The Fresh Smoked Lox sandwich — lox, cream cheese, tomato, and sweet onion on a toasted bagel — is the specific item that shows up in catering listings and reviews alike, priced around $19.
It's open daily, closing earlier on Sundays, and reads as a real breakfast-and-lunch institution rather than a dinner destination — the kind of place Oak Park residents have relied on long enough that it rarely needs marketing.
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