Fargo Gets a Deli of Its Own

Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
The blackboard menu at BernBaum’s.
No, not the ; we mean the real place, in North Dakota.
BernBaum’s opened this month with hand-rolled/boiled bagels, schmears, brisket…and a smoked ham sandwich with sauerkraut and cheese.
(There’s only so much you can do in a state with a Jewish population of 400.)
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