Einstein Bros Bagels

This is the best place to get a variety of fresh bagels! And they have all kinds of cream cheeses that are always delicious.  Their bagel dogs are a treat, too!

We almost always come here when we're in Glencoe, ever since the one in Highland Park closed!

Ordered two sandwiches.  Realized when I got home that the turkey was missing from both.  Additionally, on one sandwich the cheese had the paper that separates the slices still attached to it.  
Ok.  Maybe the employee making sandwiches was having a bad day or was in training.  It happens. However, the woman who appeared to be the manager seemed to laugh with the other employees at this mistake. Never said a word to us. This is not the way to run a business.  I would have expected an apology - at least from the person who made the mistake.  

I will not be back to this location.

You might think it's odd that I'm reviewing Einstein's in Glencoe when I live in Highland Park and have the best bagel shops around, but there's this quirky Smart Choice bagel sandwich that keeps me coming back. Regardless of the inconsistent service, hardly-ever cleaned off tables, and always very slim selection of fresh bagels, when I'm having one of those "I'm not so hungry and can't figure out what I want to eat" days, I find their Bagel Thin Eggwhite sandwich made with asparagus, mushroom, and Swiss cheese to hit the spot. Piled with the goods, it's always nice and hot when I get it and it's under $5! I do wonder if it's truly a healthier, fewer calorie option because the bagel is always deliciously doused with garlic butter...or is it butter?

This Einstein's location is cozy and cute, it's easy to park out front, and I love sitting at the umbrella tables outside in the warmer months. But consistent with the other reviews it's sometimes messy in there, and I always end up cleaning a table just so I can sit down. Compared with the Einstein's in Lake Forest or Lincoln Park, both 'eggceptionally' clean, it doesn't really bother me that much. I do think one of these days they should pay for my sandwich though, because I've certainly bussed enough tables over the last year.