Common Roots: A Review

So for breakfast with Dan, Annie, Ellis and Smokie we served Perfect Scrambled Eggs - the latest Cooks Illustrated recipe, pineapple, bacon, breakfast cupcakes, and the bagels from Common Roots.

Unfortunately for the bagels, I'm pretty sure the other offerings stole the show this morning. I did enjoy their garlic chive cream cheese with my Plain bagel but the eggs and pineapple stood out, in addition to the delightful bacon/maple syrup cupcake to finish things off.

Common Roots had a great patio which looked very appealing on this sunny Sunday morning. (Ours was a to-go order.) And the staff was super friendly and excited for our week of coupon-aided eating. In summary, I thought the bagels were good but fairly unremarkable. If you like a crustier skin to your bagel with a good dusting of ingredients atop, they delivered. If you prefer your bagel a bit doughier, you might find them too dry.

Any bagel enthusiasts been there with something to share?

Bagels and Cream Cheese: Common Roots Cafe

This goal of one meal a day using the Chinook Book is already proving difficult. Weekend popularity has made it difficult to actually consume a meal using a coupon but we are making do.

Next up, early Sunday morning bagel run to Common Roots Cafe. For those from the cities, it's in the same spot as Soba's next to the CC Club. Delightful little shop with everything you would assume a hipster coffee shop would contain including a healthy dose of asymmetrical haircuts and ray ban sunglasses.

The coupon yielded 12 bagels for the price of 6. Garlic, Poppy, Sesame, Wheat, and of course everyone's favorite Plain.