BAGEL

Every great city in America has a bagel shop. New York is famous for its bagels — you head into a classic Jewish deli or a bodega and you feel like you’re home. Well, maybe if your home is like “hurry the f*** up, what kind do you want, you need a schmear of cream cheese, hey can’t you tell I’m working here, here you go, shut up and have a nice day.” Ahh, New York. That is exactly the kind of hard determination and passion for bagels we need in this town.

You may be thinking, Abigail, we already have a bagel shop in Cleveland— the lovely local Cleveland Bagel Company, with multiple locations around the city! This is true and you’re absolutely right. But it is essential to me, and all bagel-less CSU students, to have one closer to our campus.

This is my opportunity to be heard and I will not be silenced on this issue any longer. We need a bagel shop downtown, within walking distance from Cleveland State University. I implore Mayor Justin Bibb, President Laura Bloomberg, the Cavs, the Browns, the Guardians, and Playhouse Square to come together on this fundamental issue within our city.

My dear President Bloomberg, I know you have very large goals for Cleveland State… dare I say bold new blueprints that show a campus jumping from CSU 2.0 straight to CSU 27.0. Listen, if we could tweak those imaginative plans, just a smidge, and include a bagel shop, I think the campus would be far more attractive. I know that you hope to create an atmosphere that encourages more on campus living and participation, and a bagel shop would most certainly contrib ute to that dream. I can personally attest that I would eat bagels there. I’ll be long since graduated by the time that plan rolls around– but I hope my patronage would be a vote of confidence nonetheless for a Cleveland bagel shop.

Why would this dining location be beneficial?

Bagels are affordable, quick, healthy and filling meal options — all things that are important as an onthe-go college student. Bagels are just so practical! They’re easy to carry, they come in a wide variety of flavors, they’re not just limited to breakfast, and you can dress ‘em up fancy or leave them classic.

I am a typical cream cheese kind of gal, but in no world would I turn down a hearty bagel, egg, ham, cheese and spinach sandwich. I know most of the time CSU gets critiqued for its parking but I think the lack of a bagel shop is an equally pressing matter.

Mayor Bibb, a bagel shop downtown would be incredibly beneficial to you and your constituents. Imagine a bagel shop a little closer to where you work at City Hall. A large dark roast coffee and an everything bagel to help you achieve everything you need to in a day for the great citizens of Cleveland. You gain the unshakable support of CSU students forever after you grant us the glory of having bagels near our campus. This is a plan without any flaws.