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Get Bageled - by Kristen Gould Case

Often, it’s the big ritzy places that put Park City on the map. But it’s the little locally-run, out-of-the-way places that make it home. Take Park City Bread & Bagel in Quarry Village (just off the Jeremy Ranch exit) for instance. In a little strip mall in this mini shopping center, PC B&B is an unassuming gem. The menu is handwritten on the chalkboard. The counter servers are tattooed, pierced and friendly as can be. Mountain Trails Foundation hiking and biking maps or the Park City Pioneers Hockey team schedule posters make up the artwork on the walls. There’s a cozy sitting area with couches and a fireplace, a replica of a little aerial tram hanging over, and a shelf with books, puzzles and the occasional little red fire truck. Alternative tabloids like City Weekly and SLUG are stacked in the corner. Baggy-drawered snowboarders with wool beanies and goggles backwards across their foreheads coming in for their on-the-way-to-the-hill fix and Moms with kids in strollers on a mission for juice and a bagel mix seamlessly. This is where any Park City High School sports team that’s heading down the canyon to compete in Salt Lake City meets to fuel up on caffeine and carbs before carpooling down the hill (pretty fun to see the entire high school boys lacrosse team in there at seven in the morning … go Miners!) And then there’s the very reasonably priced menu that always satisfies. Try the Breakfast Panini with homemade focaccia (moist and delicious), scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, peppers and a spinach artichoke spread for just $3.99. Add bacon, ham or sausage for just another buck. Or a bagel melt, with cheddar bagel, chive cream cheese, melted cheddar cheese, onions and tomato, $3.69. Or just a bagel and … Butter? Peanut butter? Honey? Simple. In tennis, my sport of choice, “getting bageled” means you got a zero – goose egg – a round center hole made of air – nada. Of course, “zero” in tennis lingo is also known as “love,” and that’s what you’ll be feeling for Park City Bread and Bagel. 3126 Quarry Road (right near the Park City Market), (435) 655-0913. Open weekdays, 6:30am-8pm; Weekends 7am-8pm.