Sam's Bagels and the Crazy Man Restaurant Group
I've been getting e-mails from people wondering about what's happening with the Sam's Bagel space at 500 W. Cold Spring Lane. Apparently the sign on the door says something like "Coming soon: another Crazy Man restaurant."
Crazy Man isn't a chain, but the restaurant group that includes the two Miss Shirley's and Loco Hombre. (Crazy Man. Get it?) ...
Edward Dopkin, one of the owners, tells me Crazy Man is turning the space into a bagel shop and deli that should open in late December. The bagels will be baked on site. In case you don't think Dopkin knows bagels, he started in the food business with the Bagel Place, which ended up being a successful local chain of 15 by the time he sold it and started working in his family's business, Classic Catering.
Besides 12 to 14 varieties of bagels, the new place -- which doesn't have a name yet -- will offer breakfast pastries, eggs cooked on the grill, not microwaved, breakfast sandwiches, french toast and pancakes.
Lunch will feature paninis and salads -- and also what Dopkin describes as an "awesome corned beef sandwich on rye. We had to squeeze it in, but we need a corned beef sandwich bad in this area."
If there's enough space, the new place may also have a smoothie bar.
And how about this? Bagels, cream cheese and lox will be delivered on Saturdays and Sundays to a "very small radius."
The Crazy Man Restaurant Group also has the space next to Sam's that used to be an ice cream shop and is now using it as office space. Eventually it may become yet another eatery.
(Photo of Sam's Bagels in Westminster, the best I could do, by Glenn Fawcett/Sun photographer)
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I went in there last Monday (the last day they were open) and John, the manager said that they were just remodeling and then re-opening. I was stunned the next morning to see work had already started and the new signs on the door.
As someone who grew up in RP, i am not thinking that the area is crying out for a good corned beef sandwich. Maybe cucumbers on crustless bread...
Posted by: Pigtown | November 12, 2008 8:54 AM
Actually, "Loco Hombre" could be translated as "Man Crazy." The correct Spanish form would be "Hombre Loco."
Posted by: aubzamzam | November 12, 2008 11:10 AM
As someone who grew up in RP
RP?
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | November 12, 2008 11:15 AM
Hal -- I assume that "RP" means Roland Park.
Posted by: hmpstd | November 12, 2008 11:55 AM
RP .. Roland Park
Good catch on Loco Hombre, aubzamzam. I thought it was a gay bar when I saw the name. Americans have enough familiarity with Spanish words to butcher them in interesting ways. The one that I hear constantly misused is "mano a mano" which is routinely used in a way to mean "man to man" when of course it means "hand to hand". The one that seems to offend native Spanish speakers most but amuses the hell out of me is when someone with an English keyboard writes Feliz Ano Nuevo for Happy New Year when it should be Feliz Año Nuevo. The first one means Happy New Anus. Opa!
The next time you have a bilingual form that asks for year of birth, watch out for "ano".
Oh crap, now I've got that Feliz Navidad song in my head.
Posted by: owl meat gazpacho | November 12, 2008 12:14 PM
roland park, where sam's is located.
Posted by: Pigtown | November 12, 2008 1:10 PM
Ahhh, make it stop OMG...It keeps playing in my head over and over...
Posted by: Trixie | November 12, 2008 3:45 PM
Roland Park to Pigtown...that's quite a trip. :-)
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | November 12, 2008 5:31 PM
Hal... there were stops in Locust Point and then Wales between RP and Pigtown. You should hear me talk! ;-)
Posted by: Pigtown | November 12, 2008 6:39 PM
Sr OW Gazpacho
see http://www.manoamano.com.mx/info/distribucion1.php
True meaning of the words
Posted by: LEC | November 12, 2008 6:48 PM
RP customers don't want "lox". They want "smoked salmon".
Posted by: Joyce W. | November 12, 2008 7:53 PM
Owl Meat Whatever
Do you know what you get when you mate a computer with a nymphomaniac?
Posted by: Anonymous | November 13, 2008 8:41 AM
tell me anon
Joyce, what's the difference between lox and smoked salmon (other than ethnicity). Oh I get it. And what's nova?
Posted by: omg | November 13, 2008 12:02 PM
Owl, I'm not sure about the origins of the name (I'm sure hmpstd will know) but nova is less salty than "belly lox". It used to cost a bit more too, but the last time I indulged in a purchase it was the same price. I think both types of lox have their devotees. Either will do in times of extreme lox craving though.
Posted by: Joyce W. | November 13, 2008 2:26 PM
Joyce W. and Owl Meat -- the "Nova" name derived from the fact that Nova Scotia used to supply most of the salmon in the New York City area, the center of the lox universe, according to Wikipedia. When I lived in NYC in the 1970s, I remember seeing it occasionally called "Novy" in some New York delis' display cases. The Wikipedia article is pretty good at describing the different kinds of smoked salmon.
Posted by: hmpstd | November 13, 2008 6:39 PM
Nova used to refer to smoked salmon from Nova Scotia, but apparently today refers to the particular brining style.
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | November 13, 2008 7:25 PM
hmpstd and Hal, thanks for the explanations. I think I'd agree with Wikipedia that NYC is still the center of the lox universe.
Posted by: Joyce W. | November 14, 2008 6:58 AM
Don't scare me like that...I read the first couple of lines and thought the Sam's in Fed Hill was closing.
Posted by: Mark | November 15, 2008 11:10 AM