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They sell cream cheese with salmon in it to spread on bagels. Is that what you are thinking of?
There are two kinds of cream cheese like this.
One is the kind where the entire cream cheese has a pink/salmon color, but there is no actual salmon pieces in it. The cream chees, itself, tastes like salmon. This is usually a mass produced big brand kind of “salmon spread”. It is not nearly the same kind of experience as real salmon.
The second kind is more of a home made concoction that some bagel stores make, where it is actual white cream cheese, with bits of real salmon in it.
The second is better than the first kind, but in my opinion, still not nearly as good as a bagel with a layer of cream cheese with strips of lox on top of that. Even better with a slice of tomato and onions on top.
One is the kind where the entire cream cheese has a pink/salmon color, but there is no actual salmon pieces in it. The cream chees, itself, tastes like salmon. This is usually a mass produced big brand kind of “salmon spread”. It is not nearly the same kind of experience as real salmon.
The second kind is more of a home made concoction that some bagel stores make, where it is actual white cream cheese, with bits of real salmon in it.
The second is better than the first kind, but in my opinion, still not nearly as good as a bagel with a layer of cream cheese with strips of lox on top of that. Even better with a slice of tomato and onions on top.
I'm with you all the way. I want one right now, and I'm so, so far away from it.
"Located in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Petak's attracts customers from Bergen and Passaic Counties and beyond, for their ample selection of Glatt Kosher delecasies. From an overstuffed hot pastrami on rye, to matzah ball soup the way Bubby used to make, to the thinnest slices of lox you can find anywhere. "
But Fair Lawn is right next to Paramus, so you likely aren't saving any time.
I lived in Fair Lawn most of my life, Queen, before moving out to the "wilderness", so I know Petak's very well. While they used to be legendary, the original owners sold several years ago and it is now pretty bad. But still very expensive.
Kosher Nosh a couple miles away in Glen Rock does their own nova, I think, but it's not in the same ballpark as Fairway's.
Maybe my Fair Lawn upbringing biased my world view a little, but I figured there would be somewhere out here to get some fresh lox. I mean, Randolph isn't exactly "Jewless". I thought for sure I could find some there. I tried it at Burrini's, and it was OK, but not like the real stuff.
Then again, it's taken me over a year to find some decent bagels and pizza out here. And they really gotta get some decent specialty food stores out here. I'm not expecting the billion that are in Bergen County, but can the Roxbury area get one decent sized specialty food store?
That's what I was originally hoping to find out... it ain't looking too good.
I lived in Fair Lawn most of my life, Queen, before moving out to the "wilderness", so I know Petak's very well. While they used to be legendary, the original owners sold several years ago and it is now pretty bad. But still very expensive.
Kosher Nosh a couple miles away in Glen Rock does their own nova, I think, but it's not in the same ballpark as Fairway's.
Maybe my Fair Lawn upbringing biased my world view a little, but I figured there would be somewhere out here to get some fresh lox. I mean, Randolph isn't exactly "Jewless". I thought for sure I could find some there. I tried it at Burrini's, and it was OK, but not like the real stuff.
Then again, it's taken me over a year to find some decent bagels and pizza out here. And they really gotta get some decent specialty food stores out here. I'm not expecting the billion that are in Bergen County, but can the Roxbury area get one decent sized specialty food store?
alpha bagels is pretty damn good. never had the lox though. I think its greek owned though. Food is like crack though. I don't like burrini's. I used to but not anymore.
All roxbury has is iripinia, antony and sons for specialty food store. I think dover has that latin supermarket that super expensive on blackwell street.
I'm not into lox but there must be places closer. Eppes Essen in Livingston, maybe? Or one of the many other Jewish delis there and in nearby towns like West Orange, Millburn, etc?
I'm not into lox but there must be places closer. Eppes Essen in Livingston, maybe? Or one of the many other Jewish delis there and in nearby towns like West Orange, Millburn, etc?
I prefer the lox/nova at Livingston Bagel over Eppes Essen.
Eppes Essen is great for sandwiches, like hot pastrami or corned beef on rye bread.
I cant say for sure, but Im almost certain that neither place smokes their salmon on the premises though, which is why I didnt suggest them to the OP.
That's what I was originally hoping to find out... it ain't looking too good.
I lived in Fair Lawn most of my life, Queen, before moving out to the "wilderness", so I know Petak's very well. While they used to be legendary, the original owners sold several years ago and it is now pretty bad. But still very expensive.
Kosher Nosh a couple miles away in Glen Rock does their own nova, I think, but it's not in the same ballpark as Fairway's.
Maybe my Fair Lawn upbringing biased my world view a little, but I figured there would be somewhere out here to get some fresh lox. I mean, Randolph isn't exactly "Jewless". I thought for sure I could find some there. I tried it at Burrini's, and it was OK, but not like the real stuff.
Then again, it's taken me over a year to find some decent bagels and pizza out here. And they really gotta get some decent specialty food stores out here. I'm not expecting the billion that are in Bergen County, but can the Roxbury area get one decent sized specialty food store?
Perhaps we passed each other along the way. I married someone from Fair Lawn (one of the minority Irish Catholic boys ) and lived there for three years, from 1983 to 1986. We moved, but since so many of his friends were there and one of them owned a bar, we spent a lot of our social life in Fair Lawn. (I am divorced for many years now and so severed my connections to Fair Lawn along with my marriage.) My sister also lived there for a number of years, and her daughter graduated from FLHS.
I liked Petaks. They used to have great cream of broccoli soup (on the dairy side, of course!) Sorry to hear they've gone downhill.
For a time after I retired I worked in Borough Park, Brooklyn, for a Satmar-owned business. Now that neighborhood had some good Jewish food, at least by my goyishe standards.
I don't eat fish, but when Sonny's Bagels in South Orange switched hands the guy kept making a big deal about all of the lox and other fish products he was starting to sell. I'm not 100% sure where it's all coming from, but the guy seemed obsessed about it, so if SO is anywhere near you and you're looking for lox it's worth a shot to see what their product is.
As far as bagels, they're may favorite bagels in NNJ (perhaps anywhere?). It's a direct descendant of the former Watson Bagel stores from Newark. If I'm buying undressed bagels they're my go-to. (Like pizza, we're pretty lucky to have a lot of good options for proper bagels in the area, so not everyone agrees with me, of course.)
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) and lived there for three years, from 1983 to 1986. We moved, but since so many of his friends were there and one of them owned a bar, we spent a lot of our social life in Fair Lawn. (I am divorced for many years now and so severed my connections to Fair Lawn along with my marriage.) My sister also lived there for a number of years, and her daughter graduated from FLHS. 
