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Rubinstein Bagels is one of J. Kenji López-Alt’s favorite local bagel places, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. López-Alt gets ready to nosh on his personal favorite sandwich here, an untoasted Everything bagel with in-house-made fried onion and chive cream cheese, and salmon lox. 219211

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