Prarie Bread Kitchen

Well-- Not a typical Tuesday. 

Today Leslie needed to be at O'Hare by 10:00 to meet a group of 8th grade students who were flying back from Israel. The 80 kids had spent 7 days touring Israel with the Community Foundation for Jewish Education on the Ta'am Yisrael trip.  Unfortunately, the day they returned, snow returned to Chicago.  So we were in a rush and Leslie had to work the phone during our breakfast.  We decided to go to a standby for us, The Prairie Bread Kitchen, at 103 N. Marion Street.  It is a warm friendly bakery where they now know us by name.  Having recently moved to town, it is a good feeling to be known by people who do not have to know us. 

We both had muffins and coffee for breakfast.  The muffins were moist and tasty and I think they are probably the best we have had in Oak Park.  Their coffee is Intelligensia brand and is very good but we miss having coffee in a real mug.  Prairie Bread Kitchen definitely has the best Challah in town which is probably why they know our names.  One of us goes there every Friday (usually with Abby for a snack and to buy our challah). 

We sat at the window facing Marion Street watching the snow fall, cars splash and people trudge to their destinations.  The bakery always smells good and the folks who work there never rush you out.  The chairs and stools are utilitarian, but it is a bakery, not a restaurant. I know that we will be back.