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From: sro@media.mit.edu (Shawn O'Donnell)

Bagels--Kupels on Harvard Street North of Coolidge Corner, Brookline.
        "Say Cup-L's" (according to the bag).  Unchallenged, I think.
         My New York friends concur.
French Bread--There's this chain up here called Au Bon Pain that
         purportedly sells French bread, but I'm not so sure.  Their
         baguettes, for one thing, seem to be too bready.  Too fluffy.
         Not thin & crusty, the way I imagine real baguettes should be.
         But I'm not an expert on French bread, since I don't own a
         kitchen scale on which to weigh the flour.

My favorite bakery--Clear Flower Bakery, on a back street off of
Commonwealth Ave., near the intersection with Brighton Ave.  I
believe it is on the Brookline side of the line.  Awesome sourdough
bread, and if you get there early enough in the morning, sticky
rolls that melt in your mouth.

Hmmm.  I can smell the dough now...

From: dorin@ksr.com (Bob Dorin)

For Jewish rye, (ask for "cissle") try Diamond Bakery on Beacon
St. in Newton, a block or two west of Walnut St. (where Newton's
B&C is).

From: mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros)

Try Wheatstone's on Peterborough Street in the Fenway.  They have
lotsa good bread, including some quite respectable baguettes and good
sourdough.  They also serve coffee etc.  It's a real nice place to
sit and have a muffin or a scone or something.

On the other hand, I'm sorry to disagree with so many who've
recommended Kupels for bagels.  Much too soft.  I find that
Eagerman's (a terribly-run store by the way) are a lot more
like the real thing; so do my New York-bred son and daughter-
in-law.