottles, I also get a bottle of Martinelli’s apple juice. "

Skips Fish and Chicken

Permanently Closed

"For dinner, I debated cooking the chicken thighs I had in the fridge, but laziness won out and I ordered from Skip’s, as influenced by my friend Erin Evans, who’d posted about it on Instagram a few months ago. I ordered some shrimp and fries, plus fried okra. I love okra. All forms of it. A lot. Unfortunately, I was delivered somebody else’s dinner — rice and peas and chicken and mac and cheese of unknown provenance. I felt bad for throwing the meal out … but I didn’t know where it came from! I was profoundly disappointed and starving. "