The Italian includes pastrami, ham, banana peppers, Italian dressing, lettuce and tomato piled high on an everything bagel. Photo by Natalie Green.
The Italian includes pastrami, ham, banana peppers, Italian dressing, lettuce and tomato piled high on an everything bagel. Photo by Natalie Green.

Bright and early, at 6 a.m. six days a week – 7 a.m. on the seventh – sleepy Oklahomans make their way to a café that serves breakfast and lunch on that most perfect round, chewy, starchy breakfast pastry: the bagel. Old School Bagel Cafe, based in Oklahoma City, operates 11 shops statewide – with two more slated to open this year – and serves thousands of bagels daily. Whether topped simply with cream cheese or sandwiching breakfast or lunch favorites, these traditional, New York-style bagels are a hot commodity. Bagels are boiled to create a chewy outside and a tender crumb inside. Enjoy a breakfast bagel with bacon, egg and cheese and a cup of coffee in the mornings, then come back for lunch. Try a traditional sandwich, like a Reuben on rye, or opt for the tangy egg salad, served with lettuce and tomatoes, on a bagel. Eleven locations statewide. www.oldschoolbagelcafe.com

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